New health wrinkle: Buying the right to get insured later - Minneapolis Star Tribune

For these economically uncertain times, Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group has a "first of its kind" product: The right to buy an individual health policy at some point in the future even if you become sick. Called UnitedHealth Continuity, the ...

Activist: Craddick violates law by paying daughter - News 8 Austin

AUSTIN -- House Speaker Tom Craddick is facing an ethics complaint over campaign payments and state health insurance benefits for his political consultant daughter. The complaint against Republican Craddick was filed this week by Houston-area ...

Insurers like Obama health plan, with reservations - WRAL

Posted: Today at 3:33 p.m. WASHINGTON — The insurance industry embraced many of President-elect Barack Obama's ideas for better health care coverage Wednesday, though it opposes a key piece of his plan to require employers to help pay for that ...

Lawmakers on Hoeven budget: Largely pleased, but cautious - Grand Forks Herald

BISMARCK — Republicans and Democrats alike in the North Dakota Legislature are crediting Gov. John Hoeven with proposing an “aggressive” budget that meets several pressing needs, but they say they want to make sure it has staying power. Hoeven ...

Brand-Name Heart Drugs Can't Beat Generics - Local 6

Generic drugs to treat heart disease do just as well as brand-name medicines, according to a new report. A news release noted that, while drug makers like to sell expensive, brand-name drugs, health insurance companies and patients often want to save ...