Louisiana Tops Unhealthiest States List - AOL

WASHINGTON (Dec. 3) - Louisiana has displaced Mississippi as the unhealthiest U.S. state and other Southern states were close rivals due to high obesity and smoking rates in new rankings that deemed Vermont the healthiest. The overall health of ...

Letter: North Andover can save on health insurance - Eagle-Tribune

We have an outstanding opportunity. We can greatly impact our town's financial destiny. We have a choice to save significant money now, when we need to the most. Mark Rees, our town manager, stated clearly at the May Town Meeting, "Health costs as ...

Patients flood free health clinics - Detroit News

MOUNT CLEMENS -- Christopher Thomas never had a reason to worry about health insurance: the plastics company where he worked as a janitor provided good benefits and a comfortable salary. That security ended about five years ago when the company ...

PEIA approves insurance hikes - Daily Anaeum

Concerned state employees’ and retirees’ worst fears were confirmed Thursday after the Public Employee Insurance Agency’s Finance Board passed hikes in health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket maximums. The changes include: Premium increases ...

HMS Sees Inequity in Organ Donations - Harvard Crimson

Americans who lack health insurance are about 20 times more likely to donate a liver or kidney than to receive one, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard Medical School. The findings, published in the latest issue of the International ...