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- North Carolina group offers help with ARRA 9 Feb 2010 16:10 GMT
... TRIANGLE PARK, NC – Leaders at the North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc. (NCHICA) ... (ARRA). ARRA makes significant changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), requiring providers ...
- Fraud spikes as economy tumbles, sending DOI into a tizzy 9 Feb 2010 09:03 GMT
... Convictions in cases of insurance fraud in North Carolina rose by 48 percent in 2009, while ... while leaving clients uninsured; and employers canceling health insurance without giving workers the mandated 45-day notice. ...
- Tell 'The Nation': Voices of the Uninsured 9 Feb 2010 17:56 GMT
... become impossible to ignore. I haven't had health insurance since I was 18. I'm 23 now. ... was no longer covered by my parents' health plan. My husband and I live paycheck to ... for Medicaid waivers. Currently, the state of North Carolina is considering increasing the Medicaid co-pay to ...
- Rapper Lil Wayne To Be Sentenced In NYC Gun Case 9 Feb 2010 08:47 GMT
... Over the past 12 years, Josh Libresco's health insurance premium has increased almost eight-fold for his ... letter last week saying California's largest for-profit health insurer plans to hike premiums on individual policies ... AP Photo. -- POWERBALL WINNER -- Aloha! North Carolina Powerball winner plans trip with wife and ...
- Bipartisan Health Reform Is Still Possible 9 Feb 2010 12:18 GMT
... bill that narrows the scope--probably just to health insurance reform--and emphasises broadly popular provisions. . There ... Coburn of Oklahoma and Richard Burr of North Carolina, and their House counterparts Paul Ryan and ...
- Republicans Have Their Disagreements, Too 9 Feb 2010 17:52 GMT
... Democrats’ family feud over a proposed government-run health insurance plan, or the more recent intra-party battle ... Coburn of Oklahoma and Richard Burr of North Carolina, or by Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, ...
- Hundreds sign up for state's high-risk health insurance 8 Feb 2010 06:15 GMT
... illness. in 2007 to fill gaps in health coverage, the pool targets people whose pre-existing conditions ... 18 months of federal COBRA coverage. In North Carolina, that’s a target population of about 200,000, ...
- Gaston Memorial is getting N.C. award 8 Feb 2010 21:34 GMT
... North Carolina’s high-risk insurance pool that provides health insurance for people with pre-existing conditions who have ... do not have access to an employer health plan and face higher premiums due to a ... Charlotte, IBD Insurance Services of Raleigh and North Carolina chapters of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society ...
- February is Black History Month 8 Feb 2010 11:10 GMT
... Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and ... •Just over 19 percent of blacks lack health insurance. •Nationally, 46 percent of homeowners are black. ...
- Children Likelier to See Dentist If Parents Go Too 4 Feb 2010 04:32 GMT
... were employed, and the same number had health insurance. But even among those with health coverage, financial barriers kept some families out of ... journal by researchers at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. While about 70 percent of ...
- Dental care is set by parents 4 Feb 2010 10:02 GMT
... were employed, and the same number had health insurance. But even among those with health coverage, financial barriers kept some families out of ... journal by researchers at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. ...
- Help is at hand to cope with Medicare's alphabet soup 6 Feb 2010 00:53 GMT
... for Medicare-approved drug benefits (Part D). In North Carolina, there are 47 privately administered Medicare Part D drug plans for 2010, with monthly premiums ranging from ... for Medicare beneficiaries. Fortunately, North Carolina's Seniors' Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) (1-800-443-9354), a division of ...
- Ohio changes Medicaid drug program, N.C. weighs cuts in Medicaid personal care services 3 Feb 2010 07:11 GMT
... month will make changes in the prescription drug plans that cover about 1.5 million people, although ... generics" (Tribble, 2/1). reports on Medicaid in North Carolina. "State Medicaid leaders are in a fiscal ... states such as Washington to pare back health insurance programs for low-income people, even as growing ...
- Kissell Walks Tightrope on Health Care 4 Feb 2010 14:00 GMT
... David N. Bass Carolina Journal RALEIGH — North Carolina Rep. Larry Kissell was one of three ... from funding abortions in a proposed federal health insurance program. He votes with party leaders 96 ...
- Prescription Drug Help Now Available Statewide 7 Feb 2010 05:43 GMT
... for free, Attorney General Roy Cooper, the North Carolina Association of Free Clinics, and NC MedAssist ... qualify for: Medicaid, Veterans Administration or private health insurance. • Medicare Part D participants who fall ...
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