Uninsured turn to daily deal sites for health care (AP)
AP - The last time Mark Stella went to the dentist he didn't need an insurance card. Instead, he pulled out a Groupon.
New fee coming for medical effectiveness research (AP)
AP - Starting in 2012, the government will charge a new fee to your health insurance plan for research to find out which drugs, medical procedures, tests and treatments work best. But what will Americans do with the answers?
French insurance to file complaint on implants (AP)
AP - France's national health insurance agency will file a criminal complaint in a breast implant scandal, an official said Saturday, after authorities recommended that women with potentially faulty implants have them removed and agreed to pay for the procedure.
Morgan Stanley settles with MBIA, sets $1.8 billion charge (Reuters)
Reuters - Morgan Stanley agreed to give up insurance claims against MBIA Inc in exchange for a $1.1 billion payment from the ailing insurer, ending a two-year legal fight over guarantees on mortgage bonds.
Study: Fewer children in US lack health insurance (AP)
AP - Even with more children living in poverty because of the rough economy, the number of children without health insurance in the U.S. has dropped by 1 million in the past three years, according to a report released Tuesday by Georgetown University.
Appeals court upholds Obama health care law (AP)
AP - A conservative-leaning appeals court panel on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care law, as the Supreme Court prepares to consider this week whether to resolve conflicting rulings over the law's requirement that all Americans buy health care insurance.
Insurance firm agrees to pay Joplin survivor (AP)
AP - An insurance company that initially refused to pay the medical bills of a man injured in the Joplin tornado while he tried to save three residents of a group home where he worked has now agreed to pay the claim, the company said Monday.
EU may combine insurance, SPIV to boost euro fund (Reuters)
Reuters - The euro zone should combine two proposals for increasing the firepower of its rescue fund -- an insurance model and a special purpose investment vehicle (SPIV) -- according to an EU paper for the mid-week summit obtained by Reuters on Monday.
Mortgage insurer subsidiary seized by regulators (AP)
AP - Insurance regulators in Arizona have seized the main subsidiary of private mortgage insurer PMI Group Inc., which will begin paying claims at just 50 percent.
Demise of Obama long-term care plan leaves gap (AP)
AP - The Obama administration's decision to pull the plug on a financially flawed long-term care insurance plan is likely to worsen a dilemma most middle-class families are totally unprepared for.
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