Health Bills Can Lead To Debt Woes For Insured, Too (NPR)
Health Bills Can Lead To Debt Woes For Insured, Too (NPR)
Even though Jamie Drzewicki had health insurance, her bills piled up to $62,000 after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She is among the 28 percent of Floridians polled who say they’re having trouble paying their medical bills.
Fuel’s surge a headache for home health providers (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Stethoscope? Check. Bandages and medications? Check. Money for fuel? Uh-oh. U.S. home health care workers, particularly those in rural areas, are suffering from financial headaches caused by the escalating cost of transportation, forcing some to borrow cash from co-workers in between paychecks and others to consider leaving the industry altogether.
Sanofi to Buy Primary Health’s Consumer Unit for A$560 Million (Bloomberg.com)
July 21 (Bloomberg) — Sanofi-Aventis SA , France’s largest drugmaker, agreed to pay A$560 million ($544 million) cash for the consumer products unit of Primary Health Care Ltd.
Health Highlights: July 20, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
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Gas prices squeeze home health care sector (Detroit News)
U.S. home health care workers, particularly those in rural areas, are suffering from financial headaches caused by the escalating cost of transportation, forcing some to borrow cash from co-workers in between paychecks and others to consider leaving the industry altogether.
Sanofi to Buy Primary Health Care’s Consumer Unit, Review Says (Bloomberg.com)
July 21 (Bloomberg) — Sanofi-Aventis SA , France’s largest drugmaker, agreed to pay A$560 million ($544 million) for the consumer products unit of Primary Health Care Ltd.
Mental health poll reveals stigma (BBC News)
Nine out of ten people with mental health problems say they frequently face stigma - most often from those closest to them, says a survey.
Managing modestly: Robert McIntire remains humble as a key executive for health insurer WellPoint Inc. (BizJournals)
Robert T. McIntire, senior vice president of health care management for Indianapolis-based health insurer WellPoint Inc., is known to many as simply Bob.