Some uninsured Florida residents may get easier access to health care coverage under legislation signed Wednesday by Gov. Charlie Crist.
The new law lets insurance companies offer scaled-back health plans without all the usually required coverages. That might make insurance available to some people for as little as $150 a month, Crist said.
Under the law, some [...]
The same day Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. signed a bill aimed at eventually overhauling health care in Utah, new data showed the number of uninsured state residents has dropped for the first time since 2001.
But the dip, credited to last year’s strong economy, isn’t big enough to warrant relaxing, health officials and politicians said, particularly [...]
One in four patients who suffer a heart attack do not bother filling the prescriptions for medications to treat their underlying heart disease after leaving hospital, according to startling new Canadian research.
They pay a heavy price for ignoring doctors’ orders, the study shows, because those who fail to take their meds [...]
Editor’s Note: Second in a series focusing on the stages of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia though one family’s eyes.
The accident left Lorraine Jackson with a fractured collarbone and ribs and a wrecked car. It left her daughter Marjorie Jackson with more nagging questions.
Her mom was driving alone to the hair salon when she turned left [...]
