A framework for policies that would enable all Americans to have access to affordable health insurance coverage was released today by the American College of Physicians (ACP). The updated position paper, Achieving Affordable Health Insurance Coverage for All Within Seven Years: A Proposal From America’s Internists, Updated 2008, is based on a 2002 College position paper.

Autism Speaks Applauds Florida Governor Charlie Crist and State Legislators for Passing Autism Health Insurance Legislation Florida's Senate Bill 2654 Important Step in Requiring Coverage of Necessary Autism Therapies.

California health insurance provider Kaiser Permanente and Health Net on Thursday agreed to reinstate coverage to about 1,200 individuals whose policies were improperly rescinded, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

An Australian health insurance provider New South Wales Health has rejected reports that its new care coordination centres for people suffering chronic diseases will segregate hospital patients based on whether they have private health insurance.

If you have avoided buying health insurance in the past because you did not want to deal with agents or because you wanted to be able to compare plans more effectively, then buying health insurance online is a good option.

People are afraid to pass DNA test and to find out they have genetically transmitted diseases in family, because it may eventually affect their health insurance coverage making it even less affordable and cause discrimination from health insurance providers and employers.

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana reached agreement to renew the system’s contract for two more years just hours before their previous contract was to expire.

USA Today on Thursday published two articles that examined how federal law might restrict some states and the city of San Francisco from enacting health insurance programs that require employers to offer workers health insurance coverage or contribute to a public fund to help cover the uninsured. The federal Employee Retirement Income and Security Act of 1974 exempts from state regulation employer-sponsored health insurance, pension plans and other benefits provided by employers.

WESTWOOD (KTLA)--Attorney Mark Geragos says he plans to file a lawsuit on behalf of the family of a 17-year-old girl who died just hours after her health insurer agreed to pay for a liver transplant.

U.S. businesses are struggling to provide affordable health insurance coverage to their employees as Mercer survey reveals that the cost of health benefits in U.S. continued to increase steadily.

One in every eight (12.2 percent) of the 47 million Americans without health insurance is a veteran or member of a veteran's household, according to a study by Harvard Medical School researchers based at the Cambridge Health Alliance.

According to Commonwealth Fund Commission, universal coverage is essential to a high performance health system; reform design will matter for improving quality and controlling costs.