More than half of Americans purchasing long-term care insurance paid less than $20 a week according to a new report by the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, the industry trade group.

Imagine the frustration and the feelings that one may have when receiving a $3000 dollar bill for the treatment he has suffered in Iraq war as a soldier. That's exactly happened to Army Sgt. Erik Roberts who was billed $3000 dollars for the injury treatments that he had suffered in Iraq as a U.S. soldier.

A regional pilot scheme designed to provide basic medical insurance for all urban citizens will go nationwide this year, a senior labor official said yesterday.

Urban unemployment declined to 4 percent in China by the end of 2007 amid increased government efforts to improve people's livelihood, the labor ministry said Monday.

Individuals with advanced-stage laryngeal cancer at diagnosis were more likely to be uninsured or covered by Medicaid than to have private insurance, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

One of the most widely publicized and hotly debated forms of insurance in America today, health insurance is the subject of intense political and social debate. A rapidly evolving and extremely complex subject, health insurance is also one of the most important benefits offered by many employers.

Medicaid is one of the nation's largest insurance programs, covering approximately 55 million people. Yet some studies suggest there is declining physician participation in the program, which limits access to enrolled patients, particularly to specialists. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune condition whose sufferers face lifelong periods of disease flares and inflammation of numerous organ systems.

Medical insurance for overseas missionaries may require special provisions not met by many insurance companies. The typical career missionary, and his/her family, will reside overseas for up to four years, returning home for furlough, deputation or continuing education, then return to the mission field.