Taylor Swift is becoming quite the cover girl. For December, she is gracing the front page of Women’s Health magazine, out now.
In the accompanying article, Swift reveals that she wasn’t popular in elementary school. Swift states: “A lot of girls thought I was weird. Actually, the word they liked to use was annoying. I’d sit down at their lunch table, and they’d move to a different one.” However, that might have been a good thing. Instead of hanging Read the rest of this entry »

THE State Government has sought to put claims of a hospital cover-up at arm’s length by ordering an investigation into an incident at Campbelltown Hospital in which a woman allegedly had part of her intestine removed by mistake.
Rachel Hale was admitted to the hospital 10 days ago to have her appendix removed but was told after surgery by hospital staff that part of her bowel had been removed because a cancerous lump had been found.
“The Read the rest of this entry »

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – COVER GIRL: ENGAGING ELIZABETH, page 120: She’s one of Hollywood’s funniest actresses and Women’s Health got her at her at her most outspoken. From Gossip Girl to Laura Bush to the silliness of waxing to boobs (big and small) to pilates hell to porn to close encounters with Jake Gyllenhaal, the irrepressible Elizabeth Banks has a lot on her mind. Banks talks about what guys really find attractive, why boob jobs are Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON – The health insurance industry has proposed guaranteeing coverage for every American, regardless of medical condition, in return for an enforceable requirement that everyone have a policy.
The proposal also calls for the government to subsidize premiums for moderate-income people, according to the trade group America’s Health Insurance Plans. AHIP speaks for 1,300 companies that provide public or privately funded benefits.
The insurers’ Read the rest of this entry »

Health Plans Cover $89 Billion Hospital Shortfall, Group Says
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) — Employers and private health plans
pay an extra $88.8 billion for medical care each year to offset
low fees to doctors and hospitals from government programs,
according to an industry-sponsored study.
The shift is a “hidden tax” that increases the annual
cost of covering an average family of four by $1,788, according
to a report issued today by the actuarial Read the rest of this entry »

Parents in U.S. Can't Always Pay to Cover Kids, Study Says
Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) — More than a fourth of uninsured
children in the U.S. have a parent with health coverage,
according to a study whose authors said it shows private
insurance is too expensive for many working families.
The insured parents of kids without coverage had a private
plan rather than government health care in almost 90 percent of
the cases, said the study published today Read the rest of this entry »

FAMILIES face health premium rises of more than $200 next year as insurers try to claw back costs.
Major funds will apply to Health Minister Nicola Roxon today to lift premiums by 6.5 to 7.3 per cent.
States were given a 7.3 per cent rise to run public hospitals in the latest five-year Australian Health Care Agreement, signed last month.
Private health insurers will use that figure as a start for their own claims, arguing private hospitals face Read the rest of this entry »

Health Plans Cover $89 Billion Hospital Shortfall, Group Says
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) — Employers and private health plans
pay an extra $88.8 billion for medical care each year to offset
low fees to doctors and hospitals from government programs,
according to an industry-sponsored study.
The shift is a “hidden tax” that increases the annual
cost of covering an average family of four by $1,788, according
to a report issued today by the actuarial Read the rest of this entry »

INDIANAPOLIS – Barack Obama discussed his fitness regiment, his family, and the rigors of the campaign trail with Men’s Health magazine for its November issue.
Obama revealed he may not have completely kicked the smoking habit, saying, “There have been a couple of times during the campaign when I fell off the wagon and bummed one, and I had to kick it again. But I figure, seeing as I’m running for president, I need to cut myself a little Read the rest of this entry »

PORTLAND, ORE. — One in four uninsured children has at least one parent with health coverage, a new study reports.
The study highlights a twist in private health coverage: An estimated 2.4 million children nationwide go uninsured even in households where one or both parents have insurance, usually through a job.
Such families fall into an income gap, “earning too much to qualify for public insurance but not enough to afford private insurance Read the rest of this entry »