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Money Magazine: Get more from a second doctor's opinionupdated: Tue Feb 07 2012 11:38:00

If you're like most people, you're inclined to trust your doctor's advice.

CNNMoney: Desperately seeking COBRA subsidyupdated: Mon Jun 07 2010 11:31:00

If you lose your job after June 1, you'll see more than just your paycheck disappear. You also won't get the 65% federal subsidy to cover your COBRA health insurance premium.

CNNMoney: Jobless losing a health-insurance lifelineupdated: Tue Dec 01 2009 15:07:00

Millions of long-term unemployed Americans and their families are at risk of losing their health insurance, as their eligibility for a 9-month health-premium subsidy expires.

CNNMoney: Employees face 'shockingly higher' health costsupdated: Mon Oct 19 2009 07:03:00

It's open enrollment time at work. Prepare yourself. Starting in 2010, your employer is making sure that when it comes to paying for your health care, you're going to be sharing much more of the burden.

Sick skipping care because of cost, survey saysupdated: Tue Mar 17 2009 09:55:00

Americans are forgoing medical attention in the face of high health-care costs, a new consumer health survey has found.

CNNMoney: Workers pay more for health care - surveyupdated: Mon Mar 16 2009 12:54:00

As health care costs continue to rise, more companies are adopting consumer- directed health plans that would lower their own costs but potentially raise costs for employees.

How to shop for health insuranceupdated: Thu Mar 12 2009 15:47:00

After his sister nagged him for eight years to go to the doctor, Kurt Berger finally had a physical late last year. Then in January, he received a phone call from his doctor: Tests showed he had prostate cancer.

CNNMoney: Uninsured Americans: 86.7 millionupdated: Thu Mar 05 2009 13:44:00

One out of three Americans under 65 went without health insurance at some point during 2007 and 2008, according to a report released Wednesday.

Study: 86.7 million Americans uninsured over last two yearsupdated: Wed Mar 04 2009 15:40:00

One out of three Americans under 65 were without health insurance at some point during 2007 and 2008, according to a report released Wednesday.

CNNMoney: Stay engaged with the job marketupdated: Thu Feb 26 2009 15:25:00

With unemployment at its highest level in 15 years, you've got questions about what to do if you lose your job.

Money Magazine: Your doctor is in aisle fourupdated: Tue Dec 30 2008 11:53:00

Did you wake up with pinkeye? Or maybe a painful sore throat or a nasty rash? You want relief and you want it now. Well, good luck getting it.

Money Magazine: Open enrollment: So many choicesupdated: Mon Oct 20 2008 09:52:00

You'll likely have to make a crucial financial decision this month, and we're not talking about how much to spend on Aunt Hilda's holiday present. From October to November every year, millions of Americans must select health insurance and other benefits at work.

Census: Fewer Americans lack health insuranceupdated: Wed Aug 27 2008 10:55:00

Participation in government health insurance programs -- particularly those aimed at children -- increased from 2006 to 2007, leading to a decrease in the number of Americans lacking insurance, the U.S. Census Bureau said Tuesday.

Money Magazine: Insurance: Maximize your benefitsupdated: Mon Feb 12 2007 11:15:00

You can improve the odds that you'll collect the policy benefits you expected, if and when you need them, if you take these steps.

Money Magazine: An Rx for Drug-Price Spikesupdated: Fri Sep 01 2006 00:01:00

IF YOU OR SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY IS ELIGIBLE FOR the new Medicare drug plan, chances are you spent hours trying to find the plan that offered the most coverage with the least out-of-pocket cost for...

CNNMoney: Medicare confusionupdated: Mon May 08 2006 11:39:00

The deadline to enroll in a Medicare plan is just a week away...May 15. In today's Five Tips, we'll help you figure out everything you need to know - before next week.

CNNMoney: Can I sign up later?updated: Fri Oct 07 2005 17:25:00

Q. This is too confusing. Can I just sign up later?

CNNMoney: The fuzzy math of health insuranceupdated: Thu May 26 2005 10:00:00

SALEM, Ore. (CNN/Money) - Consumer advocate Linda Sherry is an expert when it comes to reading fine print and getting through to customer service.

California weighs health insurance experimentsupdated: Thu Jan 20 2005 18:33:00

Californians in November defeated a ballot initiative that would have required employers to provide health care coverage for their workers. Some state lawmakers are now attempting the opposite approach to ease the state's soaring emergency-care debt and 6 million uninsured citizens: requiring citizens to buy their own health insurance.

The Medicare messupdated: Mon Mar 22 2004 11:51:00

George Bush and his G.O.P. allies in Congress thought the Medicare prescription-drug benefit they enacted last December would take a key issue away from the Democrats and entice millions of seniors to vote Republican this November.

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