Cheap Health Insurance Can Delay Cancer Diagnosis, Increase Risk Of Death

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• March 21, 2025
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Considering a short-term health insurance plan as a cheap alternative to more costly comprehensive coverage?

You could be rolling the dice when it comes to cancer, a new study suggests.

People who opt for short-term limited duration (STLD) insurance tend to have th...

Americans With Private Insurance May Pay More for Hospital Stay

• Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
• May 14, 2024
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Having private insurance may not be all it is cracked up to be when it comes to hospital bills, new research warns.

In a report published Monday by the nonprofit research institute RAND Corp., resear...

Record Number of Americans Choose Obamacare

• Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
• December 22, 2023
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Over 15 million Americans have signed up for health insurance using the Affordable Care Act's federal marketplace, a 33% increase from the year before, preliminary government data shows.

On Dec. 15, the deadline for coverage that starts Jan. 1, a whopping 745,000 people ...