Managed-care company UnitedHealth Group Inc. said Thursday that it would pay $350 million to settle a lawsuit over out-of-network medical claims. The deal comes two days after the insurer pledged $50 million to set up a new database to determine payments for those claims.
FAA: Major Accidents From Bird Strikes Are Rare
Collisions between birds and aircraft are surprisingly common, with more than 56,000 bird strikes recorded in a 14-year period, says the FAA. Major accidents, however, are rare. But aviation authorities say hazards are increasing as more planes take to the sky.
Serving up the year in food
Historians have already dubbed 2008 The Beginning of the Obama Era. The local food scene in 2008 now has a fitting nickname: The Year of Strange Coincidences and Unlikely Pairs.
Think Birth Control Pills Are Dangerous? Try Pregnancy
By JOANNA SCHAFFHAUSEN, ABC News Medical Unit Since hormonal birth control first appeared in the 1960s, nearly 80 percent of women have taken it at some point in their lives. The pills and patches are so commonplace now that many...
O'Malley hears plea for Medicaid expansion
Health care advocates implored Gov. Martin O'Malley yesterday to continue a planned expansion of the Medicaid program even as he is expected to severely cut the state's budget to fill a huge budget shortfall.
HEALTH-LATAM: Too Many Women and Children Dying
SANTIAGO, Jan 15 (IPS) - "Latin America is not in the tragic conditions of the least developed countries, but an average rate of 130 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births is very high," UNICEF representative Egidio Crotti told IPS.
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