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Thousands dodge health insurance premiums

never paid the compulsory basic medical insurance premium since the system was introduced four years ago ... . Now everyone has to take out a mandatory basic medical insurance with the insurance company ... , health insurance, medical insurance, the Netherlands, unpaid premiums) ...

Curaçao hospital broke and in disrepair

to anyone who needs it, including illegal immigrants and those lacking medical insurance.   (bankruptcy, Curaçao, medical equipment, St Elisabeth hospital) ... be modernised. He also warns of a lack of medical equipment. According to the director, the hospital ...

US Senate approves healthcare reform

and a government-run insurance plan. The two houses must now reach a compromise over the differences ... decades. It is expected to provide insurance for more than 30 million US citizens. This would mean that 94 percent of the country's population would have health insurance. Insurance companies would also ...

The right to a childhood

– until the red tape of US health insurance companies forced her out of the field. David Marcovitz is a second-year medical school student at Vanderbilt University in the US. David plans on becoming a primary care physician, and he reflects on what US health insurance reform – and Dr. Bartholemew’s story - mean ...

Battle over US healthcare reform turns ugly

care for the nearly 50 million people who have no medical insurance has been compared to Nazi ... million uninsured. The current Medical Insurance (Medicare that covers retired people over 65) budget ... , Democrats, euthanasia, euthanasia, medical insurance, North America, Republicans, United States, US ...

Obama's health care crusade hits Congress

would be passed guaranteeing medical insurance for every citizen by the end of the year. The health care ... the American health-care system more efficient and to make medical insurance available to everyone. It turned ... and the health care sector – insurance companies, doctors, patients – and negotiate with them until an agreement ...

30 million for health care on Dutch Antilles

in their salaries. Local residents will also be offered collective medical insurance with a coverage ... will also be used to buy new medical equipment and two new ambulances for each island. In addition, health ...

US House approves Obama’s healthcare plans

every American will be insured against medical expenses. The debate in the Senate is expected to start ...

Letter from Zimbabwe: Death, an expensive business!

aside some money for insurance and medical aid. Most funeral insurance policies taken before ... economic hardships. The family had already exhausted all its resources on hospitalization and medication ... family.   Funeral insurance eases burden According to traditional African culture, funerals ...

Haiti: charity workers in shock

a grocery shop and worked as an insurance agent for a while before moving to Haiti a year and a half ago ... and medical aid to the country as soon as possible. (Caribbean, earthquake, Haiti quake, Haiti quake ...

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