Members of the American Economic Association were asked whether they agreed with a number of propositions, ranging from the economic impact of minimum-wage increases to the desirability of universal health insurance.
" The health insurance company, Blue Cross, wants me to put you out in the snow tomorrow afternoon, " he tells me after I have been in the hospital for more than a week.
That fact comes from a huge analysis of private health insurance claims, done on more than 78,000 people, collected by a nonprofit group called FAIR Health.
该结论来自对78000多人私人医疗保索量分析,而这些案例是非营利组织 FAIR Health 收集。
Who's money for roads and schools and firefighters, health insurance is being diverted to the pockets of some of the most profitable corporations in the world.
Employment benefits such as obtaining health insurance through your spouse's employer and the right to take medical leave to care for a spouse who becomes ill.
In the US, health insurance companies won't pay for the procedure, unless the patient's body mass index or BMI is at least 35 even if the patient's diabetes is uncontrolled.
Day never gave the hospital permission to use his wife's cells and it didn't seem right, or fair, that people were making millions of dollars from selling them while members of the family couldn't even afford health insurance.
Unlike many other countries on this list, however, obesity-related issues are not covered by Saudi health insurance, meaning that hundreds of thousands of dollars are being spent every year to address weight-related problems.