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At 60, Britain's health service needs reality check (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Britain's National Health Service is famous for being free at the point of need, but analysts say that if the 60-year-old NHS is to serve an ageing and expanding population, the reality of its cost must be accepted.
European Plan Would Expand Health Care Access Within the Bloc (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
European Union residents would be able to receive most health care treatment anywhere in the 27-nation bloc without prior authorization under a proposal published on Wednesday.
Opening Glance: Health care equipment and supplies (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Health care equipment and supply stocks mostly rose early Thursday after the Labor Department reported that the unemployment rate fell flat in June, as economists had expected, abating some concern about the job market.
Ahead of the Bell: Aetna and Health Net skid (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of Aetna Inc. and Health Net Inc. were on pace to open at their lowest levels in years Thursday after a Goldman Sachs analyst downgraded the health insurers due to falling profit margins.
Most Patients Happy With German Health Care (NPR)
German health benefits are very generous, and there's usually little or no wait to get elective surgery or diagnostic tests, such as MRIs. It's one of the best health care systems in the world. It's visible in little ways that most Germans take for granted.
French president says freed hostage in good health (AP via Yahoo! News)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday that the newly freed Colombian-French hostage Ingrid Betancourt was in "good health" and her children would go to see her in Colombia.
Community Health-In-Partnerships Services receives AMA Foundation grant (BizJournals)
The American Medical Association Foundation awarded Community Health-In-Partnerships Services in St. Louis a grant worth at least $12,000 to help address the growing problem of the uninsured and to recognize physician volunteerism, the AMA announced Tuesday. (PFE)
Lawmakers approve health insurance for autism (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
HARRISBURG -- Parents of autistic children would be able to pay for behavioral therapy and related services with private health insurance starting next year, under legislation that strikes a compromise between the insurance industry and advocates for the disabled
EU tackles discrimination, boosts worker and health rights (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The EU unveiled Wednesday new plans to tackle discrimination against aged or handicapped people, strengthen workers' rights and clear up health care across Europe's borders.
Woman pleads guilty to health care fraud (Baltimore Sun)
A Severna Park woman pleaded guilty in federal court to health care fraud yesterday for billing for medical services she did not provide, according to the U.S. attorney's office.