Health Care Benefits Cost Being Passed On to Employees By Wal-Mart

Critics of the health care reform act passed under President Obama have generally gone one of two ways: either saying that the reforms don't go far enough and should have obliterated profit-centric insurance companies entirely, or contending ... continue

Health Insurers Drive American Doctors’ Costs Up Nearly 4X, Study Says

One of the most commonly bemoaned aspects of the American health care system by advocates of a single payer plan- that Americans on average pay far more for a far less comprehensive standard of care- is how doctors ... continue

Dentists far less likely to accept kids on Medicaid, group finds

Children with public insurance like Medicaid are far less likely to receive urgent dental care than their counterparts with private insurance such as Blue Cross Blue Shield, recent "undercover" research has found in Illinois. The study, published in ... continue

Whole Foods blatantly discriminates against staff “of size”

Whole Foods is supposedly a great company to be employed with. Unless you're a big fat fatty, in which case Whole Foods would like to remind you that you're less valuable to them than your thin co-workers. While ... continue

Uninsured Daniel Webb sent to La-z-boy to die

A 33 year-old morbidly obese man with no health coverage was returned untreated to a recliner in his home in March after a knee injury. Daniel Webb became unable to walk or leave his home after the injury, ... continue

Health Insurance Companies have $4.4 Billion Invested in Tobacco Production

This doesn't come as much of a shock really, but health insurance companies in Britain, Canada and the U.S. have invested at least $4.4 billion in tobacco companies. A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine ... continue

PETA says meat eaters should pay more insurance

  That wacky mob PETA, fresh from "flouring" Lindsay Lohan in Paris has sent a letter to BlueCross BlueShield health insurance company in Vermont on behalf of their 2 million members asking that health insurance premiums be raised ... continue