Health and Public Safety
September 16, 2009 -
By Doug Henwood, Left Business Observer
September 15, 2009 -
We reported yesterday that health insurance companies in a number of states and the District of Columbia are allowed by law to treat domestic violence as a pre-existing condition for which they can den
September 15, 2009 -
Millions of U.S. residents are drinking tap water that contains dangerous levels of toxic chemicals -- and many states in the South and elsewhere are doing a poor job of enforcing regulations designed to protect the public from such hazards.
September 14, 2009 -
In nine eight states as well as the District of Columbia, it is legal for insurance companies to reject individual health coverage for people because they are survivors of domestic violence.
September 14, 2009 -
The North Carolina union organizer who was the inspiration for the movie "Norma Rae" died on Friday of brain cancer after a battle with her insurance company, which delayed her treatment. She was 68.
September 11, 2009 -
Number of corporate mergers involving health insurers that took place over the past 13 years: more than 400 Percent of U.S. health insurance markets that are now classified as "highly concentrated": 94
