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Car Insurance vs. Out-of-Pocket: the Decision is Yours

You're not invincible. Car crashes happen. Although some states do not require... more

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Troy Polamalu – The man with million-dollar hair

Troy Polamalu has long, thick, black hairs which go out of his helmet and dropped down... more

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Insuring a Home Office

As more people take freelance jobs, and online work like running Twitters and social... more

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State lawmakers set to pass bill encouraging green tech - Sacramento Environmental News | Examiner.com

It's voluntary with incentives to the insurance industry. Too soft an approach?

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17 Weird (But True) Celebrity Health Insurance Policies You Won’t Believe

Celebrities thrive on both fame and excess. Because of this, it's no surprise... more

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Ha! Lindsay Lohan's Car Insurance Cost More Than My Car

With two DUIs and an at-fault accident to the mix and only 10 percent of insurance... more

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New compare the meerkat advert from comparethemeerkat.com

My new compare the meerkat advert, The Streets of Ambitiousness, is third and final... more

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Barak's Attempt To Bankrupt the Insurance Companies...One Pill Makes You Larger One Pill Makes You Small and the Ones That Obama Gives You Don't Do Anything At All.

WASHINGTON — The White House on Wednesday issued new rules requiring health... more

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The Shotton Family Story

What would you lose if your home was destroyed? This film has been specially... more

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The Ten Most Uninsurable People on Earth

You can call it paranoia or forward planning, either way insurance is the 21st... more

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Why ObamaCare Will Make You Poorer

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Russian car insurance commercial: BOOBS!

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Clarks most likely to have crashes

A study of insurance claims has found that people with the surname Clark are more... more

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10 Facts About Health Care Reform

Here are ten facts — actual, black and white facts — about health care... more

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The Ultimate Guide to Health Insurance Theft- A Growing Problem

While it has been suspected that doctors, nurses and other health care personnel are... more

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Study: Health and life insurance companies invest billions in fast food!

The investments of large insurers of health, disability and long term care in fast food chains like McDonald's and Pizza Hut have raised the interest of a study in the American Journal of Public Health, reports CBS Radio News' John Hartge.

The Harvard Medical School's Dr. Wesley Boyd, an author of the study, finds it ironic that these firms would invest nearly $2 billion in companies that sell food often linked to obesity and cardiovascular disease.

"The insurance industry, so far as it seeks to make a profit, it does so in an amoral way," Boyd said.

Boyd said health insurers should be held to higher corporate standards.

Among big investors in fast food companies are life and disability insurers, like Prudential Financial, Northwestern Mutual and Massachusetts Mutual.

According to the study, Northwestern Mutual owns $422.2 million in fast-food stock, with $318.1 million invested in McDonald's. Massachusetts Mutual owns $366.5 million of fast-food stock, including $267.2 in McDonald's.

Holland-based ING, an investment firm that also offers life and disability insurance, has total fast-food holdings of $406.1 million, including $12.3 million in Jack in the Box, $311 million in McDonald's, and $82.1 million in Yum! Brands, which owns Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell.

New Jersey-based Prudential Financial Inc. sells life insurance and long-term disability coverage. With total fast-food holdings of $355.5 million, Prudential Financial owns $197.2 of stock in McDonald's and also has significant stakes in Burger King, Jack-in-the-Box and Yum! Brands.

The authors write that the recent passage of health care reform will likely expand the reach of the insurance industry, arguing that if insurers are to play a greater role in health care that they should be held to a higher standard of corporate responsibility.

"There’s a ton of irony in it," said Boyd, a psychiatry professor. "In order to generate profits, they will invest in any area they need to … to make money, even if what they invest in, in this case fast food, is an industry that is known to cause people to get sick and to die early."

To those who think that private insurance is great: Do you still trust your insurance company when it literally is betting on citizens lives?The investments of large insurers of health, disability and long term care in fast... more

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Congress might lose its insurance under health law

It is often said that the new health care law will affect almost every American in... more

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Tennessee Removes 100,000 From Medicaid Rolls

by ANITA WADHWANI text sizeAAAApril 8, 2010 After losing the use of her arms and... more

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17 Infographics Explaining Obamacare and Health Care Reform

With the health care reform bill passed, many are now debating the merits of so-called... more

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Some FAILs that I don't think are FAILs #5

Occasionally people call things FAILs, when they aren’t really that FAIL. I look... more

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