Cancer insurance makes comeback amid ads and lobbying
Washington AP reports cancer specific policies regain ground with flexible benefits and cash payouts for each cancer event. Critics warn the products are a poor hedge against high costs, while insurers expand lobbying and endorsements to shed a negative image.
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Hastert’s health care push fuels campaign coffers
Before rising to speaker to be, J Dennis Hastert authored health care overhaul ideas aligned with industry interests. Contributions totaled at least 171 455 dollars for 1998 re election, nearly one fifth of his funds, from health professionals, pharma firms, hospitals, and insurers.
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