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Insurers offer to stop charging sick people more (Houston Chronicle)
For the first time, the health insurance industry is offering to curb its controversial practice of charging higher premiums to sick people.
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Texas NFIB, hospitals seek new laws on health care costs - SmartBrief
Texas NFIB, hospitals seek new laws on health care costs SmartBrief, DC NFIB and the Texas Hospital Association on Tuesday called for new legislation to make health care more affordable and available in the wake of new research showing that health insurance costs have increased seven times faster than income. ...
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Ex-housekeeper sues Lakers' Bryant, his wife (Houston Chronicle)
Kobe Bryant’s former housekeeper is suing the NBA star and his wife, contending she was “harassed and humiliated,” denied health insurance and forced to quit because of “intolerable” working conditions.
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TMA Physicians and Legislators: 'Patients Have a Right to Know' (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
The Texas Medical Association (TMA) joined with state legislators to launch initiatives today that would make using health insurance better and much easier for Texas patients.
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