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Record #:
3206
Author(s):
Wood, Suzanne M.
Abstract:
Many small businesses are unable to offer employees health insurance. Caroliance, a health insurance purchasing co-op, originated by the state in 1991, meets this need by linking businesses with insurance carriers.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 56 Issue 2, Feb 1997, p12-13, 16-19, il
Subject(s):
Insurance, Health; Small business; Caroliance (Health insurance purchasing co-op)
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Record #:
3937
Author(s):
Wood, Suzanne M.
Abstract:
Rising costs of HMOs make it difficult for a number of small businesses to offer health insurance plans to their employees. Options in dealing with rising costs include joining an alliance, such as Caroliance, and working with a benefits consultant to get the best deal possible.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 56 Issue 11, Nov 1998, p12,14,18,20, il
Subject(s):
Insurance, Health; Health maintenance organizations; Small business
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Record #:
12240
Author(s):
Norris, Jeannie Faris
Abstract:
Blue Cross/Blue Shield, North Carolina's largest health insurer, is marking its fiftieth anniversary this year. The article includes important health milestones during that period.
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We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 41 Issue 11, Nov 1983, p98, 100, 102, 157-158, il
Subject(s):
Insurance, Health
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Record #:
24348
Author(s):
Bailey, David
Abstract:
Duke University Medical Center is the cutting edge location for heart surgery. This article examines the costs of operations and who ends up paying for them.
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Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 11 Issue 7, July 1991, p24-35, il Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Duke University; Duke University--Medical research; Insurance; Insurance, Health
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Record #:
24384
Author(s):
Simon, Debra
Abstract:
Group-insurance costs have skyrocketed since the 60s, and employers are looking for ways to keep employees healthy over the long term and keep treatment costs low. Businesses are pursuing various measures to combat rising health insurance costs.
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Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 8 Issue 4, April 1988, p30-39, il Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Insurance, Health; Insurance; Insurance industry; Health care reform--North Carolina--History
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Record #:
27740
Author(s):
Trostle, JP [Illustrator]
Abstract:
A look at those uninsured in North Carolina as the state legislature considers their decision to deny health coverage to North Carolinians. A number of graphs with data from the 2012 census survey show who is uninsured in North Carolina. Latinos, part-time workers, and the under-educated are most at risk at not being covered under current conditions.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 31 Issue 51, December 2014, p11 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Insurance, Health
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Record #:
27752
Author(s):
Ball, Billy
Abstract:
The teens that make up Wake County’s Youth Empowered Solutions team are lobbying for school health centers in Wake County Schools. The county currently has over 27,000 uninsured teens. The centers would serve as a doctor’s office on school grounds for those students are low-income or uninsured. These centers do not currently exist in Wake County, but YES’s efforts to change this have earned them a Citizen Award form IndyWeek.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 30 Issue 5, January 2013, p8 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Insurance, Health; Citizenship awards
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Record #:
27863
Author(s):
Cowell, Rebekah L.
Abstract:
Many people with eating disorders are exhausting their savings for treatment and some are dying from a lack of insurance coverage. Insurers often do not cover treatment for eating disorders. Area resident Amy Lambert details her struggle with the disorder and its financial burden. Chase Bannister who directs the Carolina House in Durham explains what his treatment facility does to help and Tori Toles of UNC’s Eating Disorder Program also discusses the problems for those wanting treatment.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 8, February 2010, p5-7 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Eating disorders; Insurance, Health
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Record #:
29232
Author(s):
Tuttle, Steve
Abstract:
In the face of skyrocketing health care costs, officials in North Carolina's health care facilities and insurance companies are searching for ways to take the burden off the patient and the industry.
Source:
NC Magazine (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 49 Issue 6, June 1991, p46, 48, 50-53, il, por
Subject(s):
Health care; Insurance, Health
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Record #:
36274
Author(s):
Martin Edward [Author]
Abstract:
Medical advancements possible over the next decade included cryopreservation, controlling prosthetic limbs with the mind, and nanotechnology. Areas projected for improvement or further development over the next ten years included gene therapy, noninvasive technology, and cure of Dementia diseases. As for an area the author acknowledges is not clear, it involves medical ethics: when to cease providing procedures, especially where age is concerned.
Source:
Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 2, February 2016, p52-57 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Nanotechnology; Cancer; Alzheimer's disease; Genetics--Research; Wake Forest University; Pharmaceutical industry; Elderly care; Geriatrics; Insurance, Health; Carolinas Medical Center (Charlotte); East Carolina University. Brody School of Medicine
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