Health Beauty and Disease Information

Are you one of the millions of Americans who either have no health insurance or are underinsured? This is a pretty volatile subject. It’s been an ongoing problem for some time. During these tough economic times it’s even worse.

It’s a pretty sad testament to what is supposed to be the wealthiest country on earth that we have children and senior citizens who have no health insurance. (more…)

After World War II, the United States and Canada, two countries that were very similar in many ways, struck out on radically divergent paths to public health insurance. Canada developed a universal single-payer system of national health care, while the United States opted for a dual system that combines public health insurance for low-income and senior residents with private, primarily employer-provided health insurance – or no insurance – for everyone else.In “National Health Insurance in the United States and Canada”, Gerard W. Boychuk probes the historical development of health care in each country, honing in on the most distinctive social and political aspects of each country – the politics of race in the U.S. and territorial politics in Canada especially the tensions between the national government and the province of Quebec. In addition to the politics of race and territory, Boychuk sifts through the (more…)

This current, accurate and detailed industry guide for financial service professionals examines life and health insurance simultaneously from the viewpoints of the buyer, the advisor, and the insurer—providing a comprehensive and unbiased treatise on individual and group life; a forthright appraisal of life and health insurance industry products with careful consideration of the environment; and a complete examination of life insurance company operations and regulation. Bases financial treatment of life insured operations on modern financial theory, and devotes entire chapters to the economics of life and health insurance; individual life and health insurance policies; life and health insurance evaluation; the uses of life and health insurance in personal and business planning; government and employee benefit plans; and the management, operation, and regulation of life insurance companies. Offers a strong global orientation, (more…)