Dr. Ian Clarke, the proprietor of International Hospital Kampala, has blasted government’s plan to hurriedly roll out the not-so-popular Health Insurance Scheme, arguing that it will result in “disappointed” expectations.

By Sean Ingram sportseditor@couriernews.com City Corp.’s board of directors approved health insurance for 2009-2010 and learned about the water utility’s customer service survey during its regular meeting Tuesday at the water treatment plant in northern Russellville.

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The Iowa House voted 92-3 on Monday to approve a narrower version of health insurance legislation that would establish a panel to make recommendations to the state Legislature about how to help people obtain health insurance, the Des Moines Register reports.

A new analysis suggests that universal health insurance might not save many adult lives or any if the United States actually puts it into place. A previous estimate by the influential Institute of Medicine is too optimistic, said Richard Kronick, a former health care adviser to President Clinton who crunches numbers in a study appearing online in the journal Health Services Research.