Unreported health care costs for Americans add up to billions

Americans spend more on health care than surveys report. Hidden costs such as ambulances and alternative treatments cost billions annually.
Ambulance

Buyouts and cuts featured heavily in new Maryland budget

The new Maryland budget, proposed to the legislature today, contains cuts in employment and health care to make up a $1.6 billion shortfall.
Maryland

Judge rules new health care laws unconstitutional

Henry Hudson, a Federal District Court Judge in Virginia, has ruled new health care laws unconstitutional. The fate of the laws is unknown.
VA Courthouse

How Can Your Credit Score Be Saved With Something As Simple As A Payday Loan?

Millions of people every year fall short on various bills and lose credit points. Payday loans are a no credit check option that can ease the pain.
Millions of people every year fall short on various bills and lose credit points. Payday loans are a no credit check option that can ease the pain.

One billion people cannot afford health care, says WHO

The World Health Organization has released some sobering numbers regarding just how many people in the world cannot afford health care...
Poverty and hunger are widespread in the streets of Gode, Ethiopia, where the 746th Air Expeditionary Wing delivered humanitarian supplies on Friday, March 24, 2006. The humanitarian effort is part of the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa - Flex mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Ann P. Knabe)

Big costs result when patient re-admission is required

Medicare patients are bouncing back into hospitals in big numbers, says the New England Journal of Medicine. It's bad for the health care system.
Hospital Bed

Consumers seek short term loans for medical expenses

Consumers are seeking short term loans and dipping into savings to handle the growing cost of health care, despite new health care changes...
Despite new health care changes, consumers are still using savings and short term loans to fund expenses.

Facts About Installment Loans Everyone Should Know Before Applying Online

Are installment loans online safe and secure? Is applying a big hassle with tons of hoops to jump through? We have the facts you want to know.
Are installment loans online safe and secure? Is applying a big hassle with tons of hoops to jump through? We have the facts you want to know.

Slow Recovering Economy Sends People to Rely on Payday Loans

Payday loans are helping Americans make their way through the recovering economy.

Health Care Costs Predicted to do Little for Debt Relief

Growing health care costs predicted to do little to help consumers' debt relief, even with efforts of the proposed health care reform.

HMO Investors and The New Health Plan

Many health industry analysts are blowing off President Barack Obama's health care reform bill passed Monday, a reform expected to yield a higher... READ MORE>>

How To Get A Cash Advance Without Providing Collateral or Submitting To A Credit Check

Credit checks can hurt your credit score and providing collateral for a loan is an unneccessary risk which can be avoided.
Credit checks can hurt your credit score and providing collateral for a loan is an unneccessary risk which can be avoided.

Retirees Forced to Use Unsecured Loans to Cover Health Care

Retirees have to use unsecured loans and savings to cover health care costs before Medicare coverage begins.

Specialists in Short Term Loans, Health Care and Compliance

The Labor Department projects that specialists of short term loans, finance-related careers and health care careers will be most in demand...
Check out where the jobs will be.

Using Payday Loans to Pay for Health Care

As the health care debate rages, Americans are using savings and payday loans to cover medical costs...

How Personal Loans Online Can Prevent Your FICO Credit Score From Going Down

Traditional loans require a credit check which puts a hard inquiry on your credit report which in many cases lowers your overall credit rating.
Traditional loans require a credit check which puts a hard inquiry on your credit report which in many cases lowers your overall credit rating.

Do We Need a Cash Advance or More Small Businesses?

With all the exciting talk about the recession ending, the question is: are the worst times really over? READ HERE for the news.
The way things are going, small businesses are going to need more than that. What about a cash advance for all? (Photo: flickr.com)

Pet Owners Use Payday Loans for Emergency Pet Care

Pet owners are urged to cut back on daily pet expenses and put the savings aside so they will only need small payday loans for emergency veterinary care...
Sometimes love isn't enough (photo courtesy of creativecommons.org)

Selective Government Aid | Americans Need Payday Loans

Americans are looking to payday loans as a way of helping them budget because of new studies showing that federal aid is based on geography, rather than need...
image by flickr

How To Use Short Term Loans To Get Through a Budget Crisis Wisely

Everyone finds themsevles in a budget crisis from time to time and short term loans are only the answer in some circumstances when used wisely.
Everyone finds themsevles in a budget crisis from time to time and short term loans are only the answer in some circumstances when used wisely.

Debt Relief Aided by a Health Care System Overhaul

Hopefully consumers will find some debt relief as a new proposed health care system overhaul is unveiled. READ THE STORY here
Debt relief and health care reform would seem to go hand-in-hand, brothers and sisters (Photo: flickr.com)

Health Care Industry Targets Physicians for Debt Relief

As the health care industry looks for some debt relief, it is targeting physicians...
Barack Obama touts health care everywhere he goes. Image from Wikimedia.