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Dentists offered NHS pay incentive (ic Lanarkshire)
Ministers have made a fresh appeal to dentists to accept a deal aimed at halting Scotland's deepening dental crisis.

Executive unveils 295m plan to ease dental crisis (The Scotsman: Health)
DENTISTS will be paid tens of thousands of pounds to keep on NHS patients in an effort to solve the crisis in Scottish dental care, ministers said yesterday.

Sharp rise in demand for dental plans (The Courier)
AS MORE and more dentists leave the NHS in Scotland demand for private dental health care plans is booming.

Aetna Wins Health Plan Innovation Award (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
HARTFORD, Conn.----Nov. 16, 2005--The National Business Coalition on Health recognized Aetna yesterday with an eValue8 Innovation Award for outreach work to support physicians treating Hispanic/Latino people with diabetes.

Nation Spotlight On Lake After Body Is Found (Scott County Times)
LAKE--Local area officials said last week they plan to stay involved in a case involving the discovery of a woman's body that has gained national attention.

Reform unveiled for dental care (Yorkshire Post)
Mike Waites Health Correspondent A SIX-step plan to reduce inequalities in dental health was unveiled yesterday by the Government.

CIGNA Expands Co-Marketing for CIGNATURE Rx(SM) Prescription Drug Plan With Brooks Eckerd Pharmacy Chain (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
CIGNA HealthCare today announced an agreement with Brooks Eckerd Pharmacy chain to co-brand its CIGNATURE Rx Medicare prescription drug plan and collaborate on in-store information and education.

CIGNA Dental Adds Oral Cancer Screening to Its Preventive Health Measures (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Recognizing the importance of early detection and intervention, CIGNA Dental has announced that beginning January 1, 2006, it will cover the oral cancer screening procedure known as a brush biopsy for members enrolled in the CIGNA Dental Care , CIGNA Dental PPO , and CIGNA Traditional plans.

Faculty insurance increases (Auburn Plainsman)
Full-time employees and faculty members at Auburn will see changes in their health and dental insurance plans, including a 10 percent increase in premiums, beginning Jan. 1, 2006. To be eligible for the new benefits, faculty must have ...

Affordable Health Care Available to More Fixed-Income Medicare Beneficiaries in Texas: Secure Horizons Gold Expands to (HispanicBusiness.com)
CYPRESS, Calif., Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. is expanding its Secure Horizons Gold health plan for those who qualify for Medicare and Medicaid (Texas STAR Program) in Johnson, Kaufman, Rockwell and Ellis counties in Texas.


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