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2 Calif. health insurers to pay $13M for dropping clients (USA Today)

Two of California's biggest health insurers have agreed to collectively pay $13 million and reinstate more than 2,000 insurance policies to settle claims with the state that they illegally dropped policyholders from coverage.

Feds: Climate change to cause 'irreversible' health risks (USA Today)

An Environmental Protection Agency report released Thursday warns that global warming will increase disease and other health problems nationwide in coming decades.

Health Highlights: July 18, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Column: The Need For Universal Health Care (CBS News)

Data from the U.S. Census Bureau indicates the number of Americans without health insurance has reached 47 million. That means that 15.8 percent of the residents of the self-proclaimed "best" country in the world do not have access to adequate health care.

WellCare Health Plans names Thomas L. Tran as CFO (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

WellCare Health Plans Inc., which provides managed care services for government-sponsored health care programs, has named Thomas L. Tran as chief financial officer, effective Monday.