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Health insurance on the block (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
Posted: May 31st, 2009, 9:05pm EDT
More than 12,000 children and teens in Sonoma County could lose their medical coverage under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposal to eliminate Healthy Families, a government-funded insurance program for children. -
Health insurance group to make presentations for those out who have exhausted their COBRA coverage (Winston-Salem Journal)
Posted: May 31st, 2009, 4:50pm EDT
The N.C. Health Insurance Risk Pool Inc. will make two presentations in the Triad this week regarding policies available to people whose have exhausted their coverage under COBRA. -
All Aren't Happy With Health Insurance For All (NPR)
Posted: May 31st, 2009, 9:10am EDT
Requiring all Americans to have health insurance is one of the proposals now being considered in Washington, D.C. Massachusetts already requires its residents to be insured, but people aren't always able to afford a policy, even when the state helps out. -
Inadequate health insurance leaves Nebraskans in a pinch (Grand Island Independent)
Posted: May 31st, 2009, 8:11am EDT
When state Sen. Mike Gloor left his job as president and chief executive officer at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island, he was thrust into health insurance limbo. -
Pets can get health insurance coverage, too (Tulsa World)
Posted: May 31st, 2009, 2:47am EDT
Dear Action Line: We are going on a driving vacation to Yellowstone and leaving our dogs at home with a neighbor. He suggests we check on health insurance for them. Is there such a thing as "pet health insurance?" — D.M., Claremore. -
Health insurance tips for new college graduates (San Francisco Chronicle)
Posted: May 31st, 2009, 2:43am EDT
Congratulations: You've graduated from college. Now for a real-world test: finding health insurance. Unless you have a job with health insurance lined up, you need to get your own coverage. Most group health policies cover dependents up to age 23, 24 or 25 as... Related: Insurance - Health insurance - Health - United States - Business -
New Web site helps people find health insurance (The Photo News)
Posted: May 31st, 2009, 1:36am EDT
A new Web site, www.EnrollNY.org, offers free online help so people can see if they qualify for free and low-cost public health insurance, and then begin the application on the spot. -
Report looks into state's private health insurance market (Helena Independent Record)
Posted: May 31st, 2009, 12:43am EDT
A handful of companies dominate Montana's private health-insurance market, adding to premium increases far beyond the rate of inflation, says a report by a health-reform group. -
Inadequate health insurance leaves Nebraskans in a pinch (Grand Island Independent)
Posted: May 31st, 2009, 12:42am EDT
When state Sen. Mike Gloor left his job as president and chief executive officer at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island, he was thrust into health insurance limbo. -
Health insurance tips for new college graduates (San Francisco Chronicle)
Posted: May 31st, 2009, 12:08am EDT
Congratulations: You've graduated from college. Now for a real-world test: finding health insurance. Unless you have a job with health insurance lined up, you need to get your own coverage. Most group health policies cover dependents up to age 23, 24 or 25 as... Related: Insurance - Health insurance - Health - Business - United States -
Two states offer health insurance ideas (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Posted: May 30th, 2009, 9:25pm EDT
Laid off from her job in Massachusetts, Danielle Marks thought immediately about the loss of her health insurance. How could she afford the medication and physical therapy she needed to heal after shoulder surgery? Valerie Nash, laid off in Tennessee, thought about her diabetes. -
Conn. Senate votes to open health insurance plan (Boston Globe)
Posted: May 30th, 2009, 1:30pm EDT
The Connecticut Senate sent Gov. M. Jodi Rell a bill Saturday that opens the state's employee and retiree health insurance plan to municipalities, small businesses and nonprofit agencies. -
Parents can soon add adult kids to health insurance coverage (The Champaign News-Gazette)
Posted: May 30th, 2009, 7:59am EDT
SPRINGFIELD – A new Illinois law will offer uninsured 20-somethings a new option for health coverage – courtesy of mom and dad. Starting Monday, parents will be permitted to add unmarried adult children up to age 26 to their own health insurance plans. -
WPS Health Insurance cuts 13 Wausau jobs (Wausau Daily Herald)
Posted: May 30th, 2009, 4:43am EDT
Madison-based WPS Health Insurance recently announced plans to eliminate 13 jobs at its Wausau office as of July 3. -
Report looks into state's private health insurance market (Helena Independent Record)
Posted: May 30th, 2009, 1:43am EDT
A handful of companies dominate Montana's private health-insurance market, adding to premium increases far beyond the rate of inflation, says a report by a health-reform group. -
New Web site helps people find health insurance (The Photo News)
Posted: May 30th, 2009, 1:32am EDT
A new Web site, www.EnrollNY.org, offers free online help so people can see if they qualify for free and low-cost public health insurance, and then begin the application on the spot. -
Lawmakers advocate for child health insurance in Woodbridge (MyCentralJersey.com)
Posted: May 29th, 2009, 5:57pm EDT
For parents who work for companies that do not provide health insurance for them or their children, help may soon be on the way, two longtime advocates for affordable and accessible health care coverage said yesterday. -
Health Insurance Rule Change (WMBD - FOX 43 Peoria)
Posted: May 29th, 2009, 5:45pm EDT
WMBD/WYZZ TV – ILLINOIS -- Illinois parents will be able to continue using their health insurance to cover older dependent children beginning June 1st. -
Fraudulent Health Insurance Cases Increase (WSMV Nashville)
Posted: May 29th, 2009, 1:58pm EDT
The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance says it has seen an increase in the number of cases of people selling fraudulent health insurance. -
Kennedy Health Plan Would Include Public Insurance (Bloomberg via Yahoo! News)
Posted: May 29th, 2009, 1:45pm EDT
May 29 (Bloomberg) -- Senator Edward Kennedy, chairman of a Senate panel drafting a health-care overhaul, is circulating a plan that would require everyone to have insurance and would create a government program to compete with private insurers, said people familiar with the plan. -
Aldermen vote law off the books, allowing city to pay less than 50% of retiree health insurance (Somerville Journal)
Posted: May 29th, 2009, 1:13pm EDT
Joe Curtatone, facing his biggest financial crisis as mayor, wants to trim the amount the city is paying for retirees’ health insurance. It turns out the aldermen of 1979 put a roadblock in his way. A city law on the books from 1979 – which is in conflict with the state law on retirees – caused a 70-minute snafu at the Board of Aldermen’s meeting last night. -
Ill. health insurance law takes effect Monday (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Posted: May 29th, 2009, 11:16am EDT
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. | Illinois parents will be able to continue using their health insurance to cover older dependent children beginning June 1. -
Massachusetts Health Insurance Law Has Increased Access To Care, Though Residents' Ability To Obtain Treatment ... (Medical News Today)
Posted: May 29th, 2009, 10:19am EDT
Since the implementation of the Massachusetts health insurance law in 2006, more residents have health coverage and increased access to care, but rising health care costs combined with the current economic recession could undermine some of the law's successes, according to the third annual "Update on Health Reform in Massachusetts" report by the Urban Institute, the Boston Globe reports. -
Tips for Lowering Health Insurance Costs (KOLR - KSFX Ozarks)
Posted: May 29th, 2009, 8:37am EDT
One of the biggest complaints Americans have right now is the rising cost of health insurance. Here's one family's story - and three tips to help lower costs in your home. -
Health insurance law takes effect June 1 (ABC 7 Chicago)
Posted: May 29th, 2009, 8:32am EDT
Illinois parents will be able to continue using their health insurance to cover older dependent children beginning June 1. -
Illinois health insurance law takes effect June 1 (KSDK St. Louis)
Posted: May 29th, 2009, 7:27am EDT
Illinois health insurance law takes effect June 1 -
New health insurance law starts Monday in Illinois (WREX-TV Rockford)
Posted: May 29th, 2009, 7:15am EDT
A new law will allow parents to keep their children on their health insurance for longer. -
Illinois Health Insurance Law Takes Effect June 1 (FOX 2 News St. Louis)
Posted: May 29th, 2009, 6:49am EDT
Illinois parents will be able to continue using their health insurance to cover older dependent children beginning June 1. State insurance officials say the new law will allow adding children up to age 26. It'll also allow military veterans to be covered by parents up to age 30. The child does not have to be enrolled in school. -
Ill. health insurance law takes effect Monday (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Posted: May 29th, 2009, 6:46am EDT
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. | Illinois parents will be able to continue using their health insurance to cover older dependent children beginning June 1. -
Plan expands health-insurance coverage (Salem Statesman Journal)
Posted: May 29th, 2009, 5:25am EDT
A Salem pediatrician and Salem Hospital's chief executive praised Thursday's legislative agreement on hospital and insurer taxes that will extend health-insurance coverage for 80,000 more children and at least 25,000 more adults. -
Howard Dean: Give people choices of health insurance (The Des Moines Register)
Posted: May 29th, 2009, 4:17am EDT
Howard Dean was stumping again in Iowa on Thursday, but this time the former presidential candidate was campaigning for public health insurance. -
Blue Shield wins ruling over rescinded health insurance (Los Angeles Times)
Posted: May 29th, 2009, 12:58am EDT
Plaintiffs Steve and Cindy Hailey stipulate that they lied in their application for coverage and that the application was clear. A judge ruled Thursday in mid-trial that Blue Shield of California had acted properly in canceling the health insurance policy of a former Cypress resident after he was seriously injured in a car accident. -
Texas lawmakers fail to save measure expanding kids' health insurance (Houston Chronicle)
Posted: May 29th, 2009, 12:29am EDT
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said he believes there may be ways to resurrect the measure that would make available subsidized health insurance for 80,000 more Texas children. -
A look at 2 states health insurance plans (AP via Yahoo! News)
Posted: May 28th, 2009, 11:01pm EDT
Here's a look at the health insurance expansion efforts in Massachusetts and Tennessee. -
Report: Health Insurance Premiums Carry 'Hidden Tax' (Hartford Courant)
Posted: May 28th, 2009, 9:45pm EDT
The health insurance premiums you and your employer paid last year for family coverage included a $1,017 "hidden tax" to cover care for the uninsured — and the cost is only going to get worse in the recession, a new report says. -
HEALTH INSURANCE: House Passes Bill On Childhood Autism (Hartford Courant)
Posted: May 28th, 2009, 9:45pm EDT
Connecticut has moved closer to requiring group health insurance policies to cover the cost of diagnosing and treating autism in children. -
Health Affairs Report On Mass. Mandatory Insurance Law Confirms (redOrbit)
Posted: May 28th, 2009, 8:07pm EDT
WASHINGTON, May 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A study released today in Health Affairs finds that a Massachusetts law requiring all to show proof of health insurance has resulted in higher costs. -
Health insurance costs for NJ schools could soar (Asbury Park Press)
Posted: May 28th, 2009, 4:45pm EDT
New Jersey officials are warning that health insurance costs could rise by up to 20 percent next year for nearly half the state's school districts. -
Health Buzz: Insurance 'Tax' and Other Health News (US News & World Report)
Posted: May 28th, 2009, 11:28am EDT
A "hidden health tax" has families paying $1,017 more in health insurance premiums in 2009. -
Health Insurance: Should Your Company Pay? (ABC News)
Posted: May 28th, 2009, 7:31am EDT
A small business CEO asks: Why is health insurance my responsibility? -
Inadequate health insurance leaves Nebraskans in a pinch (Grand Island Independent)
Posted: May 28th, 2009, 4:45am EDT
When state Sen. Mike Gloor left his job as president and chief executive officer at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island, he was thrust into health insurance limbo. -
Group rallies for health insurance competition (Daily Press)
Posted: May 28th, 2009, 3:18am EDT
Members of the Virginia Organizing Project rallied Wednesday outside the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce in Hampton to draw attention to a lack of health insurance competition in Virginia. -
Inadequate health insurance leaves Nebraskans in a pinch (Grand Island Independent)
Posted: May 28th, 2009, 12:47am EDT
When state Sen. Mike Gloor left his job as president and chief executive officer at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island, he was thrust into health insurance limbo. -
Report: Average family with health insurance pays $1,000 more in premiums to cover uninsured (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Posted: May 28th, 2009, 12:17am EDT
WASHINGTON - The average family with health insurance shells out an extra $1,000 a year in premiums to pay for health care for the uninsured, a new report finds. -
IRDA Increases Health Insurance Limit To 65 Years (Insurance Business Review)
Posted: May 27th, 2009, 11:36pm EDT
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has introduced a new circular in health insurance sector. From July 1, all the people up to the age of 65 years are elligible for health insurance. -
Report: Average family with health insurance pays $1,000 more in premiums to cover uninsured (FOX 13 Utah)
Posted: May 27th, 2009, 11:24pm EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — The average family with health insurance shells out an extra $1,000 a year in premiums to pay for health care for the uninsured, a new report finds. -
Pension director: Health insurance premiums for hundreds of school districts could increase by up to 20 percent (The Star-Ledger)
Posted: May 27th, 2009, 8:09pm EDT
TRENTON -- Health insurance premiums for more than 250 school districts could soar by as much as 20 percent next year, state pension director Fred Beaver said today. The increase could force property tax increases or spending cuts as districts... -
Wall Street Journal examines group health insurance policies as option for uninsured (News-Medical-Net)
Posted: May 27th, 2009, 5:20pm EDT
People who no longer have health insurance because of a job loss, voluntary retirement or other reasons have begun obtaining health coverage through the "little-known" option of group coverage, the Wall Street Journal reports. -
PERSPECTIVE: Health Care TWOTHOUSANDNINE: Public Health Care and Health Insurance Reform -- Varied Preferences, Varied ... (New England Journal of Medicine)
Posted: May 27th, 2009, 4:52pm EDT
Health care and health insurance reform will surely require a mixture of public and private efforts for different population groups in different settings. One feature that might help with the ... -
PERSPECTIVE: Health Care TWOTHOUSANDNINE: The Proposed Government Health Insurance Company -- No Substitute for Real ... (New England Journal of Medicine)
Posted: May 27th, 2009, 4:52pm EDT
As pressure builds on the White House and Congress to deliver on their promise of health care reform, the idea of a government health insurance company to compete with for-profit ... -
Unscramble the Mystery of Individual Medical Insurance and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Posted: May 27th, 2009, 1:29pm EDT
MILWAUKEE----Health insurance is no laughing matter, but HSAInsights.com doesn't think that should stop consumers researching health savings accounts and individual medical insurance from having a bit of fun while learning about their options. -
A.M. Best Downgrades Ratings of United Security Life and Health Insurance Company (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Posted: May 27th, 2009, 1:10pm EDT
OLDWICK, N.J.----A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to C+ from C++ and the issuer credit rating to "b-" from "b" on United Security Life and Health Insurance Company . -
College grads without health insurance search for plans (KSDK St. Louis)
Posted: May 27th, 2009, 6:57am EDT
College grads without health insurance search for plans -
Wellspring Coordinates With CA Health Insurance Plans to Pay for Autism Treatments (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Posted: May 27th, 2009, 6:14am EDT
Autism is a neurobiological condition which is often responsive to Applied Behavior Analysis therapy, yet some health insurance companies, especially HMOs, fail to cover this service as a covered benefit to their members. -
Kunlun Health launches medical insurance for kids (China Daily)
Posted: May 27th, 2009, 3:54am EDT
Kunlun Health Insurance Co Ltd has introduced a supplementary medical insurance product for children of urban residents, the first of its kind in China. The product's benefits cover expenses of hospitalization and special clinic treatments. -
State helps with health-insurance claims (Plattsburgh Press Republican)
Posted: May 27th, 2009, 2:42am EDT
Anyone in need of help with health-care coverage can call the Health Care Bureau at 1-800-428-9071. PLATTSBURGH — As New Yorkers face growing concerns over how they are going to pay for health-care costs, the Attorney General's Office is ready to go to bat for anyone in need. -
State helps with health-insurance claims (Plattsburgh Press Republican)
Posted: May 27th, 2009, 2:38am EDT
Anyone in need of help with health-care coverage can call the Health Care Bureau at 1-800-428-9071. PLATTSBURGH — As New Yorkers face growing concerns over how they are going to pay for health-care costs, the Attorney General's Office is ready to go to bat for anyone in need. -
Who controls health care cost? - Wed, 27 May 2009 PST (The Spokesman-Review)
Posted: May 27th, 2009, 2:21am EDT
Max Baucus, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, doesn’t want a single-payer health care system. Baucus has accepted more campaign contributions from insurance companies in recent years than almost any other senator. He excluded single-payer advocates from his committee’s hearings on health care reform, despite the fact that many Americans want a single-payer plan. -
Miami-Dade, Blue Cross team up on health plan (Miami Herald)
Posted: May 27th, 2009, 2:03am EDT
Offering what its creators believe could be a model for affordable health insurance nationwide, a unique public-private partnership announced Tuesday a plan aimed at helping the estimated 600,000 uninsured in Miami-Dade County. -
Inadequate health insurance leaves Nebraskans in a pinch (Grand Island Independent)
Posted: May 27th, 2009, 12:49am EDT
When state Sen. Mike Gloor left his job as president and chief executive officer at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island, he was thrust into health insurance limbo. -
Miami-Dade launches affordable health insurance initiative (Miami Herald)
Posted: May 26th, 2009, 11:26am EDT
Offering a plan that its creators believe could serve as a model for affordable health insurance nationwide, Miami-Dade County leaders unveiled Tuesday morning a unique public-private effort to help the estimated 600,000 uninsured in the county. -
Nebraskans Airing Problems with Health Insurance (KOLN Lincoln)
Posted: May 26th, 2009, 8:37am EDT
Some Nebraskans are telling their health-insurance stories on YouTube and in e-mailed links being sent to the state's congressmen. -
Inadequate health insurance leaves Nebraskans in a pinch (Grand Island Independent)
Posted: May 26th, 2009, 12:50am EDT
When state Sen. Mike Gloor left his job as president and chief executive officer at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island, he was thrust into health insurance limbo. -
New beer tax on tap? Senate committee seeking ways to pay for expansion of health insurance (Journal Inquirer)
Posted: May 26th, 2009, 12:34am EDT
WASHINGTON — Joe Six-Pack may have to hand over nearly $2 more for a case of beer to help provide health insurance for all. Details of the proposed beer tax are described in a Senate Finance Committee document distributed to lawmakers before a closed-door meeting Wednesday. -
Town Of Ellicott To Look Into Health Insurance Options (The Post-Journal)
Posted: May 26th, 2009, 12:05am EDT
ELLICOTT - Town officials have agreed to look into a Civil Service Employee Association request for health insurance that could lead to a contract dispute settlement. -
U.S. health system discourages innovation (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Posted: May 25th, 2009, 6:03pm EDT
Countless workers in the United States are trapped in jobs they would like to leave because they cannot get health insurance elsewhere, calcifying innovation and mobility in the world's largest economy. -
New Health Insurance Program (NBC26 Green Bay)
Posted: May 25th, 2009, 4:31pm EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Some low-income Wisconsin families can begin applying for an expanded state health insurance program next month. The BadgerCare Plus Core Plan provides health insurance to uninsured low-income adults with no children. -
Increase in need for health care driving up premiums (The Champaign News-Gazette)
Posted: May 25th, 2009, 8:29am EDT
CHAMPAIGN – For Darrin Lehman, getting healthy has become a high-wire act without a safety net. Unable to afford health insurance for the last six years, he found out he has high cholesterol only when he sold his blood plasma for some extra cash. -
Connecticut House Approves Two Health Insurance Pooling Bills (Medical News Today)
Posted: May 25th, 2009, 5:08am EDT
The Connecticut House on Wednesday approved two separate measures to expand health insurance pooling in the state, the Hartford Courant reports. The first measure would create a public health insurance pool open to all residents. The pool, intended to compete with rather than replace private insurance, would be based on the existing pool for state workers (Keating, Hartford Courant, 5/21). -
Inadequate health insurance leaves Nebraskans in a pinch (Grand Island Independent)
Posted: May 25th, 2009, 4:21am EDT
When state Sen. Mike Gloor left his job as president and chief executive officer at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island, he was thrust into health insurance limbo. -
Top health care lobbyist prepared for showdown (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Posted: May 25th, 2009, 3:36am EDT
WASHINGTON — If anyone could make or break President Barack Obama's health care agenda, it might be Karen Ignagni. Ignagni, a Democrat, former union official and firefighter's daughter, is also the unlikely face of the powerful health insurance industry as its top Washington lobbyist. -
New beer tax on tap? Senate committee seeking ways to pay for expansion of health insurance (Journal Inquirer)
Posted: May 25th, 2009, 12:34am EDT
WASHINGTON — Joe Six-Pack may have to hand over nearly $2 more for a case of beer to help provide health insurance for all. Details of the proposed beer tax are described in a Senate Finance Committee document distributed to lawmakers before a closed-door meeting Wednesday. -
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Top lobbyist is health insurance industry's not-so-secret weapon (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines)
Posted: May 24th, 2009, 10:34am EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — If anyone could make or break President Barack Obama's health care agenda, it might be Karen Ignagni. -
For growing number, health insurance no longer an affordable option (The Champaign News-Gazette)
Posted: May 24th, 2009, 9:03am EDT
RANTOUL – When he had great health insurance, Cliff White didn't have to worry about how much the doctor was going to charge. He didn't have to pay for most of his wife's back and knee surgeries, either, because insurance picked up most of the $60,000 cost. -
State lawyer wants HMOs under insurance regulator, Health dep't (BusinessWorld Online)
Posted: May 24th, 2009, 8:30am EDT
TO PREVENT a financial mess like that of the pre-need industry, health maintenance organizations (HMOs) should be regulated by the Insurance Commission and not the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Office of the Solicitor General has said. -
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Top lobbyist is health insurance industry's not-so-secret weapon (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Posted: May 24th, 2009, 7:34am EDT
WASHINGTON - If anyone could make or break President Barack Obama's health care agenda, it might be Karen Ignagni. The Democratic former union official and firefighter's daughter is also the unlikely face of the powerful health insurance industry as its top Washington lobbyist. -
Panel offers advice on health care, insurance (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Posted: May 23rd, 2009, 11:18pm EDT
The Richmond Times-Dispatch hosted an online chat Monday about health care and health-insurance options for the unemployed. The chat featured three experts: Jill A. Hanken with the Virginia Poverty Law Center; Trisha Steiniger with United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg; and -
New beer tax on tap? Senate committee seeking ways to pay for expansion of health insurance (Journal Inquirer)
Posted: May 23rd, 2009, 12:35am EDT
WASHINGTON — Joe Six-Pack may have to hand over nearly $2 more for a case of beer to help provide health insurance for all. Details of the proposed beer tax are described in a Senate Finance Committee document distributed to lawmakers before a closed-door meeting Wednesday. -
Corzine orders review of public employee health insurance plans to stem rising costs (The Star-Ledger)
Posted: May 22nd, 2009, 5:54pm EDT
TRENTON -- Forecasting a "double-digit increase" in health care premiums next year for local employers enrolled in the state's public employee health insurance plans, Gov. Jon Corzine today ordered a review of possible steps to hold down the costs. The... -
Connecticut House approves two health insurance pooling bills (News-Medical-Net)
Posted: May 22nd, 2009, 5:08pm EDT
The Connecticut House on Wednesday approved two separate measures to expand health insurance pooling in the state, the Hartford Courant reports. The first measure would create a public health insurance pool open to all residents. -
Salisbury Mayor: Council Health Insurance Issue Resolved (WBOC Salisbury)
Posted: May 22nd, 2009, 4:30pm EDT
SALISBURY , Md.- Salisbury Mayor James Ireton Jr. on Friday announced that he has resolved the issue of health insurance for City Council members, which has recently been a subject of disagreement. -
Q&A About Health Insurance (KMBC-TV Kansas City)
Posted: May 22nd, 2009, 8:44am EDT
As unemployment continues to rise, people are struggling to keep their health insurance. -
Massachusetts Health Insurance Law Lowered Uninsured Rate, Had 'Marginal' Effect On Spending, Group Says (Medical News Today)
Posted: May 22nd, 2009, 8:23am EDT
The Massachusetts Health Insurance Law of 2006 has allowed the state to have the lowest uninsured rate in the country while having a "marginal impact" on state spending, according to a report by the Massachusetts Taxpayer Association, the AP/Boston Globe reports. MTA was among the groups supporting the bill's original passage. -
Research and Markets: This Essential and Comprehensive 2009 Report on Health Insurance in the United States is Now ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Posted: May 22nd, 2009, 7:12am EDT
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Health Insurance in the United States 2009" report to their offering. -
Region least competitive on health insurance (Post-Tribune)
Posted: May 22nd, 2009, 6:21am EDT
A report released Thursday by a worker's rights organization says Indiana's private health insurance industry is a "near monopoly" and the Gary metropolitan area has the least competition in the state. The report, compiled by Health Care for America Now and released in Indiana by Central Indiana Jobs With Justice, says consolidation within the private health insurance industry is most to blame ... -
Region least competitive on health insurance (Post-Tribune)
Posted: May 22nd, 2009, 4:20am EDT
A report released Thursday by a worker's rights organization says Indiana's private health insurance industry is a "near monopoly" and the Gary metropolitan area has the least competition in the state. The report, compiled by Health Care for America Now and released in Indiana by Central Indiana Jobs With Justice, says consolidation within the private health insurance industry is most to blame ... -
New health insurance option sought (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Posted: May 22nd, 2009, 3:43am EDT
DES MOINES --- A group is pushing for a public-policy option on health insurance, saying the two largest health insurers --- United Healthcare and Wellmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield --- control 80 percent of the Iowa health insurance market and 85 percent in Waterloo-Cedar Falls. -
New beer tax on tap? Senate committee seeking ways to pay for expansion of health insurance (Journal Inquirer)
Posted: May 22nd, 2009, 12:35am EDT
WASHINGTON — Joe Six-Pack may have to hand over nearly $2 more for a case of beer to help provide health insurance for all. Details of the proposed beer tax are described in a Senate Finance Committee document distributed to lawmakers before a closed-door meeting Wednesday. -
Senator says health insurance plan won't cover illegal immigrants (Dallas Morning News)
Posted: May 21st, 2009, 9:56pm EDT
WASHINGTON - Health care reforms aiming for universal coverage won't provide insurance for illegal immigrants and may not address the cost to state and local governments for providing medical care to this large group of the uninsured, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said Thursday. -
Health insurance costs in W.Va. outpace wages (The Charleston Gazette)
Posted: May 21st, 2009, 6:05pm EDT
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Health-care insurance costs are exploding today, compared to the wages most Americans earn. Alex Lawson, from the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Americas Future, said Thursday, "In West Virginia, where a few health insurance... -
N.J. Assembly approves bill expanding health insurance for autism treatments (The Star-Ledger)
Posted: May 21st, 2009, 2:39pm EDT
TRENTON -- A bill to expand health insurance coverage for autism disorders is advancing in the New Jersey Legislature. The measure requires health insurers to cover the expenses of autism treatments deemed medically necessary, such as physical, speech and occupational... -
Senator says health insurance plan won't cover illegal immigrants (Dallas Morning News)
Posted: May 21st, 2009, 2:28pm EDT
Health care reforms that aim to insure every American won't provide insurance for illegal immigrants and may not address the cost to state and local governments for providing medical care to this large group of the uninsured, Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus, D-Mt., said Thursday. -
BRAC opposes health insurance mandates (The Advocate)
Posted: May 21st, 2009, 2:08pm EDT
In a policy study released today, the Baton Rouge Area Chamber opposed state mandates that significantly drive up the cost of health insurance, arguing that each mandate has the effect of pricing 17,000 Louisiana residents out of health coverage. -
WASHINGTON - Joe Six-Pack may have to hand over nearly $2 more for a case of beer to help provide health insurance for ... (Casa Grande Dispatch)
Posted: May 21st, 2009, 12:29pm EDT
WASHINGTON - Joe Six-Pack may have to hand over nearly $2 more for a case of beer to help provide health insurance for all. -
New health insurance option sought (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Posted: May 21st, 2009, 12:28pm EDT
DES MOINES --- A group is pushing for a public-policy option on health insurance, saying the two largest health insurers --- United Healthcare and Wellmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield --- control 80 percent of the Iowa health insurance market and 85 percent in Waterloo-Cedar Falls. -
Senator: No health insurance for illegal migrants (AP via Yahoo! News)
Posted: May 21st, 2009, 9:57am EDT
Illegal immigrants won't be entitled to medical insurance under the health legislation Congress is working on, a leading lawmaker said Thursday. -
New beer tax on tap? Senate committee seeking ways to pay for expansion of health insurance (Journal Inquirer)
Posted: May 21st, 2009, 9:51am EDT
WASHINGTON — Joe Six-Pack may have to hand over nearly $2 more for a case of beer to help provide health insurance for all. Details of the proposed beer tax are described in a Senate Finance Committee document distributed to lawmakers before a closed-door meeting Wednesday. -
Conn. House votes to open health insurance plan (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Posted: May 21st, 2009, 8:43am EDT
Connecticut legislators voted Wednesday to open the state's employee and retiree health insurance plan to municipalities, small businesses and nonprofit agencies even though the governor had already vetoed a similar bill. -
Trial begins in case of canceled health insurance (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Posted: May 21st, 2009, 8:43am EDT
Opening statements began Wednesday in a trial to determine if a man's health insurance was wrongly dropped three months after a major car accident left him with massive bills. -
Thousands Of Pennsylvania Graduates Need Health Insurance Options (Medical News Today)
Posted: May 21st, 2009, 7:21am EDT
Employers will hire 22 percent fewer college graduates in 2009 than they did last year, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers. That means thousands of Pennsylvania college students graduating this spring may be without health insurance coverage due to unemployment or time elapsing before starting a new job. -
Legislation expands Iowa's health insurance (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Posted: May 21st, 2009, 3:59am EDT
DES MOINES --- Gov. Chet Culver signed legislation Tuesday that would expand the state's health insurance programs for low-income children, saying it would take the state closer to its goal of covering all children. -
Business Benefits Insurance's Jim Edholm to Discuss Obama Health Plan on WRKO Finneran-Feinberg Show May 14 (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Posted: May 13th, 2009, 6:07am EDT
Health insurance expert Jim Edholm, president of Business Benefits Insurance, will talk about the Obama health plan on "Finneran's Forum" on WRKO 680 AM at 8 a.m. on Thursday, May 14. -
Middleboro retirees face health insurance hike (The Brockton Enterprise)
Posted: May 13th, 2009, 2:20am EDT
Municipal retirees are fighting a decision to double the amount most of them pay for health insurance with an article on the warrant for May 26 town meeting. -
Logan County still considering ending health insurance for board members (Herald & Review)
Posted: May 13th, 2009, 1:03am EDT
LINCOLN - The Logan County Board still is considering removing a perk under which county taxpayers pick up the tab for board members' health insurance. -
Pool health insurance available in Oregon (KMTR Eugene)
Posted: May 12th, 2009, 6:57pm EDT
Although many may not be aware of it, nearly everyone in Oregon is now eligible for health insurance-- if they're willing to pay the price. -
DA investigates claims that business failed to provide health insurance (The Patriot-News)
Posted: May 12th, 2009, 6:15pm EDT
A Harrisburg, Pa., business that makes engine components for turbine businesses is under investigation for failing to deliver health insurance for its employees while still collecting their money, Dauphin County District Attorney Ed Marsico said Tuesday. -
Bill Banning Gender Pricing in Health Insurance Advances in Sacramento (KPBS San Diego)
Posted: May 12th, 2009, 5:25pm EDT
California — The California Assembly has approved a bill that would prevent insurers from charging women more than men for health coverage. Insurance companies warn the measure could drive up costs for everyone. -
Does my plan cover lipo? Health insurance and cosmetic surgery (News On 6 Tulsa)
Posted: May 12th, 2009, 4:23pm EDT
Don't like the shape of your nose? Looking for a bigger bust? Think your tummy could use a bit of a tuck? If you're considering going under the knife to spruce up your appearance, don't expect your health insurance company to pick up the tab. -
Senate eyes tax change to pay for health insurance (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Posted: May 12th, 2009, 1:47pm EDT
Experts urged Congress on Tuesday to cut tax breaks for employer-sponsored health insurance as a way to help pay to cover people without benefits. -
Senior Citizens Like Medicare More Than Younger People Like Private Health Insurance (Senior Journal)
Posted: May 12th, 2009, 10:27am EDT
May 12, 2009 – Senior citizen Medicare beneficiaries – those who have reached age 65 - are more satisfied with their health care, and experience fewer problems accessing and paying for care, than Americans with employer-sponsored insurance (ESI), according to a study by Commonwealth Fund researchers published today on the Health Affairs Website. -
Kaiser Health News/Philadelphia Inquirer Examines College Graduates' Search For Health Insurance (Medical News Today)
Posted: May 12th, 2009, 10:19am EDT
Kaiser Health News/Philadelphia Inquirer on Monday examined health insurance for young adults, many of whom lose coverage after they graduate from high school or college or reach a certain age. According to the not-for-profit group Commonwealth Fund, adults between ages 19 and 29 are among the largest and fastest-growing groups of uninsured people in the U.S. -
State Insurance Regulators Say Health Care Reform Must Address Costs (Insurance Journal)
Posted: May 12th, 2009, 10:16am EDT
Testifying on behalf of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger stressed that any health care reform out of Washington must address ... -
Kaiser Health News/Philadelphia Inquirer examines college graduates' search for health insurance (News-Medical-Net)
Posted: May 12th, 2009, 5:33am EDT
Kaiser Health News/Philadelphia Inquirer on Monday examined health insurance for young adults, many of whom lose coverage after they graduate from high school or college or reach a certain age. -
Health insurance: Panel moots new steps (rediff.com)
Posted: May 12th, 2009, 1:09am EDT
In order to improve the quality of service rendered by third-party administrators, a committee formed by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority has recommended that general insurers should hire at least two agencies to execute back office jobs for settlement of health insurance claims. In addition, to improve the coverage and quality of services provided by TPAs, the panel has ... -
Memphis City Schools board asked to reopen bids for health insurance (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
Posted: May 12th, 2009, 12:16am EDT
The outcry over a proposal to change health insurance providers for Memphis City Schools has prompted Supt. Kriner Cash to ask the school board to rebid the job. -
'Private health insurance would vanish' (WorldNetDaily)
Posted: May 11th, 2009, 10:31pm EDT
On Monday, President Obama summoned representatives of the insurance industry, pharmaceutical companies and labor groups to the White House for what he called "a watershed event in the long and elusive quest for health care reform." -
Council debates health insurance initiative (Baltimore Sun)
Posted: May 11th, 2009, 7:25pm EDT
Councilman questions funding when Healthy Howard enrolls far fewer than projected An attempt to reduce county funding for Howard County's new health access program for the uninsured was defeated by the county council Monday after a lengthy discussion and questioning of county health officials. -
Consumer Reports: Inexpensive (And Lousy) Health Insurance (WTSP-TV Tampa)
Posted: May 11th, 2009, 5:01pm EDT
An estimated 49 million Americans don't have any health insurance. Frightening. But even more startling are the discoveries of a Consumer Reports investigation, which found that many people who've purchased their own insurance are not as protected as they think. -
Laid-Off Workers Could Get Help for Health Insurance (KION 46 Salinas)
Posted: May 11th, 2009, 3:52pm EDT
The Assembly is expected to send Governor Schwarzenegger a bill today that would let workers laid off from small businesses get federal aid for health insurance. -
Laid-Off Workers Could Get Help for Health Insurance (KCBA FOX 35 Salinas)
Posted: May 11th, 2009, 3:48pm EDT
The Assembly is expected to send Governor Schwarzenegger a bill today that would let workers laid off from small businesses get federal aid for health insurance. -
Specter indicates he's open to public health insurance plan, dropping his previous opposition (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Posted: May 11th, 2009, 11:06am EDT
WASHINGTON - Sen. Arlen Specter says he's open to a government health insurance plan that would compete with private insurers to cover middle-class Americans, a policy reversal for the newest Democrat. -
Specter open to public health plan (AP via Yahoo! News)
Posted: May 11th, 2009, 10:48am EDT
Sen. Arlen Specter says he's open to a government health insurance plan that would compete with private insurers to cover middle-class Americans, a policy reversal for the newest Democrat. -
Health Insurance available for more Oklahomans (KFDA-TV Amarillo)
Posted: May 11th, 2009, 10:01am EDT
More people can soon enroll in the Insure Oklahoma health insurance program. -
Centrist Democrats Issue Policy Proposals For Health Reform, Emphasize Stronger Private Insurance Market (Medical News Today)
Posted: May 11th, 2009, 8:04am EDT
Centrist Democrats in both houses of Congress on Thursday expressed support for a variety of health reform policy proposals that emphasize cost-reduction, The Hill reports. During a speech on the Senate floor, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb. -
Fewer Families Able To Afford Health Insurance, New Study Finds, USA (Medical News Today)
Posted: May 11th, 2009, 6:22am EDT
The majority of uninsured American families who are not covered by group health insurance through an employer cannot afford to buy health insurance, according to a new study by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Some experts have suggested that because 23. -
Obama has health care meeting today with doctors, drug makers, insurance companies (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Posted: May 11th, 2009, 6:21am EDT
WASHINGTON - Hospitals, insurance companies, drug makers and doctors are planning to tell President Barack Obama today that they'll voluntarily slow their rate increases in coming years in a move that government economists say would create breathing room to help provide health insurance to an estimated 50 million Americans who now go without it. -
'Gender pricing' out for haircuts and dry cleaning, but women still pay more for health insurance (The Sacramento Bee)
Posted: May 11th, 2009, 2:08am EDT
A self-employed 30-year-old woman living in midtown Sacramento could pay as much as $420 a year more for individual health insurance than a man – and the California Legislature is debating whether that's fair. -
Health insurance for women remains bastion of 'gender pricing' (The Sacramento Bee)
Posted: May 11th, 2009, 2:08am EDT
A self-employed 30-year-old woman living in midtown Sacramento could pay as much as $420 a year more for individual health insurance than a man – and the California Legislature is debating whether that's fair. -
Being young is no guarantee of health insurance coverage (The Intelligencer)
Posted: May 11th, 2009, 2:08am EDT
By all appearances, Jamie Peet is an insurer's dream demographic. She's young. She wants health coverage. And she's healthy. -
Health insurance for all a step closer (The Record and Herald News)
Posted: May 11th, 2009, 12:58am EDT
WASHINGTON — President Obama's plan to provide medical insurance for all Americans took a big step toward becoming reality Sunday after leaders of the health care industry offered $2 trillion in spending reductions over 10 years to help pay for the program. -
Health groups offer $2 trillion in cost savings (AP via Yahoo! News)
Posted: May 11th, 2009, 12:17am EDT
President Barack Obama's plan to provide medical insurance for all Americans took a big step toward becoming reality Sunday after leaders of the health care industry offered $2 trillion in spending reductions over 10 years to help pay for the program. -
Many U.S. women short on health insurance (UPI)
Posted: May 10th, 2009, 11:12pm EDT
WASHINGTON, May 10 (UPI) -- The overwhelming majority of U.S. woman are either uninsured or underinsured for health costs and have medical debt problems, a report says. -
Insurance for health insurers: Legislation would cover catastrophic claims (Crain's Detroit Business)
Posted: May 10th, 2009, 8:16pm EDT
One of the centerpieces of legislation to reform the individual health insurance market that Rep. -
Ohio budget tries to extend health insurance (Port Clinton News Herald)
Posted: May 10th, 2009, 1:33pm EDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — On their third stint without health insurance, the Wirebaughs worry that they are one accident away from financial ruin. -
Upfront costs complicate Obama's health care plan (AP via Yahoo! News)
Posted: May 10th, 2009, 11:46am EDT
Costs are emerging as the biggest obstacle to President Barack Obama's ambitious plan to provide health insurance for everybody. -
Ohio Budget Tries To Extend Health Insurance (WCMH Columbus)
Posted: May 10th, 2009, 8:59am EDT
Gov. Ted Strickland faced a quandary as he tried to address the plight of the uninsured in his proposed budget: The number of Ohioans without health coverage is growing when the state can least afford to do anything about it. -
Youth is no guarantee of health insurance coverage (Bucks County Courier Times)
Posted: May 10th, 2009, 1:28am EDT
Last year an estimated 18 million U.S. workers bought health insurance through the individual market. Studies suggest that some insurers reject at least 10 percent of applicants. -
A gap in the health-insurance lifeline (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Posted: May 9th, 2009, 11:03pm EDT
Virginians who have lost their jobs in a wave of layoffs since September have a new lifeline for health insurance, but only if their former employers still have health plans and know about the obligation to offer continuing coverage. The federal stimulus package adopted in February will pay 65 percent of healthinsurance premiums for laid-off workers for up to nine months, while a newly adopted ... -
Qatar insurance set to get boost from health cover proposal (Gulf Times)
Posted: May 9th, 2009, 3:28pm EDT
By Pratap John Chief Business Reporter The proposed health insurance scheme for expatriates in Qatar is expected to give a boost to insurance sector in the country, which has had only a meagre 5% growth last year compared with 2007. -
New Study Finds Fewer Families Can Afford Health Insurance (Kansas City InfoZine)
Posted: May 9th, 2009, 11:06am EDT
The majority of uninsured American families who are not covered by group health insurance through an employer cannot afford to buy health insurance, according to a new study by the Department of Health & Human Services' (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). -
Senators Consider Three Designs for Government Health Insurance Plan (Fox News)
Posted: May 8th, 2009, 11:41pm EDT
Senators are considering different designs for a new government health insurance plan that middle-income Americans could buy into for the first time. -
Employees to absorb health insurance increase (The Times Leader)
Posted: May 8th, 2009, 11:09pm EDT
CADIZ - County employees will be paying more for insurance with the turn of calendar. On Wednesday, the Harrison County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution for a 12-percent employee contribution towards health care premiums for both single and family health insurance. According to documentation, the move will become effective on Jan. 1, 2010. It will be distributed over 24 pay periods. -
Pro-Con: Should health-care reform include a government insurance program that competes with the private sector? No (The Kansas City Star)
Posted: May 8th, 2009, 10:26pm EDT
Proponents want to create a government health insurance program that would be available to working Americans and their families, arguing it would be more efficient than private insurance. -
Governor's recommended health insurance cuts rejected (Las Vegas Sun)
Posted: May 8th, 2009, 6:53pm EDT
CARSON CITY – The budget committees of the Legislature have both rejected the recommendation of Gov. Jim Gibbons to make deep cuts in the health insurance program for 44,000 state and university employees. -
AP sources: 3 federal health insurance plans considered (The Tampa Tribune)
Posted: May 8th, 2009, 5:32pm EDT
Senators are considering three different designs for a new government health insurance plan that middle-income Americans could buy into for the first time, congressional officials said Friday. -
German ministry plans health insurance tie-up (Gulf Times)
Posted: May 8th, 2009, 4:51pm EDT
By Noimot Olayiwola THE German federal ministry of health is planning to partner with Qatar in the introduction of a health insurance scheme. -
Rise tipped in health insurance premiums - St Lukes chief blasts Government over rebate (The Examiner)
Posted: May 8th, 2009, 2:53pm EDT
EXPECTED Budget changes to the private health insurance rebate would guarantee increased health insurance premiums, St Lukes Health managing director Colleen McGann said yesterday. -
New Study Finds Fewer Families Can Afford Health Insurance (redOrbit)
Posted: May 8th, 2009, 1:07pm EDT
ROCKVILLE, Md., May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The majority of uninsured American families who are not covered by group health insurance through an employer cannot afford to buy health insurance, according to a new study by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Some experts have suggested that because 23.8 million uninsured Americans under age 65 who do not have access to ... -
For Gay Couples, an Obstacle Course to Health Insurance (New York Times)
Posted: May 8th, 2009, 10:39am EDT
Even in states where gay marriage is permitted, getting health insurance as a couple can be cumbersome, costly or impossible. -
Budget to slash health insurance rebate (Sky News Australia)
Posted: May 7th, 2009, 10:29pm EDT
The federal government will slash rebates for private health insurance in next week's budget. -
Newark Star-Ledger announces salary, health insurance benefit cuts (Canoe Money)
Posted: May 7th, 2009, 9:28pm EDT
NEWARK, N.J. - New Jersey's largest newspaper says it will reduce employee salaries and no longer cover the entire cost of employee health insurance. -
Govt may cut health insurance rebates (Sky News Australia)
Posted: May 7th, 2009, 7:02pm EDT
The federal government is expected to slash rebates for private health insurance in next week's budget. -
Elmwood Park doctor pleads guilty filing thousands of dollars in false health insurance claims (Chicago Sun-Times)
Posted: May 7th, 2009, 6:12pm EDT
An Elmwood Park doctor pleaded guilty this afternoon to federal health care fraud charges, admitting he submitted hundreds of thousands of dollars in false health insurance claims. Dr. Otto Garcia Montenegro, 47, admitted he submitted about $500,000 worth of phony insurance claims between 2003 and 2007. He did it while he worked as a general practice physician out of his own clinic, Montenegro ... -
Budget to slash health insurance rebates (The West Australian)
Posted: May 7th, 2009, 5:19pm EDT
The federal government will slash rebates for private health insurance in next week's budget. The Australian newspaper says the government aims to save $1.9 billion by slashing the 30 per cent priv -
May 13 workshop on you, your healthcare and your health insurance at Durham Library (Town Times)
Posted: May 7th, 2009, 2:30pm EDT
Byline: Betsy White Booz Breaking News: No Healthcare and your health insurance have never been particularly easy subjects to understand. read more -
Watchdog Group Releases Report Highlighting Sen. Nelson's Ties to Health and Insurance Industries (redOrbit)
Posted: May 7th, 2009, 2:09pm EDT
Report released following Nelson's controversial statements that he will oppose a public insurance option Nelson has taken $2 million in contributions from health and insurance industries WASHINGTON, May 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sen. -
Rockefeller Introduces ''The Medikids Health Insurance Act'' (WTRF Wheeling)
Posted: May 7th, 2009, 1:12pm EDT
Leguislation would create a federal health insurance safety net for children -
BROWN COUNTY: Sioux Falls man charged with using another's health insurance card to get benefits (Aberdeen American News)
Posted: May 7th, 2009, 12:08pm EDT
A Sioux Falls man charged with using somebody else's health insurance card to get medical services has entered not guilty pleas to two felony charges.... -
Health insurance in Budget firing line (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Posted: May 7th, 2009, 9:46am EDT
The Australian Medical Association has appealed to the Federal Government not to slash private health insurance rebates in next week's Budget. -
180 Million People Now Have A European Health Insurance Card In Their Pocket (Medical News Today)
Posted: May 7th, 2009, 9:21am EDT
As the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) initiative nears a five year milestone, the European Commission has today announced new statistics showing that the number of cards in circulation has topped 180 million. The number of Europeans holding the card has increased every year since the programme's introduction in 2004. -
AHIP President, CEO Says Health Insurance Industry Would Accept Stronger Federal Regulation, Stop Charging Women ... (Medical News Today)
Posted: May 7th, 2009, 8:22am EDT
During a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Tuesday, America's Health Insurance Plans President and CEO Karen Ignagni said members would concede to greater government regulation, as the industry works to prevent the creation of a government health plan that could threaten their business, the AP/Chicago Tribune reports. -
Insurance companies rush to fix health care (New Haven Register)
Posted: May 7th, 2009, 2:33am EDT
Associated Press WASHINGTON — Health insurance companies, facing the threat of a government health plan, offered Tuesday to reduce rates for millions of women and accept close federal regulation of their industry. -
House OKs bill to ease health insurance mandates (Tucson Citizen)
Posted: May 7th, 2009, 2:04am EDT
PHOENIX - The Arizona House has approved legislation to allow private health insurance policies for uninsured individuals that would omit some coverages normally mandated by the state. -
Angry city retirees will help pay for health insurance (The State)
Posted: May 6th, 2009, 3:40pm EDT
Retired Columbia employees will pay $33 per month for their health insurance to create a $970,000 windfall for a city that is desperately searching for ways to rebuild its budget. -
Sebelius Pledges Not to ‘Undermine’ Private Health Insurance (Bloomberg)
Posted: May 6th, 2009, 2:52pm EDT
May 6 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama has no wish to “undermine” private health-insurance companies through his support of a government-backed alternative, his new Health and Human Services secretary told lawmakers. -
Affordable Small-Business Health Insurance Plan Introduced in Congress (Mobile Electronics)
Posted: May 6th, 2009, 12:11pm EDT
Wednesday, May 06, 2009 -- Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), and Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) have introduced legislation – for consideration in the upcoming Congressional health care reform debate – designed to make insurance more available and affordable for the 47.0 million employees of the nation’s 5.9 million small businesses and for ... -
Health insurance law nears passage (Vietnam Net)
Posted: May 6th, 2009, 9:03am EDT
VietNamNet Bridge – The director of the Ministry of Health’s insurance department, Tong Thi Song Huong, discusses the new Heath Insurance Law with Tin Tuc (News) newspaper. -
If Laid Off, Most Americans Could Not Afford Health Insurance Says MedicareSupplementPlans.com (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Posted: May 4th, 2009, 2:00am EDT
As unemployment rises, many employed Americans indicate they could not afford their health insurance if they were laid off. Laid-off workers over age 65 can be especially hard hit. -
Small-biz divided on health-care reform (BizJournals)
Posted: May 4th, 2009, 1:59am EDT
Small businesses are divided over whether a government-run insurance plan should be offered as an option in health-care reform. -
Union General Insurance Offers Health and Exercise Clubs Market (Insurance Journal)
Posted: May 4th, 2009, 12:16am EDT
Available to California agents, Union General Insurance of Concord, Calif., has an "A+" rated carrier offering general and professional liability coverage for health spas, exercise salons, fitness ... -
Basic benefits plan includes surcharge: Bills seek cheaper individual health coverage (Crain's Detroit Business)
Posted: May 3rd, 2009, 7:11pm EDT
Senator Tom George, R-Kalamazoo, chairman of the Senate Health Policy Committee, is developing legislation that will include a basic benefit individual health insurance package for a $60 to $200 monthly premium that could be subsidized by... -
Poll Shows Support for Public Health Insurance (KCRG-TV9 Cedar Rapids)
Posted: May 3rd, 2009, 5:20pm EDT
DES MOINES (AP) - More than half of Iowans support a public health insurance plan, and almost half of the state's residents who aren't already insured say they would consider enrolling. -
Insurance doctor: Terminology aids insurance understanding (The Fort Collins Coloradoan)
Posted: May 3rd, 2009, 6:11am EDT
Recently I received a call from a mother who was helping her daughter, a college student, find an appropriate health insurance plan. As I explained various plan designs and features to the mother, she confessed to being a bit hazy on what a "co-pay" is and how it works. -
Majority of Iowans want public health insurance plan (The Des Moines Register)
Posted: May 3rd, 2009, 4:22am EDT
More than half of Iowa adults want the federal government to offer a public health insurance plan as an alternative to private coverage, even though most people here tend to feel secure about their own health insurance, The Des Moines Register’s new Iowa Poll says. -
1 in 4 Utah families spend 10 percent of income on health care (Provo Daily Herald)
Posted: May 3rd, 2009, 2:12am EDT
Nearly 25 percent of Utahns spend more than 10 percent of their pretax income on health care -- and the vast majority of those have insurance, according to a new report. -
Town hall will explore health insurance options (Albany Democrat-Herald)
Posted: May 3rd, 2009, 12:52am EDT
CORVALLIS Oregonians who have been turned down for insurance because of medical conditions or who have lost their health care coverage due to a layoff can learn about their options at a Wednesday town hall presentation in Corvallis. -
Insurance for Graduates (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance)
Posted: May 2nd, 2009, 10:06pm EDT
The tough economy has many new grads leaving college without a job lined up -- forcing them to wrestle with questions about health insurance. -
Save money on health care, insurance (East Valley Tribune)
Posted: May 2nd, 2009, 6:59pm EDT
Rebecca Warren: According to a report last year by benefits consultant Watson Wyatt, nearly half (47 percent) of the 453 large U.S. employers currently offer a consumer-directed health plan (CDHP), a high-deductible plan offered with a personal account that can be used to pay a portion of medical expenses not covered under the plan. -
Alternative models of health insurance (Blue Ridge Business Journal)
Posted: May 1st, 2009, 3:33pm EDT
Faced with a growing problem—the uninsured and the escalating cost of health care insurance—two innovative programs have been introduced to combat and solve the dilemmas. -
New 2009 Guide To Health Insurance For The Unemployed Available At HealthInsuranceFinders.com (dBusinessNews.com)
Posted: May 1st, 2009, 3:03pm EDT
Premier health insurance online resource, HealthInsuranceFinders.com, recently published a 2009 Guide to Health Insurance for the Unemployed. In the free guide, users gain invaluable knowledge of available medical insurance options for themselves and their families. -
Small businesses struggle to provide health insurance as profits are pinched (Charleston Regional Business Journal)
Posted: May 1st, 2009, 2:37pm EDT
The cost of providing health insurance, especially for small businesses, is becoming out of reach for many companies as profits shrink and costs increase. -
Finding Health Insurance for College Students (New York Times)
Posted: May 1st, 2009, 10:25am EDT
Coverage under their parents? policy for full-time college students is no longer a given, but there are other ways to make sure a child has adequate health insurance.