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Employers offer new perk: pet health insurance

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:57:15 -0800

NEW YORK -- At a time when employers are scaling back on costly health benefits, pet insurance is gaining popularity as an employee benefit. Veterinary Pet Insurance, the nation's largest pet insurer, saw its corporate accounts balloon from 15 to 1,600 in the past six

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SiCKO "Hitman" Lee Einer Writes Second Guest Column Exposing Health Insurance Industry Secrets for HonestMedicine.com

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:31:01 -0800

Lee Einer, the man Michael Moore referred to as the Health Insurance Industry "Hitman" in SiCKO, has recently written his second guest column for the award-winning health advocacy blog, www.HonestMedicine.com. The blog's creator, Julia Schopick, announced the posting of Mr. Einer's column, "The Truth About Self-Funded Plans" (http://www.honestmedicine.com/2008/01/the-truth-about.html),

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Businesses Increasingly Auditing Employees To Ensure Dependents Eligible For Health Insurance

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:17:48 -0800

Businesses increasingly are conducting insurance audits of employees to ensure that all dependents are eligible for health benefits, Newhouse/Houston Chronicle reports. Some consultants say that, on average, about 3% to 12% of dependents enrolled in an employer-sponsored health plan are not

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Poll Finds Public Backs Employer Role In Health Insurance

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:41:52 -0800

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Most people in the U.S. think employers should provide health insurance to their workers or help pay for coverage, according to a new survey, a view in line with proposals from the leading Democratic presidential

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Voluntary health insurance regulations march into effect

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:23:21 -0800

HA NOI New regulations on voluntary health insurance will officially come into force next Monday, according to the Health Ministry. People can now register to buy voluntary health insurance through Viet Nam Social Insurance s agent

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City moves closer to private health insurance : Switch could come by this summer

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:15:32 -0800

FARMINGTON City employees are one step closer to having private health insurance after the council approved an agent to shop for coverage. After a closed session, councilors voted to begin negotiations with Itasca, Ill.-based Gallagher Benefit

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Legislative Group Makes Call for More Children's Health Insurance

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:43:24 -0800

CEDAR RAPIDS- A legislative committee charged with finding ways to make health insurance more affordable in Iowa now has a plan. And part of that plan calls for a big boost in one state insurance

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New health insurance plan aims to close coverage gap

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:35:59 -0800

INDIANAPOLIS There's finally help for thousands of uninsured Hoosiers. The Healthy Indiana Plan takes effect next week. It s designed for Hoosiers who don't have access to health insurance through the government or their

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Farmers often pay excessively for health insurance

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:56:40 -0800

WILLMAR Research by The Access Project, Brandeis University and the University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health shows that the average farm and ranch family pays $7,247 in health insurance premiums and costs each

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Health Insurance Industry To Propose Steps To Make It Easier For Individuals To Obtain Coverage, Including Those With ...

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:35:31 -0800

America's Health Insurance Plans on Wednesday will present a proposal that is intended to increase access for people seeking to purchase health insurance on the individual market, including those who previously have been denied coverage because of health issues, the New York Times reports. The proposal was drafted by a group of insurance executives. [click link for full

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Small Business Owners Say Health Insurance is a Top Incentive to Recruit/Retain Workers According to PANTHEOS

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:35:23 -0800

BURR RIDGE, Ill.----After pay, health insurance is the single-most important incentive that small businesses use to recruit and keep workers, according to results of an annual employer survey published Dec. 12 by the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations

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Health insurance mandate affects all - including immigrants

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:57:45 -0800

When the 50-year-old Brazilian painter heard the new state health reform mandates everyone to have health insurance by Dec. 31, the man - who had been uninsured for six years since he immigrated here - felt he had to do

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Health Insurance Issue Sparks Fight Among Democrats, Bogs Down Schwarzenegger

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:54:27 -0800

PALO ALTO, Calif. The issue of requiring individuals to purchase health insurance is triggering an escalating fight between the top contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination even as the same question is bogging down Governor Schwarzenegger's plan to make sure all Californians are insured. "It's all connected and the connection here is a push for an individual mandate," a critic of

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LIC health insurance products may hit market next month

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:03:25 -0800

NEW DELHI: Health insurance products from state-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) are expected to hit the market by December-end, providing millions of policyholders access to health insurance at their door-

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Lack Of Health Insurance Overstated In Arizona

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:36:35 -0800

Federal surveys overstate the number of Arizonans without health insurance, according to a study released today by the Center for Health Information & Research (CHIR) in the School of Computing and Informatics at Arizona State University. [click link for full

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