January 19, 2008
Democrats cite economy in calling for veto override on children's health insurance
Democratic lawmakers on Friday cited the slowing economy as a reason that the House should override President Bush's veto of a bill that would increase spending on a popular children's health insurance
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Posted by Guido at 12:40 PM
January 18, 2008
National Survey Finds Americans Favor Health Insurance Reforms
Washington , DC ( AHN ) Jan. 17, 2008 - Political parties might want to pay attention to a new poll showing that the majority of Americans think that employers, government and individuals should share in the costs of providing health
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Posted by Chris at 03:18 PM
January 15, 2008
Health Insurance For The Poor In Africa
The Department for Cooperative Studies initiated cooperation with Universities in Ghana, Malawi and Botswana A new research project at the University of Cologne investigates a promising approach to reduce poverty. Similar to the way low-income people could improve their living conditions through access to microcredit and savings, affordable health insurance can avert risks of
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Posted by Alex at 03:46 PM
Health insurance advocates urge tax
A broad group of health advocates working for coverage of the nearly 600,000 Kentuckians without health insurance is joining the growing chorus for a higher tobacco tax. The group, known as Kentucky Voices for Health, is pushing for a higher cigarette tax to reduce smoking, particularly among youth and pregnant women, with some of the revenue used to improve the health of Kentuckians. Tonya
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Posted by Doug at 08:59 AM
January 11, 2008
Health insurance costs plateau
Health insurance nationwide increased 6.1 percent this year, to an average of $7,983 per worker, the same pace as the past three years, according to a study released today by Mercer Human Resource
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Posted by Ken at 08:56 AM
January 09, 2008
A Price War in Health Insurance
When UnitedHealthcare told American Printing House for the Blind that its health insurance bill would jump 49.9% in 2008, Chief Financial Officer William G. Beavin decided to shop around. He settled on Humana , which offered a less generous plan that delivered a 17% rise. That's steep, and will cost the Louisville-based publisher, which has 310 employees, about $1 million a year, but it's
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Posted by Stephen at 03:26 PM
December 28, 2007
Health insurance program for farmers proves popular
A health insurance program for Wisconsin's farmers is proving to be more popular than predicted. The Farmers' Health Cooperative of Wisconsin started last spring. The goal was to get a thousand members signed up the first year. But already to date, the insurance co-op has doubled that
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Posted by Lorren at 04:45 PM
December 26, 2007
Health care: MDNY will no longer offer health insurance
MDNY Healthcare, a Melville-based health insurance plan that began doing business just over a decade ago, is shutting down and has notified state officials that it will no longer cover 20,000 Nassau and Suffolk
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Posted by Perry at 10:18 AM
