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June 18, 2006

Health Insurance Consumer

The Georgetown University Health Policy Institute offers a Consumer Guide for Getting and Keeping Health Insurance, for each state and the District of Columbia. Site also includes a newsletter and ...

From Health Insurance Consumer

 

The American Medical Association's House of Delegates on Tuesday voted to support a proposal to require U.S. residents with annual incomes greater than five times the federal poverty level to have health insurance, the Chicago Tribune reports (Japsen, Chicago Tribune, 6/14). The AMA proposal would require qualifying U.S. [click link for full

From AMA Calls For Using Tax Incentives To Implement Mandatory Health Insurance Law

 

Florida "leads the nation" in the creation of new jobs, but the industries that are coming to the state are those that are least likely to offer health insurance to workers, according to a report released on Monday by Florida International University's Research Institute on Social and Economic Policy, the St. Petersburg Times reports. [click link for full

From Highest-Growth Industries In Florida Are Least Likely To Offer Employee Health Insurance, Report Says

 

Illinois lawmakers at a legislative hearing on Tuesday questioned whether Gov. Rod Blagojevich's (D) new health insurance program for children will be ready for its July 1 launch, the Chicago Tribune reports (Pearson/Chase, Chicago Tribune, 6/14). Under the All Kids program, health care coverage will be extended to all uninsured children in the state. [click link for full

From Some Illinois Lawmakers Question Readiness Of All Kids Health Insurance Program

 

Thinking about buying a short-term health insurance policy? your benefits to kick in; taking a three-month sabbatical between jobs; or, you retired but have a few months to go before reaching Medicare

From CONSUMER WATCH: Pros, cons of short-term insurance

 

UF will offer free health insurance to some of its graduate students by January, university President Bernie Machen announced Friday. Other graduate students will be eligible for health care at a reduced rate, including those with spouses, children or domestic

From Free health insurance on the way for some UF graduate students

 

Posted by Michael at June 18, 2006 05:26 PM