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Task force proposes health insurance pool

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:14:33 -0800

OLYMPIA - What if workers could buy health insurance from an insurance pool funded in part by their employers but tailored to their specific needs? That's one idea to emerge from the Washington State Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Care Costs and Access, which released a five-year plan this

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Children's health insurance sees setbacks in '07

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:14:14 -0800

The modest spending increase that Congress approved for a popular children's health insurance program will maintain coverage for those already enrolled. But many lacking insurance will have to look

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Timing of Calif. action may boost health-care issue

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:42:12 -0800

LOS ANGELES - The universal health-insurance package that one chamber of California's legislature passed last week looks a lot like the one Massachusetts put in place a year earlier: Every resident must have insurance, every employer must pitch in, and no one can be denied coverage because of a preexisting

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Low-income families may face health insurance cuts

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 12:13:39 -0800

SANTA CRUZ -- Health insurance for about 6,500 children in Santa Cruz County hinges on a federal insurance program that lawmakers have failed to renew this year and have little time to do so before the congressional session

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Ad targets health insurance coverage

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:25:45 -0800

MASON CITY An advertisement running in Monday s Globe Gazette and nine other Iowa newspapers asserts that Vice President Dick Cheney would probably be dead if he had the same health insurance that many Americans

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Dade hopes to broker low-cost health insurance deal

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:37:13 -0800

Like Michael Jordan lending his celebrity to sneakers and sports drinks, Miami-Dade government may help promote a private low-cost health insurance that would be available to practically every county

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Health care reform? Hush! You ll anger the Insurance Gods!

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:08:27 -0800

EVERYWHERE YOU GO in South Carolina, if there is a presidential candidate nearby (and they do seem to be everywhere), you ll see people in red T-shirts that say Divided We Fail. That s the AARP s way of drawing the candidates , and everyone else s, attention to the organization s belief that All Americans should have access to affordable health care, including prescription drugs, and these

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Health Insurance Agents Warn Against Imposing a 'Health Care Reform' Tax in California

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:05:54 -0800

At the Assembly Health Committee's hearing on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's health care reform plan, the California Association of Health Underwriters (CAHU) and the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors-California (NAIFA-California) urged lawmakers to avoid the mistakes made in New York and New Jersey, mistakes that have resulted in premiums more than 350 percent higher

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Saving Money on Group Health Insurance, What Your Broker is Not Telling You

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:33:20 -0800

Health Plans NY a group benefits provider owned and operated by Jay Gerlitz and Bill Behr have recently released a white paper entitled "Saving money on group health insurance, what your broker is not telling you." This white paper explains how Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRA's) could be a viable solution to the high cost of group health

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Board holds first meeting in health-insurance risk pool

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:48:37 -0800

RALEIGH- The N.C. Department of Insurance said yesterday that it held the first board meeting of the new N.C. Health Insurance Risk Pool. The pool was created to provide health insurance to people whose health or medical history prevents them from receiving affordable coverage from health-insurance companies. The pool's board of directors met in Raleigh to discuss duties and to plan future

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House fails to override Bush's veto of State Children's Health Insurance Program

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:35:18 -0800

How will this affect Alaska's Denali Kid Care? It was close, but not a go. The House failed to override President Bush's veto of a spending increase for the State Children's Health Insurance Program, known as S-CHIP

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Presidential Veto Stands; Child Health Insurance Fails in House

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:29:23 -0800

By Robert Pear and Sheryl Gay Stolberg THE NEW YORK TIMES The House on Thursday upheld President Bush s veto of a bill to provide health insurance to 10 million children, but Democrats vowed to send it back to him next month, with minor changes, in the belief that they could ultimately

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Rochester-area groups urge lawmakers to support children's health insurance bill.

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:48:41 -0800

Representatives from Rochester's faith community, health planning agency and Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong on Tuesday urged Rochester-area Congressional Republicans to support expanded funding for children's health

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Slum-dwellers run a health insurance fund

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:47:57 -0800

When the rest of the country is going in circles seeking health insurance for the society's most vulnerable, these slum-dwellers are part of a health security fund to which each person contributes Rs 60

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House approves kids health insurance expansion

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:31:38 -0800

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The U.S. House of Representative on Tuesday approved a plan to more than double funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program to $35 billion, despite repeated veto threats from the president.

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