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Posted: May 31st, 2008, 4:51am CDT
(ARA) - If you've shopped for or are currently paying for health insurance, you know that consumers are paying more than ever before for their policies. But the numbers are staggering.
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Posted: May 31st, 2008, 4:36am CDT
(ARA) - Are Americans paying too much for health insurance? While health care costs continue to skyrocket, more and more consumers are finding affordable health insurance solutions online.
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Posted: May 31st, 2008, 2:19am CDT
US Insurance Online today announced a new Web site that educates families about the costs and benefits of individual health insurance for long-term care. (PRWeb May 31, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/LTC/insurance/prweb886824.htm
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Posted: May 31st, 2008, 2:01am CDT
US Insurance Online today announced a new Web site that educates families about the costs and benefits of individual health insurance for long-term care.
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Posted: May 31st, 2008, 1:12am CDT
By Ed Edelson , HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, May 30 (HealthDay News) -- The number of young adults without health insurance rose again in 2006, so 38 percent of high...
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Posted: May 30th, 2008, 5:04pm CDT
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- A New Jersey lawmaker wants to let residents shop outside the state for health insurance, a move top Democrats said would risk consumer protections.
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Posted: May 30th, 2008, 3:54pm CDT
(WBGO News, 5/30/2008) Assemblyman Jay Webber wants Jersey residents to have more choices in where they get their health insurance. He's following the lead of Arizona Congressman John Shadegg, who's crafting a new proposal that would shake up the market.
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Posted: May 30th, 2008, 1:16pm CDT
Tom Hester Jr. May 30, 2008 - 2:02 p.m. TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey lawmaker wants to let residents shop outside New Jersey for health insurance.
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Posted: May 30th, 2008, 1:03pm CDT
FRIDAY, May 30 (HealthDay News) -- The number of young adults without health insurance rose again in 2006, so 38 percent of high school graduates and 34 percent of college graduates will spend some time uninsured in the year after graduation, a new report shows.
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Posted: May 30th, 2008, 1:02pm CDT
A New Jersey lawmaker wants to let residents shop outside New Jersey for health insurance. Assemblyman Jay Webber says his proposal would let New Jerseyans secure health care coverage that best suits their needs and budgets.
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Posted: May 18th, 2008, 1:19am CDT
FOX RIVER GROVE – Health insurance costs for village employees increased 21.5 percent this year.
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Posted: May 18th, 2008, 1:05am CDT
With insurance premiums rising 87 percent between 2000 and 2006, and per capita health-care spending in the U.S. increasing $2,000 during that time, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, employers are looking for options.
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Posted: May 18th, 2008, 1:05am CDT
The private health insurance industry says it is not trying to make a judgement on changes to the Medicare levy by releasing figures showing over 900,000 people are set to drop their private cover.
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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 5:25am CDT
(ARA) - As we approach the end of another year, now is a good time to take a close look at household expenses to see if there are places you can cut back and save. If you're like most people, one of your biggest areas of concern is what you're paying for health insurance.
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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 2:14am CDT
WOODSTOCK – A decision made more than a year ago to have McHenry County pay its own health insurance is starting to pay dividends for taxpayers.
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 3:50pm CDT
(ARA) - You've heard it before; accidents happen. There's a great deal of truth in this oft-quoted statement. It's one reason why you should always have good health insurance, because without it, you may be putting yourself in serious financial straights.
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 1:02pm CDT
(ARA) - As we approach the end of another year, now is a good time to take a close look at household expenses to see if there are places you can cut back and save. If you're like most people, one of your biggest areas of concern is what you're paying for health insurance.
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 8:57am CDT
(ARA) - Having health insurance gives us piece of mind. But have you ever thought you might be overpaying for your coverage? Or what if you find yourself without health coverage and need to find something affordable fast? The answers to these questions can easily be found on the Internet.
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 4:38am CDT
A plan to mandate health insurance for all New Jersey children and expand coverage for some parents, the first step in an attempt to bring universal health care to the state, began working its way through the Legislature Thursday.
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 2:19am CDT
WOODSTOCK – A decision made more than a year ago to have McHenry County pay its own health insurance is starting to pay dividends for taxpayers.
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Posted: May 16th, 2008, 12:57am CDT
Employers' health insurance costs this year have climbed 12 percent above 2007 levels in Colorado and Wyoming, a survey shows.
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Posted: May 15th, 2008, 9:30am CDT
Their numbers are growing. Premiums have increased 27 percent in the state between 2001 and 2005. When Perry Forrest started working as a truck driver and groundsman for Pike Electric Corp. last month, he and his wife, Jonnie, decided not to take the health insurance plan offered by his new employer.
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Posted: May 15th, 2008, 8:04am CDT
All New Jersey children would have to have health insurance and all taxpayers would have to annually prove they have health insurance under a proposal to be weighed for the first time today by senators. The Senate health committee is to debate legislation designed as a first step toward universal health coverage for all residents by 2011. "This is a broken and dysfunctional system, and it's time ...
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Posted: May 15th, 2008, 5:30am CDT
Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson has promised to overturn the Government's tax increase on pre-mixed alcohol and to scrap the changes to private health insurance, in his Budget reply speech tonight.
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Posted: May 15th, 2008, 5:04am CDT
Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson has promised to overturn the Government's tax increase on pre-mixed alcohol and to scrap the changes to private health insurance.
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Posted: May 4th, 2008, 9:37pm CDT
For millions of people with employer health insurance, premiums and co-payments have increased quickly while coverage has become less extensive.
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Posted: May 4th, 2008, 2:37pm CDT
(ARA) - As we approach the end of another year, now is a good time to take a close look at household expenses to see if there are places you can cut back and save. If you're like most people, one of your biggest areas of concern is what you're paying for health insurance.
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Posted: May 4th, 2008, 7:41am CDT
COLUMBUS -- Some 4.6 million Ohioans can't afford health insurance without employer contributions or public assistance, according to a study released Tuesday.
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Posted: May 4th, 2008, 5:04am CDT
The economic slowdown has swelled the ranks of people without health insurance. Now it is threatening millions of people who have insurance but find that the coverage is too limited or that they cannot afford their own share of medical costs.
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Posted: May 4th, 2008, 2:26am CDT
The economic slowdown has swelled the ranks of people without health insurance. Higher premiums and bigger co-payments bring medical costs up.
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Posted: May 4th, 2008, 2:21am CDT
About one in five adults age 19 to 29 don't have health insurance. If you fall in that category, you might think you don't need the extra expenditure — after all, you're a young, strapping specimen of good health. But you're not invincible.
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Posted: May 4th, 2008, 12:36am CDT
The economic slowdown has swelled the ranks of people without health insurance. But now it is also threatening millions of people who have insurance but find that the coverage is too limited or that they cannot afford their own share of medical costs.
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Posted: May 4th, 2008, 12:34am CDT
If gas and milk price hikes seem steep, check out health insurance premiums. They have increased 10 times faster than incomes in recent years, a study shows.
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Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 11:36pm CDT
Many of the 158 million people covered by employer health insurance are struggling to meet medical expenses that are much higher than they used to be.
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Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 10:44am CDT
Health professionals and District residents on Friday urged the D.C. Council to back proposed legislation that would ensure all D.C. residents have health insurance.
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Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 4:46am CDT
The Florida Legislature skidded to the finish line of the 2008 session Friday, approving a $66.2 billion budget, help for children with autism, and a sweeping health-insurance plan sought by Gov. Charlie Crist.
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Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 1:28am CDT
Nearly 200 health insurance agents from across Texas were in El Paso this week with one common goal -- to learn about ways to deliver different heath-care coverage options to the uninsured.
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Posted: May 2nd, 2008, 3:30pm CDT
TALLAHASSEE (AP) -- A plan to make it easier to for the nearly 4 million Floridians without health insurance to be able to get at least some type of coverage was nearing passage Friday in the Legislature as part of a broad compromise on several health care issues.
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Posted: May 2nd, 2008, 3:02pm CDT
The Chamber Alliance Program, which seeks to provide affordable health insurance to small businesses in Arkansas and their employees, has had notable success since its inception more than three years ago.
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Posted: May 2nd, 2008, 1:15pm CDT
BY VIRGINIA WIETECHA / STAFF WRITER / VWIETECHA@LONOKEDEMOCRAT.COM Friday, May 2, 2008 1:09 PM CDT County Judge Charlie Troutman decided to retain the current county health insurance agent even though Quorum Court members voted to get rid of her at last month’s regular meeting.
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Posted: May 2nd, 2008, 9:57am CDT
Hotchkiss Insurance Agency announced today that Wanda Starks, Benefits Department Manager for their Dallas location has earned the prestigious Registered Health Underwriter(R) (RHU(R)) professional designation from The American College, Bryn Mawr, PA.
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Posted: May 2nd, 2008, 8:30am CDT
Gov. Charlie Crist said he's open to a House bill that would partially deregulate the health-insurance industry in an effort to make cheaper options available for the uninsured.
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Posted: May 2nd, 2008, 7:36am CDT
LANSING -- Michigan lawmakers still are working toward consensus on how to change rules guiding Michigan's health insurance market for individuals, including whether there should be a high-risk pool to cover people who get turned down for coverage elsewhere.
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Posted: May 2nd, 2008, 2:35am CDT
LANSING -- Michigan's Senate approved compromise proposals Thursday designed to improve access to and affordability of individual health insurance policies purchased by an increasing number of consumers.
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Posted: May 1st, 2008, 11:23pm CDT
Seven percent of Americans say they or someone in their household decided to tie the knot in the last year so they could receive healthcare benefits, a poll finds. Some people marry for love, some for companionship, and others for status or money. Now comes another reason to get hitched: health insurance.
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Posted: May 1st, 2008, 6:35pm CDT
Aetna Inc. announced Thursday it will begin requiring its more than 1,300 vendors to provide employees with health insurance.