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Posted: July 15th, 2008, 10:19pm CDT
Jackson County will prepare for the 2009 budget with at least two assumptions. No. 1: All county operations should present a budget with no increase in expenditures over 2008 and No. 2: county employees should be prepared to pay for more of their share of health insurance costs.
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Posted: July 15th, 2008, 8:16pm CDT
MASON CITY — Lack of good-paying jobs, the high cost of health insurance and corporate greed were among the economic problems cited by North Iowans at an hour-long Economic Stimulus Town Meeting Monday at the Mason City Public Library.
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Posted: July 15th, 2008, 4:56pm CDT
REGION — Debbie Decker of Beach Lake went to the Emergency Room following an irritated tick bite. After an hour of waiting, a two-minute exam, a tetanus shot, an antibiotic, and a band-aid, Ms. Decker, who doesn’t have health insurance, received a hospital bill for $700, all to be paid out-of-pocket. While this might be shocking, Ms. Decker is only one of some 760,000 adults in ...
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Posted: July 15th, 2008, 2:03pm CDT
Government is delaying the mandatory National Social Health Insurance Scheme for another year at a time when National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is first tacking the scheme for all its members.
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Posted: July 15th, 2008, 12:21pm CDT
The Butler Community College Board of Trustees met last week to discuss approval of the employee group health insurance plan. The college received the final renewal rates for the employee group plan after working with an external consultant.
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Posted: July 15th, 2008, 12:03pm CDT
Health insurance premiums throughout the Southwest, including Texas, are expected to increase by 7.3 percent in 2009, according to preliminary information released by Hewitt Associates Inc. (HEW)
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Posted: July 15th, 2008, 11:07am CDT
Health insurance premium rates throughout the Southwest, including Texas, are expected to increase by 7.3 percent in 2009, according to preliminary information released by Hewitt Associates Inc. (HEW)
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Posted: July 15th, 2008, 10:37am CDT
The question of health insurance for employees of E911 and the Solid Waste Board came up again at Monday’s meeting of the Hamblen County Commission’s Public Services Committee.
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Posted: July 15th, 2008, 10:23am CDT
Preliminary information from Hewitt Associates indicates that health insurance premium rates in the Southwest, including Texas, will increase by 7.3 percent in 2009 — the lowest rate increase in the region in four years and down almost 50 percent from 2008.