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Posted: October 4th, 2008, 11:21am CDT
Exactly one month before the US presidential vote, Democrat Barack Obama Saturday accused Republican rival John McCain of scheming to deprive millions more Americans of life-saving health insurance.
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Posted: October 4th, 2008, 11:14am CDT
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) is disappointed with Gov. David Paterson's Sept. 26 veto of a bill the group says would have helped struggling small-business owners obtain basic, affordable health care.
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Posted: October 4th, 2008, 9:28am CDT
The state's health care advocate wants Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell's administration to stop referring to her Charter Oak health plan as "insurance," saying that the term misleads consumers and risks landing Connecticut in court.
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Posted: October 4th, 2008, 7:42am CDT
With families increasingly worried about their economic security, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is opening a major assault on what he charges is a “radical plan” by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to decentralize health insurance.
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Posted: October 4th, 2008, 12:03am CDT
I did not need to read past the title of Anthony Halby's Other Voices column to find what I needed to refute it. Many people, including our esteemed "governator" and both presidential candidates, speak of the need for universal health insurance.
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Posted: October 3rd, 2008, 11:35pm CDT
A landmark law requiring employers to provide mental health insurance benefits comparable to their medical coverage cleared Congress today and is expected to be signed by President Bush.
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Posted: October 3rd, 2008, 11:07am CDT
With the cost of health insurance rising throughout the country and spending in schools a constant concern, the faculty at Shawsheen Valley Technical High School is doing its best to alleviate both problems locally.
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Posted: October 3rd, 2008, 3:29am CDT
NEW DELHI: A national health insurance programme, under which people below the poverty line (BPL) pay only Rs.30 and become entitled to treatment of up to Rs.30,000, has just become operational in 11 states.
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Posted: October 3rd, 2008, 2:33am CDT
RE: 'Economic realities of universal health insurance'
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Posted: October 3rd, 2008, 1:03am CDT
New Delhi, Oct 3 : A national health insurance programme, under which people below the poverty line (BPL) pay only Rs.30 and become entitled to treatment of up to Rs.30,000, has just become operational in 11 states.
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Posted: October 1st, 2008, 8:20pm CDT
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- As many as 10,000 Indiana children have become newly eligible for the State Children's Health Insurance Program under a recently approved expansion. The expansion of eligibility to
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Posted: October 1st, 2008, 7:05pm CDT
Melrose union members voted last Thursday to move their health insurance to the state’s Group Insurance Commission (GIC), a move city officials say will save over a million dollars in next year’s budget and insulate the city from steep annual cost increases, while taking less out of employee’s paychecks.
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Posted: October 1st, 2008, 5:46pm CDT
A new, independent actuarial analysis finds health insurance purchasing arrangements - also called connectors, exchanges, and health insurance purchasing cooperatives - lead to higher health insurance premiums and fail to increase risk pooling. The report, titled: Government-Sponsored Health Insurance Purchasing Arrangements: Do They Reduce Costs or Expand Coverage for Individuals and Small ...
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Posted: October 1st, 2008, 5:01pm CDT
Hundreds of uninsured Maryland residents are currently eligible for low-cost health insurance if they live in Howard County.
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Posted: October 1st, 2008, 2:21pm CDT
At their regular meeting Wednesday, Oct. 1, Saline County Commissioners reported they have received bids for health insurance coverage for county employees from several companies, including Leimkuehler Insurance, Naught Naught Agency, George J. Meusckhke Agency and Farm Bureau, among others.
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Posted: October 1st, 2008, 1:50pm CDT
A new health insurance policy from BCAA is being called a "two-tier" system, and the B.C. New Democrats want the health minister to take action. The policy allows members to seek treatment at a private ...
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Posted: October 1st, 2008, 1:47pm CDT
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- As many as 10,000 Indiana children became eligible Wednesday for the State Children's Health Insurance Program under a recently approved expansion, state officials said.
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Posted: October 1st, 2008, 10:24am CDT
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that would have cracked down on health insurance companies that cancel policies of people who make expensive claims.
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Posted: October 1st, 2008, 9:31am CDT
KCMH (OTC:KCMH) today announced the launch of its insurance division, KCM Insurance Services (KCMIS), which is expected to generate an estimated quarter million dollars in Q4 2008. KCMIS is an agency that provides comprehensive life, health and senior Medicare Advantage and supplemental insurance products across North America for individuals and companies with 50 employees or less.
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Posted: October 1st, 2008, 8:57am CDT
A three-day blitz of the New Orleans area will start Wednesday to enroll uninsured youngsters in the Louisiana Children's Health Insurance Program, commonly known as LaCHIP....