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September 30, 2006
Fewer North Carolina Employers Are Paying for Health Insurance, Report Says
By M. Paul Jackson, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C. Sep. 28--The number of North Carolina workers covered by employer-paid health insurance plans fell by about 175,000 from 2000 to 2005 because more employers are reluctant to pay for those plans, according to a report released
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Posted by Bob at 02:35 PM
Size Does Matter In Health Insurance
Workers at the USA's largest private-sector firms pay health insurance deductibles that are about half as expensive as those paid by workers at the smallest companies, according to a report by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. [click link for full
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Posted by Matt at 01:27 PM
September 29, 2006
Study: 9 million U.S. children are without health insurance
Virginia's effort to enroll children from poor families in federal health-insurance programs is being offset by diminished private health benefits and complex new regulations requiring proof of
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Posted by Alex at 02:20 PM
Health insurance highlights
By July 2007, all residents must have some form of state-approved health insurance or face tax penalties. The state did not create a health insurance program. It is relying on private insurers to develop plans that will meet its
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Posted by Michael at 01:26 PM
Health Insurance For Kids
SACRAMENTO There are about 34 thousand children in the Sacramento valley with no health insurance. But a new program brings together public agencies and private health companies to provide medical, dental and vision care to these
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Posted by Mel at 01:06 PM
Regional Health Insurance Program for Low-Income Kids Offered
A regional, low-cost health insurance program for low-income children not eligible for other insurance programs was launched Thursday. "Healthy Kids Healthy Future" will serve children in Sacramento, Yolo, Colusa, and El Dorado
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Posted by Ryan at 10:08 AM
Working parents can't afford, find health insurance for their children, study finds
Posted: 12:03 PM- Gone are the days when working parents could rely on their employer for family health insurance. More than half of America's 9 million uninsured children live in two-parent families, a new study shows. In most of these two-parent families, both parents work. And in Utah, a whopping 91 percent of an estimated 88,458 uninsured kids have at least one working
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Posted by Greg at 08:06 AM
September 28, 2006
The price of health: insurance premiums still no deal
Health insurance premium growth for workers who get coverage through their employers slowed for the third year in a row in 2006 to 7.7 percent, according to a study of employer health benefits released today. But workers are still paying more than they can comfortably afford, the study authors argue, since the increase, which covers both employer and employee premium contributions, is more than
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Posted by Doug at 03:54 PM
