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<title>Coalition forms to back health insurance bills</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>LANSING A debate about whether to change rules governing Michigan s health insurance market for individuals is escalating. A coalition supporting legislation backed by <a href="http://www.individual-health-insurance-rates.com/blue-cross-blue-shield.html">Blue Cross Blue Shield</a> of Michigan was announced </p>

<p class="rss_attribution">From <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/health+insurance/SIG=12rb5cdr4/*http%3A//www.battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080116/NEWS01/301160029">Coalition forms to back health insurance bills </a></p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:59:20 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Palmer debates health insurance</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>PALMER - The Town Council last night debated retiree health insurance, but stopped short of rescinding an earlier vote that increased employee contributions to 25 percent for current and new </p>

<p class="rss_attribution">From <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/health+insurance/SIG=12vd8eqkn/*http%3A//www.masslive.com/news/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1200388885297520.xml&coll=1">Palmer debates health insurance </a></p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:40:55 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>A Price War in Health Insurance</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p> When UnitedHealthcare told American Printing House for the Blind that its health insurance bill would jump 49.9% in 2008, Chief Financial Officer William G. Beavin decided to shop around. He settled on Humana , which offered a less generous plan that delivered a 17% rise. That's steep, and will cost the Louisville-based publisher, which has 310 employees, about $1 million a year, but it's </p>

<p class="rss_attribution">From <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/health+insurance/SIG=120dos7oc/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20080108/bs_bw/0802b4066036076451">A Price War in Health Insurance </a></p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:02:29 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Health Insurance Proposal Not Dead</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>MAYVILLE Absolutely was the response County Legislator Tina Hallquist, C-Jamestown, gave when asked if she will continue her pursuit to eliminate the health insurance option for </p>

<p class="rss_attribution">From <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/health+insurance/SIG=123esrnjh/*http%3A//www.post-journal.com/Sports/articles.asp?articleID=23515">Health Insurance Proposal Not Dead </a></p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:53:31 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Health insurance program makes change in 2008</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>A new law on health insurance will be expanded and take effect on New Year's Day. The law lowers the premiums and expands the eligibility for people to be covered by the Missouri Health Insurance pool. </p>

<p class="rss_attribution">From <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/health+insurance/SIG=11k2p5cmr/*http%3A//www.koamtv.com/global/story.asp?s=7562117">Health insurance program makes change in 2008 </a></p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 10:55:52 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Health Insurance - You Can&apos;t Afford to be Without it</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>(ARA) - The number of Americans without health insurance continues to climb, while the number of people covered by employer-sponsored insurance programs continues to decline, according to the U.S. Census </p>

<p class="rss_attribution">From <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/health+insurance/SIG=12br028ks/*http%3A//www.bentoneveningnews.com/articles/2007/12/28/ara/family/619.txt">Health Insurance - You Can't Afford to be Without it </a></p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:00:35 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Elected officials losing health insurance</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>KINNELON -- Elected officials will no longer get benefits from the town's health plan. In an issue that was divisive along personal and philosophical lines, the Borough Council voted this week to do away with </p>

<p class="rss_attribution">From <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/health+insurance/SIG=149ss70mc/*http%3A//www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk1MTYmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcyMzY0NzImeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXky">Elected officials losing health insurance </a></p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:32:10 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Hungarian doctors to resist health insurance system reform</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Budapest - The head of the Hungarian Chamber of Doctors on Tuesday said that doctors would fight the implementation of a bill to introduce private capital into the health insurance system. Hungary's parliament late Monday passed the bill, which will ... </p>

<p class="rss_attribution">From <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/health+insurance/SIG=11nciaqok/*http%3A//www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/160876.html">Hungarian doctors to resist health insurance system reform </a></p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:27:36 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Health insurance mandate affects all - including immigrants</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>When the 50-year-old Brazilian painter heard the new state health reform mandates everyone to have health insurance by Dec. 31, the man - who had been uninsured for six years since he immigrated here - felt he had to do </p>

<p class="rss_attribution">From <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/health+insurance/SIG=11je4aec6/*http%3A//www.milforddailynews.com/news/x540397528">Health insurance mandate affects all - including immigrants </a></p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:30:13 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Fewer Small Businesses Offering Workers Health Insurance, According To Study</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>The cost of providing employer-sponsored health insurance this year rose by 6.1%, roughly the same rate of increase as in 2006, according to highlights of a nationwide survey conducted by Mercer, Reuters reports. The survey, released on Monday, included about 3,000 private and public companies with at least 10 employees (Kenen, Reuters, 11/19). [click link for full </p>

<p class="rss_attribution">From <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/health+insurance/SIG=11mb9htep/*http%3A//www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/89295.php">Fewer Small Businesses Offering Workers Health Insurance, According To Study </a></p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:06:10 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Bahrain: Health insurance for expats approved</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>The Shura Council yesterday approved a proposal by Abdulrehman Jamsheer to adopt health insurance for expatriates. The Council heard that free healthcare was a burden on the government budget. "The government spends BD400 per patient every year," said </p>

<p class="rss_attribution">From <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/health+insurance/SIG=12l7ph08e/*http%3A//www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidZAWYA20071106035750/secIndustries/pagHealthcare">Bahrain: Health insurance for expats approved </a></p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:51:48 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>California among worst in providing health insurance through jobs</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>The percentage of Californians who get health insurance through their jobs is among the lowest in the country, according to a study released Thursday. Nationwide, about 63 percent of Americans have health policies offered by their employers. But in... </p>

<p class="rss_attribution">From <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/health+insurance/SIG=12v9r1uuc/*http%3A//www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/02/BUNHT4O1C.DTL&feed=rss.business">California among worst in providing health insurance through jobs </a></p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:46:44 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>House passes revised child health insurance bill</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>The House of Representatives passed a new bill expanding a popular children's health insurance program Thursday -- despite Republican complaints about a vote held while several members were visiting wildfire-ravaged California </p>

<p class="rss_attribution">From <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/health+insurance/SIG=12j22m92g/*http%3A//www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/25/schip.vote/index.html?section=cnn_latest">House passes revised child health insurance bill </a></p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:34:12 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Board holds first meeting in health-insurance risk pool</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>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 </p>

<p class="rss_attribution">From <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/health+insurance/SIG=13lbvhug7/*http%3A//www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ/MGArticle/WSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173353224288">Board holds first meeting in health-insurance risk pool </a></p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:22:48 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Candidate presses dropping insurance</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>PROSPECT PARK -- Republican Borough Council candidate Thomas F.X. Magura has vowed to see his petition asking council members to refuse borough health insurance through, despite the upcoming </p>

<p class="rss_attribution">From <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/health+insurance/SIG=149j8p6e0/*http%3A//www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzNTcmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcyMTAzMjUmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXky">Candidate presses dropping insurance </a></p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:44:46 -0800</pubDate>
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