January 20, 2008
Employers offer new perk: pet health insurance
NEW YORK -- At a time when employers are scaling back on costly health benefits, pet insurance is gaining popularity as an employee benefit. Veterinary Pet Insurance, the nation's largest pet insurer, saw its corporate accounts balloon from 15 to 1,600 in the past six
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Posted by Mel at 12:02 PM
January 12, 2008
State insurance regulator has big ideas for health care
Hoping to speed up the pace of health care reform, the state insurance commissioner has stepped from the bureaucratic supporting cast with a big idea: take over the market for "catastrophic"
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Posted by Ryan at 12:26 PM
January 05, 2008
Recent Studies Indicate Lack Of Health Insurance 'Seriously Harmful' To Health, Editorial States
Two recent studies found "uninsured people suffer significantly worse outcomes from cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer than those who have coverage," providing the "most comprehensive evidence yet that a lack of health insurance is seriously harmful to a patient's health," according to a New York Times
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Posted by Murray at 10:45 AM
PVI's health insurance lapsed
Former employees at Protected Vehicles Inc. could end up with unexpected medical bills because the manufacturer waited about two weeks to inform them they had lost their health insurance. The North Charleston-based company, which made armored military vehicles before an abrupt shutdown last month, was informed by its health-care carrier in writing Dec. 12 that its group policy was canceled.
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Posted by Gary at 09:11 AM
December 20, 2007
Democratic leaders end the year having failed to expand health insurance program for children
The House temporarily extended a popular health insurance program for children on Wednesday, handing Democratic leaders a disappointing end this year to their efforts to cover an additional 4 million
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Posted by Rob at 10:03 AM
December 19, 2007
Children's health-insurance bill vetoed
President Bush vetoed legislation Wednesday that would have expanded government-provided health insurance for children, his second slap-down of a bipartisan effort in Congress to dramatically increase funding for the popular
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Posted by Doug at 11:10 AM
December 18, 2007
Democratic Presidential Candidates Agree On Expansion Of Health Insurance During Last Debate In Iowa
Six Democratic presidential candidates on Thursday during a debate in Johnston, Iowa, sponsored by the Des Moines Register and Iowa Public Television discussed health care and other issues, the New York Times reports (Healy/Zeleny, New York Times, 12/14). According to the Washington Post, the candidates "found general agreement by promising" that they would expand health insurance to all U.S.
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Posted by John at 01:35 PM
Bush Vetoes Health Insurance Bill
President Bush vetoed legislation Wednesday that would have expanded government-provided health insurance for children, his second slap-down of a bipartisan effort in Congress to dramatically increase funding for the popular program.It was Bush's seventh veto in seven years all but one coming since Democrats took control of Congress in
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