Group Health Insurance

Employers offer new perk: pet health insurance

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:02:02 -0800

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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State insurance regulator has big ideas for health care

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:26:40 -0800

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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Recent Studies Indicate Lack Of Health Insurance 'Seriously Harmful' To Health, Editorial States

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 10:45:39 -0800

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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PVI's health insurance lapsed

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 09:11:24 -0800

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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Democratic leaders end the year having failed to expand health insurance program for children

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:03:04 -0800

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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Children's health-insurance bill vetoed

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:10:56 -0800

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Democratic Presidential Candidates Agree On Expansion Of Health Insurance During Last Debate In Iowa

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:35:50 -0800

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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Bush Vetoes Health Insurance Bill

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:41:32 -0800

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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Parliament May Postpone Bill On Social Securities, General Health Insurance

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:25:56 -0800

ANKARA - A bill amending law on social securities and general health insurance might be postponed for the third time after health and budget committees with Turkish parliament decided leave the issue out of their agenda, sources told the

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IRDA plans guidelines for health insurance cos

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:37:14 -0800

Reiterating the need to expand the reach of health insurance to a wider section of population, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) chairman C S Rao, on Thursday, said the regulator is planning to come up with separate guidelines on health insurance, spelling out provisions for comprehensive healthcare and consumer redressal soon. These guidelines are part of the initiative

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Irda norms for health insurance cos soon

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:29:11 -0800

Insurance regulator Irda on Thursday said it plans to soon come out with separate guidelines for the health insurance players, aimed at comprehensive medical insurance coverage and redressal of consumer

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LIC health insurance products may hit market next month

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:14:24 -0800

NEW DELHI: Health insurance products from state-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) are expected to hit the market by December-end, providing millions of policyholders access to health insurance at their door-

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Lack Of Health Insurance Overstated In Arizona

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:32:49 -0800

Federal surveys overstate the number of Arizonans without health insurance, according to a study released today by the Center for Health Information & Research (CHIR) in the School of Computing and Informatics at Arizona State University. [click link for full

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Raymond selectmen debate health insurance, Exit 4 project

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:25:36 -0800

RAYMOND After a break last week, the Board of Selectmen met to discuss the town health insurance, a possible public works mutual-aid program and the mitigation plan required for the development of Exit 4.

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American Community Offers Wisconsin Residents a New Choice in Health Insurance

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:04:30 -0800

American Community Mutual Insurance Company, a leading provider of Individual and Group health insurance since 1938, announced today that it has entered the state of Wisconsin with competitive health insurance products for individuals and

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