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June 27, 2006

Where Americans Work Affects Their Health Insurance Plan Price Tag

A new analysis by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality revealed that workers in North Dakota with family coverage had average premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance plans that cost nearly $3,000 less than those of workers in the District of Columbia, just one example of how the economics of health insurance vary widely from state-to-state. [click link for full

From Where Americans Work Affects Their Health Insurance Plan Price Tag

 

They're young and relatively healthy, but lack health insurance. Collectively, they number more than 10 million and provide challenges to the health care sector, but new ideas to get them enrolled are arriving from a variety of

From Pool of young workers without health insurance on the rise

 

Approximately 41.2 million U.S. residents, or 14.2%, of the U.S. population, had no health insurance in 2005 at a specific point in time, demonstrating a small improvement over 2004, according to a survey published on Wednesday by the National Center for Health Statistics, Reuters reports (Reuters, 6/21). Study results were based on responses from 98,300 U.S. residents. [click link for full

From 41.2M In U.S. Lacked Health Insurance Last Year, Study Finds

 

Fourteen wage contracts for municipal and school employees expire when the new fiscal year starts Saturday, but a push to have Stoneham workers pay more for health insurance is making negotiations a thorny

From Health costs divide bargainers in talks on 14 town contracts

 

Posted by Stephen at June 27, 2006 03:56 PM