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Californian insurance agents urge for affordable health care coverage

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:16:49 -0800

Insurance agents in California urged lawmakers to make the fixes that will be necessary to achieve the goal of affordable health care coverage for all Californians, as the State Senate is preparing to consider the compromise health care reform

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Nyack Hospital retirees shocked by health insurance rate hike

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 12:00:54 -0800

NYACK - Retired Nyack Hospital employees have been told the hospital can no longer afford to subsidize the increasing costs of a health insurance policy and the retirees will have to pay more than 10 times their current

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Uninsured Cancer Patients Almost Twice As Likely To Die Within Five Years As Those With Private Health Insurance, ...

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:36:31 -0800

Cancer patients who have no health insurance are 1.6 times as likely to die within five years as those with private coverage, according to a study conducted by the American Cancer Society, AP/Long Island Newsday reports. The study was published online and will appear in the January issue of CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, a journal published by ACS. [click link for full

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Eight Ways to Make Holiday Health Insurance Shopping Easy

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:25:29 -0800

CHICAGO----Holiday shoppers aren't just going to the mall this year. Millions are also going online to look for health insurance. There are many reasons why you may have "health insurance" on your holiday list this

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Small Business Owners Say Health Insurance is a Top Incentive to Recruit/Retain Workers According to PANTHEOS

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:23:51 -0800

BURR RIDGE, Ill.----After pay, health insurance is the single-most important incentive that small businesses use to recruit and keep workers, according to results of an annual employer survey published Dec. 12 by the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations

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Low-income families may face health insurance cuts

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 10:04:53 -0800

SANTA CRUZ -- Health insurance for about 6,500 children in Santa Cruz County hinges on a federal insurance program that lawmakers have failed to renew this year and have little time to do so before the congressional session

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2007 health insurance costs up 11% in Atlanta

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:23:49 -0800

Employee health insurance costs at large Atlanta employers rose 10.7 percent in 2007, to an average of $8,653 per employee, according to the national survey of employer-sponsored health plans conducted annually by

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City council considers options for employee health insurance

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 10:29:57 -0800

The Russellville City Council will meet at 4 p.m. Monday to make a decision on city employees health care insurance for 2008. Human Resources Director Christi Williams made a presentation to some of the council members Tuesday regarding submitted

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Surprise council rejects lifelong health insurance

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:45:05 -0800

An attempt to secure lifelong health insurance for Surprise City Council members failed at a special meeting Monday night that drew nearly 200 disgruntled residents. The special meeting was needed for the council to adopt officially the results of the Nov. 6 election within the legal

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One-day conference on "Sustainable Health Insurance - Need of the Hour" on Nov 29

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:43:15 -0800

FICCI is going to organize a one-day conference on "Sustainable Health Insurance - Need of the Hour" on November 29 in New Delhi, under the aegis of Insurance and Pensions Committee of FICCI. The objective of the conference is to examine and discuss the challenges in creating a sustainable health insurance sector in India, said a press release

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Teachers Cope with Rising Health Insurance Costs

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:56:31 -0800

(WSBT) The rising cost of health insurance is creating a burden on some local teachers. They're paying more every year. Some local school districts are taking their employees' health care into their own

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Poll Shows Businesses Support Expansion Of Massachusetts Health Insurance Requirements For Employers

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:34:28 -0800

Fifty-five percent of Massachusetts employers believe a provision of the state's health insurance law requiring businesses with 11 or more workers to offer health insurance or pay a penalty should be expanded to all companies, according to a poll published on Wednesday in the journal Health Affairs, the Boston Globe reports. [click link for full

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Health Net Hit With Class Action Alleging Unfair Business Practices Over Retroactive Cancellations of Health Insurance ...

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:45:04 -0800

Renowned insurance litigator William Shernoff yesterday filed a class action lawsuit against Health Net Life Insurance Company, alleging that the insurer's unlawful practice of retroactively canceling health insurance policies has needlessly placed the lives of hundreds of innocent policyholders in

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Alabama State Employees' Insurance Board adopts new health insurance plan expected to save the state $13.4 million a ...

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:18:54 -0800

MONTGOMERY - The State Employees' Insurance Board on Wednesday adopted a new health insurance plan expected to save the state $13.4 million a year and improve some benefits for about 15,000 retirees and spouses now covered by the board and

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Police: Boyfriend on health insurance cost town $200K

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 09:25:42 -0800

LAWRENCE - A North Andover school employee illegally claimed her boyfriend as her spouse on her health insurance plan eventually costing the town more than $200,000 to pay for his cancer treatments, police

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