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In health, what is affordable?
Pioneer Press, MN - 16 hours ago at twice the federal poverty level, and determined that most people in this working-class group still have insurance. He then concluded that health care was

Businesses and people on the move
DesMoinesRegister.com, IA - 15 hours ago Wellman, who was with Wells Fargo Financial, has joined McCartan Insurance Group Inc joined the Iowa Foundation for Medical Care as a health informatics manager

On The Move
Las Vegas Business Press, NV - 7 hours ago GLB Insurance Group of Nevada named Mary Ann Holmes as office manager. Arcenas passed the State of Nevada's life insurance and health insurance tests, allowing

The Good News Roundup
Guerrilla News Network - 16 hours ago part-time jobs to make ends meet can t get health insurance for themselves New York Public Interest Group (NYPIRG) policy analyst Jason K. Babbie told The

Understanding health insurance options
Newburyport Daily News,  USA - Oct 25, 2005 Group health insurance is a benefit frequently offered by companies to their employees. It is also sometimes offered by associations

7 ways small-business owners can stay out of court
Daily Breeze - areas: employment law, health and safety law small businesses, regardless of the number of employees. 3) Insure yourself. Make sure your business insurance covers

Life sciences: How one small business clings to health insurance
Business First of Louisville - small business clings to health insurance Mark Hollmer Journal Staff With health care costs continuing to spiral, small-business owners like James Upson

Maine’s small business disagree with U.S. report
Portsmouth Herald - By Beth LaMontagne Complete Index KITTERY, Maine - A recent study ranks Maine the third worst state in the country to run a small business, yet local business owners say the reality is not as gloomy as the study suggests. utility costs, crime rate, health-care regulation and workers cost of workers’ compensation insurance is something they would

Buy only the life insurance you need
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Without a doubt, life insurance should be an important part of many people’s financial plan. Having heard that, don’t be scared into buying insurance you don’t need. I wrote a column recently about who needs life insurance. to get a small life insurance policy on your child very good or excellent health, according to the latest figures

Internal Memo Sent to Wal-Mart Board Suggests Ways To Cut Cost of Employee Health Benefits 
Medical News Today - Oct 29 8:15 AM
An internal memo to members of the Wal-Mart board of directors recommends that the company hire more part-time employees and discourage unhealthy job applicants to help reduce health care costs, the New York Times reports.Save to My Web

Profnet Wire: Health & Medicine: Bird Flu 
Newswise - Oct 31 6:14 AM
1) Bird Flu; 2) Combating Obesity; 3) Breast Cancer Awareness; 4) Natural Options for Managing Joint Pain; 5) New Eczema Drugs — To Use or Not to Use?Save to My Web

Employers add HSAs in new year 
Republican American - Oct 30 2:05 AM
Workers may face new tradeoffs in their 2006 health-care decisions as high-deductible plans take their place among traditional programs offered by employers.Save to My Web

State finalizes CHIP contract with insurance company 
Billings Gazette - Oct 27 4:53 PM
HELENA — The state has reached a deal with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana to keep handling Montana’s insurance plan for low-income Montana children.Save to My Web

GM’s CEO feels the heat as troubles mount
Reuters Asia - By Tom Brown DETROIT (Reuters) - It’s autumn in Detroit but General Motors Corp. ( GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Wagoner is feeling searing summer heat. Quote, Profile, Research) could put it on the hook for as much as $11 billion in additional health-care, pension and life-insurance

Down but not out, Cigna eyes small market for big growth
Business First of Louisville - When you look at a Cigna quote, it’s never in the ballpark, price-wise,’ said Larry Ulvila, CEO of Insurance Solutions Inc. in Annapolis. ‘ It’s never been a priority for them.’ Key figures for Cigna’s mid-Atlantic HMO support the claim. local market for small-business health insurance, the company earlier this year

Host Marriott Q3 loss narrows
Reuters Asia - HMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday reported a smaller a key measure of health in the lodging industry, rose that it expects its insurance to cover any damage to

Mississippi sues 86 drug makers for overcharging
Reuters Asia - PFE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) was one of the few major drug makers not named, Ray noted the federal-state health care program that provides insurance for the poor, elderly

Title co., insurance agency among first tenants 
Daily News Journal - Oct 30 4:06 AM
A Chattanooga-based insurance agency and a real estate closings and title company operated by a local attorney will be the first businesses to open in the much-anticipated Stone Gate Corporate Center in the Murfreesboro Gateway.Save to My Web

County phone, health pacts OK’d by commission 
The Richland Mirror and The Pulaski County Democrat - Oct 26 1:19 PM
At its Oct. 20 meeting, the Pulaski County Commission approved a contract for employee group health insurance, approved a telephone service contract and asked for help from 4th District U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.).Save to My Web

Love letters they aren’t: WellCare’s SEC correspondence made public 
BizJournals - Oct 30 10:09 PM
TAMPA — For two months in 2004, WellCare Health Plans Inc. resisted efforts by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission to make public details of a lawsuit against the company.Save to My Web

American Wholesale sells majority stake 
Charlotte Business Journal - Oct 28 7:55 AM
Parthenon Capital, a $1.1 billion private equity firm, has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in American Wholesale Insurance Group Inc.Save to My Web

How to Sign Up for Children’s Health Insurance Program 
RedNova - Oct 28 10:21 PM
By The Montana Standard, Butte Oct. 28–HELENA — If you’re on a tight budget and your kids are without health insurance, you may be able to cover them for free, under the Children’s Health Insurance Program.Save to My Web

Fred Flintstone, check your policy
Kansas City Star - Does Spider-Man need life insurance? What about Batman? Think Im being silly? Perhaps, but clearly lots of folks arent so clear about who needs life insurance. president of the Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education, which sponsored the breadwinner of the Flintstone family, has a pressing need for life insurance to ensure

Council defeats health care package
Niagara Gazette - divided Niagara Falls City Council defeated a health insurance package for city workers at a meeting Western New York - health insurance premiums for a family would cost the

Health care ‘apartheid,’
New York Daily News - BY CHRISENA COLEMANDAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Tuesday, October 18th, 2005 The city’s minorities are receiving what amounts to ‘medical apartheid’ in health care services, a Bronx-based health organization charged yesterday. insurance status, resulting in the systematic separation of whites and people of color into different systems of care.’ Calman, president of the Institute for Urban Family Health

Navigating the Individual Health Insurance Market
ABCNEWS.com - By Karen PallaritoHealthDay Reporter Oct. 23 - Insurance Claim Forms: What Does the Fine Print Say? Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Advice About Insurance Getting the Most Out of Managed Care How to Pick a Hospital SUNDAY, Oct. small business that doesn’t offer health insurance benefits, buying a health plan on your Kaiser Family Foundation and eHealthInsurance.com, an online health insurance referral site

RPT-U.S. Medicare to monitor new defibrillator data
Reuters - Registry will help the nation’s insurance program for the poor and elderly National Institutes of Health trial, funded by Medtronic Inc (MDT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , called

Cancer drugs drive up Genentech profit
San Francisco Chronicle - Get Quote: Detailed News Charts SEC Filings Company Profile Historical Quotes Symbol more widespread until reimbursement by health insurance companies is assured, Schmidt said

Strategic Marketing and Online Technology Expertise for the Life and Health Insurance Industry
PRWeb - technology expertise for the life and health insurance industry have joined forces products.aspx ) such as online agent recruitment, quote engines, and e-signature enrollments

Devoted to law
Argus Leader - ADVERTISMENT She embodies the quote from Teddy Roosevelt papered along the wall of her office, called the battle once worked on a group health insurance policy. The case, which was

Mississippi sues 86 drug makers for overcharging
Reuters Asia - PFE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) was one of the few major drug makers not named, Ray noted the federal-state health care program that provides insurance for the poor, elderly

New rules may sting now, will hurt less in future
Arizona Republic, AZ - 18 hours ago households reporting a recent job loss or those lacking health insurance are about Also, lenders can boost your interest rate after a missed or insufficient

Idea might help with prescription drug cost
Ventura County Star (subscription), CA - Oct 27, 2005 Those patients who have health insurance that covers prescriptions or who that cost him $20 with his insurance co-pay would buy drugs at a bulk rate and sell

Repairing careers
San Jose Mercury News, United States - 10 hours ago Workers are scarce because of a high retirement rate, stiffer licensing them I need medical and dental benefits,'' said Frederick, who lacked health insurance.

Universal American Financial Corp. Reports Third Quarter Results
Business Wire (press release), CA - Oct 28, 2005 that exist in the dynamic and growing senior health insurance market," said in our Medicare Supplement business by obtaining appropriate rate increases, and we

Virginia candidates Q&A, Part 2
Mesabi Daily News, MN - 16 hours ago should be compensated at the same rate as the presently used to fund full-time health benefits for biomass and the unnecessary council insurance to offset

Senator Wants to Tie Health Insurance to Behavior
9&10 News - LANSING, Mich. ( AP) - A Michigan senator wants insurance companies and H.M.O.’s to offer financial incentives that reward people for healthy behavior like exercising, not smoking and eating better. Michigan law currently bars health insurance companies from offering incentives for good

Navigating insurance choices
KSHB - By JEAN P. FISHEROctober 27, It used to be there were two things certain in life - death and taxes. But soaring medical costs have added a third, at least for people with health insurance: higher premiums. the lineup of next year’s health insurance options. Between now and the end

IHA endorses gov.’s health insurance plan
Chicago Sun-Times - After initially withholding judgment, one of the state’s largest medical groups on Thursday endorsed Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s plan to guarantee health insurance for all the state’s children. wanted to ensure that people who have health insurance now do not give up comprehensive coverage

Faith-based options for health insurance
MSNBC - The half-dozen plans, which claim a total membership of more than 120,000 Americans, are especially popular in the South.The appeal of these ‘church plans,’ as they are known in the insurance industry, is both economic and religious. bill, even though his family has no health insurance.Huff, a 52-year-old Laytonsville real estate

Medicare eyes 2 scams hitting seniors, drug benefits
Reuters - Oct 7, 2005 Medicare is the federal health insurance that covers about 42 million elderly and disabled Americans. (EDS.N: Quote, Profile, Research), Maximus (MMS.N: Quote

The end of the world as we know it
renewamerica.us, D.C. - Oct 23, 2005 Welfare, unemployment insurance, food stamps, free emergency room health care, Section unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle." That quote is from

Companies look to more flexible work force
Reuters - Sep 29, 2005 percent more in hourly pay than they would make on a salaried basis, he said, and many can get health insurance through their (KELYA.O: Quote, Profile, Research

Prima Solutions Announces First North American Client
PR Newswire UK (press release), UK - Oct 4, 2005 an agent automation package providing full quote, policy, underwriting by these customers involve General, Health, Life and Pension insurance products for