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Poverty rate rises in Georgia 
WALB News 10 - Aug 31 4:06 PM
Albany– 37 million Americans live in poverty. New census statistics show some promise nationwide but the outlook isn’t so good in Georgia. The number of people living below the poverty line here is going up.Save to My Web

Report: Nearly 19 percent of Californians lack health insurance 
BizJournals - Aug 29 3:05 PM
California ranks fifth worst in the nation in terms of the percentage of residents without health insurance, a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau shows.Save to My Web

Study targets health insurance in New Mexico 
Albuquerque Tribune - Aug 31 11:15 AM
Posted 12:55 p.m. SANTA FE - U.S. Census figures show the average percentage of New Mexicans without health insurance over the past three years has remained relatively unchanged, but state officials say the figures don’t take into account their efforts to address the problem.Save to My Web

3 weeks to enroll for health insurance 
Pacific Daily News - Aug 28 10:08 AM
The season opened yesterday for thousands of government of Guam employees and their families to decide what their health insurance plan should be, or whether to risk not having the safety net.Save to My Web

U.S. poverty rate unchanged; increasing numbers of people lack health insurance 
Boston Herald - Aug 29 10:10 AM
WASHINGTON - The nation’s poverty rate was essentially unchanged last year, the first year it hasn’t increased since before President Bush took office. The Census Bureau reported Tuesday…Save to My Web

Intergraph Announces Agreement to be Acquired by an Investor Group Led by Hellman & Friedman and Texas Pacific Group 
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—-Aug. 31, 2006–Intergraph Corporation , a leading global provider of spatial information management software, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by an investor group led by Hellman & Friedman LLC and Texas Pacific Group in a transaction valued at approximately $1.3 billion.Save to My Web

Beat the High Cost of Health Insurance 
Benton Evening News - Aug 31 6:40 AM
(ARA) - Anyone who has shopped for or is currently paying for health insurance knows that consumers are paying more than ever before for their policies. But the numbers are staggering.Save to My Web

Assembly Passes Universal Health Care Bill That Would Amputate Health Insurer Waste 
[Press Release] U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News - Aug 28 4:59 PM
The California Assembly today passed universal health care legislation for the first time ever in its history that will cut out insurers and unnecessary middlemen and cover everyone in a public insurance pool.Save to My Web

U.S. poverty rate is unchanged, census shows 
Orange County Register - Aug 30 3:19 AM
Income was up slightly, but the number of people without health insurance topped 46 million in 2005.Save to My Web

Language Adaptation and Testing Of the Prostate Health Questionnaire for Jamaican And Haitian Men 
RedNova - Aug 30 2:16 AM
By Kleier, Jo Ann A convenience sample of Jamaican and Haitian men completed the translated versions of the Prostate Health Questionnaire. The findings support that the translated survey is comprehensible, has internal consistency, and is reliable over time when used for these populations.Save to My Web

From The Archives
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Despite myriad solicitations, only one insurer offered a quote for wind and storm: $10 million worth of coverage, a The goal is to create a more coordinated system of care for people with and without health insurance. Cerise chairs the Louisiana

Are You Prepared?
El Valle Hispanic News - If you don t have health insurance, get it. Go to http://www.eHealthInsurance.com to get a quote for an individual insurance plan, or contact an insurance agent or broker, or check health plan Web sites. — Prepare an evacuation box that is

Mike Wells: Pacers Q&A
Indianapolis Star - Top Stories Nation World Business Finance Technology Sports Entertainment Health Politics Offbeat Opinion Opinion main Expresso Focus IN Here s a quote from Kevin McHale I came across in the Minneapolis Star Tribune last weekend on who he thinks is the best

Throwing in the Towel
Inside Higher Ed - that since these activists have such an impeccable code of ethics they have all resolved to never use the health care Well, if you want to quote the leader of Hamas, of Hezbollah, of any modern jihad, of the Indonesian fighter groups, of

Eating the seed for next year's crop
Hillsboro Times Gazette, OH - Aug 28, 2006 he skipped town he probably would have also mentioned that small business owners, including farmers, can only show a percentage of health insurance costs as

Smaller businesses and health insurance
News & Observer, NC - Aug 18, 2006 from Durham and Wake counties will meet in North Raleigh on Thursday to voice concerns and opinions about the rising cost of small-business health insurance.

National Bank Maintains Revenue and Profitability Growth in Third
Market Wire (press release) - 56 minutes ago impact on the business from public health emergencies, conflicts card 9,796 35 18 17 Business and government financial services to consumers, small and medium

Health Insurance: A Plan to Help Small Businesses
BusinessWeek - 14 hours ago Small-business owners are constantly struggling to provide affordable health insurance for their employees, many of whom number among the 46.6 million

The new face of family practice 
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Aug 30 7:12 PM
Dr. Charlie Abraham studied medicine at the University of Damascus, but these days he’s far from his native Syria. Instead, he’s treating patients at the busy Family Medical Center on a gritty stretch of Lake Street in Minneapolis. “Everybody is trying to come to the United States,” said Abraham, a first-year resident in family medicine. “You get good training and make better money here.” As more Save to My Web

Iowas medical coverage comes in at healthy No. 2 
The Des Moines Register - Aug 30 2:23 AM
Iowa was a bright spot during the past few years when it comes to health insurance coverage, according to new Census estimates made public Tuesday.Save to My Web

Iowa Uninsured Rate Falls, Poverty Rises 
KCRG-TV9 Cedar Rapids - Aug 29 2:17 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Poverty is on the rise in Iowa, but the state is one of only three making progress on health insurance coverage, according to new figures the U.S. Census Bureau released Tuesday.Save to My Web

Posted August 29, 2006 Forum: Health-cost issues complex 
Wausau Daily Herald - Aug 29 2:45 AM
More emphasis ought to be placed on primary care and prevention, and private insurers, publicly funded health plans and individuals need to find ways to pay for it if the nation is to take serious aim at addressing rising health care costs.Save to My Web

UNINSURED IN MICHIGAN: 11% lack health care coverage in 2005 
Detroit Free Press - Aug 30 3:25 AM
Susan Squire filed for bankruptcy when the phone calls and threats became unbearable as hospitals tried to collect on the $92,000 debt she racked up in medical bills from a 2005 heart attack and triple bypass surgery. The 57-year-old Warren resident didn’t have health insurance and didn’t see any other option.Save to My Web

AP Business Headline 
Pottstown Mercury - Aug 26 8:18 PM
Marie Price decided last August that she wanted to start her own business. CARLISLE — Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen A. McGinty recently inaugurated anti-idling technology at a truck stop near Carlisle, Cumberland County.Save to My Web

Travel insurance: Watch fine print 
Boston Herald - Aug 26 9:21 PM
As we’ve seen, if you’re going on a vacation or extended business trip, you can buy insurance to cover the cost of a wide variety of things that can go wrong on (or before) a trip. However,…Save to My Web

New Peoria, Ill., Walk-in Clinic Cuts Out Insurance ‘Middle Man’ 
RedNova - Aug 29 5:08 PM
By Steve Tarter, Journal Star, Peoria, Ill. Aug. 29–Wade Carlson and Frank Seipp decided they’d done enough paperwork. So last week the pair opened the Family Quick Care clinic, 9031 N.Save to My Web

Ohio Gubernatorial Candidate Announces Proposal To Require Health Insurance For All Residents 
Medical News Today - Aug 30 2:05 PM
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell (R) on Thursday announced a proposal that would require all state residents to have health insurance, the Dayton Daily News reports. The proposal, modeled after a Massachusetts law enacted earlier this year, would require the estimated 1. [click link for full article]Save to My Web

Blue Cross loses appeal to offer dental insurance
Federal Times - Aug 29, 2006 which coincides with the 2007 open season for health insurance, and the insurance will take can select self coverage, self plus one, or self and family.

Family needs help following fire in home
Park Hills Daily Journal, MO - Aug 29, 2006 Hospital since he felt his back snap back while swimming with the family July 31 but doesn't know if that will happen because he doesn't have health insurance.

Insurance takes big bite from Jordan teacher salary hikes
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - Aug 16, 2006 percent salary increase for Jordan School District teachers, he expects to see his pay drop this school year now that his family's health insurance costs are

Kristen Veblen: AIDS confer no 'right' to treatment
Providence Journal, RI - 17 hours ago pay for the medical treatment of people who have purchased health-insurance policies. such assistance to people unconnected to us by bonds of family or contract

Number of Americans without health insurance continues to grow
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - Aug 29, 2006 based health coverage and private insurance for the Rising costs for food, energy and health care are under scrutiny because they exclude family expenses such

Economic Growth Failing to Improve Incomes for Typical Households
Salem-News.Com, OR - 16 hours ago the end of the last economic boom, Oregon s poverty rate was 11.8 s efforts to reduce poverty, increase incomes, and provide health insurance coverage, he

Employers say health-care costs keep rising
Buffalo Business First,  United States - 3 hours ago More than three-quarters of businesses surveyed in New York state said health-insurance premiums went up last year, with the average rate hike placed at 12.3

SAN JOSE LISTED NO. 2 IN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 12 hours ago But the poverty rate was unchanged nationally, the first time in four on the list of states with the highest percentage of residents without health insurance.

Census: Vermonters' wealth compares favorably
BurlingtonFreePress.com, VT - 9 hours ago released Tuesday, show Vermont has the fourth-lowest poverty rate in the other states as having the seventh highest percentage of people with health insurance.

More than 46 million Americans lack health insurance: Census 
Market Watch - Aug 29 6:53 PM
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Even though the number of Americans living in poverty leveled off last year, the number of those without health insurance rose to more than 46 million in 2005, the U.S. Census Bureau said Tuesday. Save to My Web

The Principal Financial Group Waives Health Savings Account Fees 
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Aug 30 5:00 AM
DES MOINES, Iowa—-Aug. 30, 2006–As demand for consumer driven healthcare continues to increase, the Principal Financial Group is decreasing the expense. In an effort to make these products even more affordable, The Principal will waive certain fees on health savings accounts and health reimbursement arrangements for a limited time.Save to My Web

Schering-Plough to pay 435 mln dlrs for US drug fraud 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 29 12:33 PM
US pharmaceutical group Schering-Plough Corp. has agreed to pay a 435 million dollar penalty to resolve a criminal probe by the Justice Department into illegal drug marketing and sales, prosecutors said.Save to My Web

State of Haves and Have-Nots: INSURANCE // Ranks of Uninsured Marylanders Held Steady 
RedNova - Aug 30 5:08 AM
By Kelly Brewington, The Baltimore Sun Aug. 30–Drive the 10 miles along U.S. 40 from West Baltimore to Ellicott City and see boarded-up rowhouses give way to stately homes with lush green lawns.Save to My Web

U.S. poverty rate at 12.6 percent; 46.6 million lack health insurance 
Seattle Times - Aug 29 12:08 PM
The nation’s poverty rate was essentially unchanged last year, the first year it hasn’t increased since before President Bush took office.Save to My Web

Iowas medical coverage comes in at healthy No. 2 
The Des Moines Register - Aug 30 2:23 AM
Iowa was a bright spot during the past few years when it comes to health insurance coverage, according to new Census estimates made public Tuesday.Save to My Web

Income, poverty stable in area 
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Aug 30 2:02 AM
The median income for Rochester-area households and the rate of people in poverty barely budged in 2005, according to a report released Tuesday.Save to My Web

U.S. data show one in eight Americans in poverty 
India Daily - Aug 29 1:12 PM
In the world’s biggest economy one in eight Americans and almost one in four blacks lived in poverty last year, the U.S. Census Bureau said on Tuesday, releasing a figure virtually unchanged from 2004. The survey also showed 15.9 percent of the population, or 46.6 million, had no health insurance, up from 15.6 percent in 2004 and the fifth increase in a row.Save to My Web

Arizonans lacking health insurance worsen to 1 in 5 
The Arizona Republic - Aug 29 3:39 PM
Arizonans are hurting for health insurance, census figures showed Tuesday. More than 1.2 million people, or 1 in 5 residents, had no health-care insurance last year, a level not seen since 1999, the Census Bureau reported.Save to My Web

U.S. Poverty Rate Unchanged Last Year 
KiplingerForecasts.com - Aug 29 8:21 AM
The nation’s poverty rate was essentially unchanged last year, the first year it hasn’t increased since before President Bush took office. The Census Bureau reported Tuesday that 37 million Americans were living under the poverty line last year - about 12.6 percent of the population.Save to My Web