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Swann’s run: Honorable, but uphill
Philadelphia Daily News - Months before a recent report on high-school dropouts, Swann was citing the dropout rate in Philadelphia as an On the campaign trail, Swann has repeatedly cited a proposal to save $900 million by purchasing health insurance for teachers on a

While New York City Is Getting Healthier, Disparities Persist Across
Medical News Today - profiles first released in 2003, provide detailed information on major health issues including HIV, smoking, and health insurance While the overall smoking rate in NYC fell to 18% in 2004, smoking rates of greater than 30% persist in most Staten

Candidates tout their plans to fix finances
State Journal-Register - by economic growth will be eaten up just to pay off bonds, meet state pension obligations and cover the cost of health insurance Although the sales tax rate would not be increased, the sales tax would be expanded to services that are not now taxed.

Being informed patient cuts medical costs
Daily Oklahoman - Insurance Industry Insurance Carriers Health and Medical Insurance Carriers Health Care Plans Money offers these tips on reducing your bills: Ask for a better rate. Just because your doctor charges you a

Living wage does little to curb poverty
San Gabriel Valley Tribune - If you were doing business with City Hall, you had to pay your workers a rate above the minimum wage, even more if you weren’t providing health insurance. The idea was economically questionable from the beginning. Sure, a few city

The debate is over: Tompkins and Belmont won’t face off; Tompkins declines latest invitation 
Wellsville Daily Reporter - Oct 29 7:42 AM
The debate has been stopped in the name of the law. After four months of attempting to put together a debate between Allegany County Sheriff Randal Belmont and Republican candidate William Tompkins, the event will not take place.Save to My Web

BlueCross BlueShield Of Illinois Proposes Small Business Health Insurance Mandate 
Medical News Today - Oct 24 8:08 AM
BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois has proposed legislation that would require small businesses with between two and 50 employees to provide health insurance for workers, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Under the proposal, all private health insurers in the state would have to participate in the program. [click link for full article]Save to My Web

AL team notes 
USA Today - Oct 29 12:06 AM
al notesSave to My Web

In race for House in 31st District, Roach and Willard differ on health care but find common ground on education 
King County Journal - Oct 29 3:07 AM
Karen Willard has a quick, short answer for why she is running for the state Legislature. “I got mad,” she said. “I got tired of standing on the sidelines jumping up and down while my local representative was making decisions presumably on behalf of myself.”Save to My Web

Done deal? Perdue holds steady lead over Taylor , but Libertarian
Macon Telegraph - Ease government regulations on small business. Specifically, eliminate the income tax. And also, he says, cut out ’silly’ regulations such as some licensure requirements. HEALTH CARE TAYLOR: Provide low-cost health insurance to all Georgia children

Blog Archives
Houston Voice Online - consuming process of cross-adopting children, paying higher health In the packet of insurance forms and other documents thrust at you as of being such a young face (16, to be exact) in the music business? I guess it s the fact that I m so small

DeVos works hard to make connections
Grand Rapids Press - counties, where he addressed workers and businesspeople at the Midlink Business bearing his name, he shook hands, spoke with groups large and small and administrator at Kenco, told DeVos that although she works, she has no health-insurance

This week’s column
Herald Tribune - A month after the Herald-Tribune revamped its business pages, some readers are individual stocks and commodities listed and why the type is getting so small. Mateo who needs kidney dialysis treatment, but who is not eligible for health insurance

Health care companies fight it out in Great Falls 
Montana Standard - Oct 28 11:53 PM
Editors note: In Montana and the nation, the cost and availability of health care has become a burning issue. One-fifth of the states citizens are without health insurance and health-care costs continue to climb faster than inflation.Save to My Web

Cities, towns facing 36 percent health insurance increase 
WRGB - Oct 26 4:17 AM
(Montpelier, VT - AP) - Vermont’s cities and towns are facing a 36 percent increase in health insurance premiums. The Vermont League of Cities and Towns says it’s spent two months negotiating with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont.Save to My Web

Why You Can’t Depend on Group Life Insurance 
Wellsville Daily Reporter - Oct 28 1:09 PM
(ARA) - If you have a full time job, you may also be fortunate enough to have a free term life insurance policy through your employer. For most people, it’s the equivalent of a year’s salary. If you’re lucky, it might even be as high as three times your annual salary.Save to My Web

California Health Insurance Service Focus On High Deductible Health Insurance Plans 
[Press Release] PR Web - Oct 26 12:44 AM
California based www.lucasins.com announced that high deductible PPO health insurance plans are going to be their primary product. (PRWeb Oct 26, 2006) Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/chachingpr.php/SW5zZS1JbnNlLVpldGEtRW1wdC1NYWduLVplcm8=Save to My Web

Group Sues in Conn. to Halt Sale of Limited Aetna Health Policy 
Insurance Journal - Oct 26 6:51 PM
A consumer advocacy group filed a lawsuit this week against health insurer Aetna Inc., one of its subsidiaries and the Connecticut Department of Insurance, hoping to stop the sale of new health insurSave to My Web

Fighting For The Middle Class
CBS News, New York - Oct 26, 2006 nela.org) and the Freelancers' Union (freelancersunion.org), to be able to offer free legal advice and, eventually, affordable health insurance to our members.

Mitt Romney's Plan Might Fit
Investor’s Business Daily (subscription) - Oct 27, 2006 The way Pollack sees the plan, it spotlights health insurance, forcing other candidates to follow Romney's lead and "The plans must be affordable for this to

VOTER'S GUIDE: 22nd Congressional District
Poughkeepsie Journal, NY - 10 hours ago strengthening Social Security; providing universal single-payer national health insurance; making housing and other necessities affordable; keeping jobs in the

McGee, Woerner show sharp differences in Senate race
Billings Gazette,  USA - Oct 27, 2006 For Woerner, affordable health care is part of the equality of opportunity Woerner supports the Children's Health Insurance Program and a program that provides

Candidates slam CHIP, Perry
Bryan-College Station Eagle - One in five Texas children - and one in four Texans in general - lacks health insurance, according to the advocacy group Families USA, which promotes universal health coverage. That’s the highest rate in the nation. More than half of the 1.4 million

The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas, Dan Wallach column
TMCnet - NewsEdge) Oct. 29–A good deal came to town last week in the form of affordable health insurance for is to find the companies and assign a local insurer to help them find the best rate. In Beaumont, the authorized agent is Lumpkin’s Insurance

Insurance can be good for health By Janis Mara I Business Writer
Inside Bay Area - Long-term health care insurance is an example. One of the most dreaded fates imaginable is being old, sick and broke, and nursing home,” said Jesse Slome, executive director of the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance. And that rate is

Jobs are staying in California, not leaving
Antelope Valley Press - The state’s unemployment rate fell to 4.8%, down from 4.9% in August and 5.2% in September 2005. “It was a solid report These employees are more likely to receive employer-assisted health insurance coverage, making them less likely to have to rely on

Spirited sparring
Kentucky New Era - the parties agreed to an acceptable compromise and submitted the revised tax rate the obituary of a neighbor who he said died because of a lack of access to health The burdens of mortgages, car payments, insurance premiums, and credit cards are

‘Star’ performers benefit community
Star-Press - Muncie teachers, administrators and members of the Muncie School Board rate applause for joint approval of a signed And school board members should be relieved that the contract addresses health-insurance coverage for single teachers, a sticking

Debate In R.I. Governor’s Race Takes National Turn
News Channel 10 - Fogarty said Rhode Island’s unemployment rate is higher than much of the nation and its budget is growing at double-digit rates. He also said the number of people without health insurance has slipped under Carcieri’s watch. “Good intentions are fine

Safety first in FUSD race
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - We have a high rate of kids who don’t go to college, and if they don’t go to college, what do they do?” she said He would also like to see more outreach to families without health insurance. Bravo, a 1990 graduate of Fontana High, said the

Topinka says gov’s desire to offer insurance to everyone counts on
Daily Southtown - Rod Blagojevich wants to offer health insurance to everyone in Illinois if he gets a second term. On the issues, that sunny ambition The state would get a guaranteed growth rate in the grant to account for inflation. Topinka says the changes would not

Cobb-Hunter not taking GOP foe for granted
Times and Democrat - and passage of the Breast Cancer Awareness license tag, she said. I ll continue to work on health insurance Also, Hawkins argues that the poor graduation rate in the school districts is not a selling point to bring big business

Rising Health Costs Lead To Cut In Retirement Savings 
The Boston Channel - Oct 25 4:01 PM
NWE YORK — A growing number of Americans are upset over rising health-care costs that they say are cutting into their ability to save.Save to My Web

How Health Savings Accounts Work 
Carmi Times - 2 hours, 54 minutes ago
(ARA) - A month ago, Jenny Thomas checked into her local hospital to deliver her first child. Unanticipated complications necessitated an emergency surgery. Fortunately both she and the baby were fine.Save to My Web

UPMC Health Plan Among Nationwide Top-10 
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Oct 27 7:57 AM
A new report from U.S. News & World Report and the National Committee for Quality Assurance has placed UPMC Health Plan on the prestigious “honor roll” of the top-10 health plans in the country.Save to My Web

Blacks Continue to Lose the Health Care Battle 
ABC News - Oct 24 1:27 PM
Better Health Insurance Doesn’t Mean Better Care for BlacksSave to My Web

Editorial: Ed Rendell / Pennsylvania’s balanced choice for governor 
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Oct 28 9:14 PM
The winds of change are blowing. Voters are testy and impatient. Whether it’s the war in Iraq or arrogance in the General Assembly, the impulse is throw out the incumbent .Save to My Web

Group insurance scheme for panchayat workers 
New Kerala - Oct 26 5:25 AM
Bhopal, Oct 26 : More than 23,000 panchayat or village council workers in Madhya Pradesh would be covered under the group insurance scheme being launched next year.Save to My Web

Letters to the Editor 
The Burlington Free Press - Oct 27 1:27 AM
The rising cost of health care is perhaps the biggest problem faced by most Vermonters today. About 10 percent of working Vermonters have no health insurance. Many more are underinsured, with high deductibles and unable to get the medical care they need.Save to My Web

How Health Savings Accounts Work 
Wellsville Daily Reporter - Oct 28 1:09 PM
(ARA) - A month ago, Jenny Thomas checked into her local hospital to deliver her first child. Unanticipated complications necessitated an emergency surgery. Fortunately both she and the baby were fine.Save to My Web

California Health Insurance Service Focus On High Deductible Health Insurance Plans 
[Press Release] PR Web - Oct 26 12:44 AM
California based www.lucasins.com announced that high deductible PPO health insurance plans are going to be their primary product. (PRWeb Oct 26, 2006) Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/chachingpr.php/SW5zZS1JbnNlLVpldGEtRW1wdC1NYWduLVplcm8=Save to My Web

Insurance Contributors Favor Republicans; Santorum, Clinton
Insurance Journal, CA - Oct 24, 2006 Life and health insurance interests are well New York Life Insurance ($884,000); Massachusetts Life ($627,000); American Financial Group ($558,000); Liberty

Candidates give answers, list concerns at forum
Clinton Herald, IA - Oct 27, 2006 The next group included those candidates vying for the seat of state representative he be elected, including work on health care and health insurance, as well

Touting education
Lansdale Reporter, PA - Oct 27, 2006 Cause the local chapter of the state s governmental reform group; and is a voted on an increase to the state s Children s Health Insurance Program to

W.Va. Promotes Cheap Rx for Uninsured
Houston Chronicle, United States - Oct 27, 2006 Bryant's group is advocating a number of strategies it says will bring health care to who have other prescription drug insurance, including senior

Challengers seize on health care problems in final campaign weeks
Kansas City Star, MO - Oct 27, 2006 One in five Texas children - and one in four Texans in general - lack health insurance, according to the advocacy group Families USA, which promotes universal