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Healthcare expert: Insurance needs to be more portable
One News Now - According to a healthcare reform expert, one of the key reasons the number of people in the U.S. without medical insurance is rising is because health insurance is tied to the workplace. The Census Bureau recently reported that a record 47 million

DNC: South Carolina Rejecting Romney’s Smooth Talk on Health Care
Forbes - During a nationally televised debate on August 5, Romney said tax exemptions are not the way to provide health insurance to every American because many uninsured Americans don’t pay taxes. But just two weeks later, he outlined a plan to use tax

Romney Rx
The Washington Times - Republican Mitt Romney hopes to capture his party’s conservative base by backpedaling on the unfunded health insurance mandate that he created in Massachusetts. His national health insurance plan unveiled last week is at first blush a commendable

Blagojevich begins expanding health care without legislative OK
Beloit Daily News - CHICAGO (AP) - Gov. Rod Blagojevich outlined part of his plan Thursday to expand the state’s health insurance coverage for sick or injured young adults without approval from Illinois lawmakers. All Kids Bridge would cover people ages 19 through 21

Jan. 15 primary may get OK today
Detroit News - leaders have argued that we need to use our primary to shift the national political debate to issues that are critical to Michigan: ending the trade policies that ship our jobs overseas, making health insurance more accessible and affordable and less

Number Of Uninsured US Residents Increases By 2.2M
eMaxHealth.com - Bush, citing his proposed tax breaks for individual health insurance, said that “containing costs and making health insurance more affordable is the best way to reverse this long-term trend” ( Wall Street Journal , 8/29). White House spokesperson

Play It Safe With Your Health
The Money Times - While employers often make affordable health insurance available to workers, the number of people covered by those plans has fallen to less than 60%. Small businesses often can’t afford to cover employees, leaving them reliant on costly individual

New statewide smoking ban gathers steam
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle - The Wyoming Legislature created the Wyoming Healthcare Commission in 2003 to find and recommend ways to make health insurance more affordable and available to Wyomingites and to improve the quality of health care in the state. The commission

Total Travel Insurance Relocates from New York City to Dallas/Ft
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Retirees picket EMBARQ because the company plans to discontinue paying
TriCities.com - BRISTOL, Tenn. Glenn Ward said he spends $3,000 a month buying the prescription drugs needed to treat his wife s Parkinson s disease. He and other EMBARQ retirees learned last month they will lose their company-paid health insurance on Jan. 1

10.5% in state lack health insurance
Detroit Free Press - The number of Michiganders without health insurance rose slightly to 1.04 million in 2006, from 1.03 million people in 2005, according to a Census Bureau report issued Tuesday. Observers say the increase underscores the need for health care reform

Campaign To Expand Health Insurance To All US Residents
eMaxHealth.com - The AFL-CIO on Wednesday at events in several cities nationwide announced a campaign that seeks to expand health insurance to all U.S. residents by the end of 2009, the Louisville Courier-Journal reports. The campaign seeks to help elect presidential

Fort Worth, Arlington have costliest basics, report says
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Seven years of living with multiple sclerosis and without health insurance has left Corrine Everett with a mountain of bills. She gets daily calls from creditors who want her to pay her $100,000 debt. She wishes she could, but the $35,000 to $40,000

CA: Assemblyman changes on health vote
CNBC - Schwarzenegger has been insisting he can win bipartisan support for his $12 billion health insurance expansion, although Republicans have steadfastly rejected it, saying it raises taxes. Democrats support expanding health coverage but want to do it

Town workers may get state health insurance
Daily News Transcript - Municipal workers may be joining the state’s health insurance group within the next two years. The town will not take part in the statewide health insurance coalition this year, but a study committee headed by Assistant Town Administrator Jim Johnson

Healthways shares rise on 3-year deal with German insurance company
CNBC - NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Shares of disease management program administrator Healthways Inc. rose Thursday after the company said its subsidiary signed a deal with a German health insurer. The stock gained as much as 2.5 percent before edging back a bit. In

Americans Without Health Benefits Rose to 47 Million (Update5)
Bloomberg - Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) — The number of people in the U.S. without medical insurance rose 5 percent to a record 47 million in 2006, the largest increase in four years, even as poverty fell and household incomes rose. The share of U.S. residents

Total Travel Insurance Relocates from New York City to Dallas/Ft
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Courthouse remodel goes down
Spokane Spokesman-Review - Idaho s public health districts are asking for just a maintenance budget Insurance is a necessity, not a luxury, activist Jesus Torres told the crowd. The world record in 1971 when he cleared 19 Dodge cars and an extended quote

Healing Our Sicko Health Care System
New England Journal of Medicine - Moore’s exposure of the rot at the core of U.S. health insurance drives home the pressing need for action. But reform will not be easy, and it will require many midwives. At the close of Sicko, a quote from Alexis de Tocqueville appears: “The greatness of

Beyond the Headlines: Getting Domestic Poverty Under Control
Forbes - Our nation’s policies regarding health insurance, minimum wage, affordable housing, education, and taxes, for example, are in direct opposition to those who are investing in themselves to get out of poverty through programs that Community Action

Your Hometown News - D’Iberville
WLOX - Lott and USDA officials presented an $800,000 check to the Coastal Family Health landlords up to $30,000 per unit in forgivable loans if they maintain affordable rent A new state insurance wind pool board approved a 142 percent increase for commercial

Michigan becomes leader in costly school benefits
Detroit News - The health benefits provided to Michigan educators cost on average 25 percent such as the Bay City Education Association, which argues that “A state-run insurance These steps are needed to keep public education solvent and affordable. They’re also

Innovative Benefit Designs from LifeWise Health Plan Appeal to
Forbes - the highest category without coverage: 29 percent of Washingtonians aged 19-25 are without health insurance lower cost, high-deductible plans with upfront coverage for routine medical needs and health screenings, we can deliver an affordable

A few things to consider when looking for a life insurance policy
MyFinances.co.uk - shorter the period of time you are insured for, the less the repayments will be and that the fewer risks involved in your lifestyle, including things such as smoking and general health, the more likely you are to find an affordable life insurance

NY may sue federal government over kids health care
Reuters UK - NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer on Monday threatened to sue the federal government on charges that new regulations on children’s health insurance violate an existing program that covers children from lower-income families. At issue

47 mln Americans have no health benefits
Xinhua News Agency - BEIJNG, Agu. 29 (Xinhuanet) — The number of people in the U.S. without medical insurance rose 5 percent to a record 47 million in 2006, the largest increase in four years, media reported Wednesday. The percentage of people in the U.S. who received

Child Health Plus hits roadblock
Worldnews.com - ALBANY — Gov. Eliot Spitzer threatened on Monday to go to court to challenge new federal rules that are blocking New York’s efforts to provide health insurance to uninsured children . Also, U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-Harlem, who met with Spitzer

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Statement on the New Census
Forbes - Perhaps of greatest concern, the number of Americans without health insurance increased by 2.2 million in 2006, and the number of uninsured children jumped by more than 600,000. The steady progress of recent years in reducing the number of uninsured

The California Endowment Unveils $6 Million Health Reform Campaign and
Forbes - care and forcing shutdowns. — Each California family pays $1,200 extra every year because of our broken system. — Healthcare costs up 50 percent over last three years. — Nearly 1 million kids are without health insurance

Socialism by Lawsuit
New York Sun - Governor Spitzer is on a collision course with the Bush Administration over one of the governor’s signature policy proposals, an expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. Earlier this year, the governor signed legislation that would

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Statement on the New Census
Forbes - Perhaps of greatest concern, the number of Americans without health insurance increased by 2.2 million in 2006, and the number of uninsured children jumped by more than 600,000. The steady progress of recent years in reducing the number of uninsured

New AHIP Ad Campaign: Medicare Advantage Cuts Threaten Seniors’ Health
PR Newswire - WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) has launched a new national television ad campaign reminding Congress about the devastating impact on seniors of cuts to Medicare Advantage. (LOGO: http://www

Kucinich is right on healthcare
Boston Globe - With 46 million Americans without any health insurance at all and another 50 million underinsured,” Kucinich said, “isn’t it really time to look at the other models that exist that are workable for all the other industrialized nations in the world

Family Health Insurance ready to go, almost
Domican Today - SANTO DOMINGO.- In the final stretch towards the implementation of the Family Health Insurance in their contributive regime, slated for next Saturday, contradictory interests still persist as expectations center in the Medical Association s

Health insurers spent $3.4M lobying
CNBC - WASHINGTON (AP) - America’s Health Insurance Plans, the trade group that represents the health insurance industry, spent more than $3.4 million to lobby the federal government in the first half of 2007, according to a federal disclosure form. The

Rhett O’Doski Appointed To Lobby for FAHU in Tallahassee
Forbes - O’Doski’s background bringing our message to the state government especially at such a time when we are all facing huge challenges within the health insurance industry.” Mr. O’Doski has a diverse background in government and politics. Prior to

700,000 New Yorkers With Jobs Do Not Have Health Insurance
Insurance News Net - NEW YORK, Aug. 22 — The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene issued the following press release: Having a job is not necessarily a passport to health insurance in New York City. One million New Yorkers - some 17% of the adult

Partnership provides help on Medicare, insurance needs
Joplin Globe - A new partnership will help area residents with HIV/AIDS get needed advice on Medicare and other health-insurance needs. The AIDS Project of the Ozarks (APO) has joined with CLAIM, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping Missourians make the

700,000 New Yorkers With Jobs Do Not Have Health Insurance
Insurance News Net - NEW YORK, Aug. 22 — The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene issued the following press release: Having a job is not necessarily a passport to health insurance in New York City. One million New Yorkers - some 17% of the adult

Bird flu found at German poultry farm
Worldnews.com - 700,000 New Yorkers With Jobs Do Not Have Health Insurance Insurance Newsnet NEW YORK , Aug. 22 — The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene issued the following press release: Having a job is not necessarily a passport to health insurance

U.S. rules threaten aid for children
Baltimore Sun - WASHINGTON - Health officials in Maryland and other states are scrambling to respond to new Bush administration rules that could effectively end subsidized medical insurance for thousands of children. State officials plotted strategy in a conference

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Boston Scientific - We understand that most of our U.S. customers are Covered Entities under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ( HIPAA ) privacy regulations. As HIPAA Covered Entities, our customers are legally obligated to maintain the