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Blue Shield to restore coverage for dropped Californians - Los Angeles Times

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Blue Shield to restore coverage for dropped Californians Los Angeles Times, CA - 9 hours ago Blue Shield of California's Life & Health Insurance Co. also agreed to reimburse consumers whose coverage was canceled for medical expenses they paid out of … Blue Shield settles with Insurance Department Bizjournals.com Blue Shield of California Restores Insurance for Patients it Dropped Wall Street Journal Blogs Calif. reaches settlement with Blue Shield San Francisco Chronicle Green Bay Press Gazette - FOXBusiness all 164 news articles

AARP: Economic stress causing health problems - Bizjournals.com

AARP: Economic stress causing health problems Bizjournals.com, NC - Jan 5, 2009 Over the last five years, health insurance premiums for families have increased by 65 percent, according at AARP release. The average cost of health … AARP Sets Priorities for 2009 to Promote Health and Economic Security PR Newswire (press release) New Year's Resolution for Illinois Lawmakers: Fix Broken Health … PR-CANADA.net (press release) all 16 news articles

US-POLITICS Summary - Washington Post

US-POLITICS Summary Washington Post, United States - Jan 5, 2009 Proposals included extending unemployment compensation to part-time workers, subsidizing employers who must continue health insurance benefits temporarily … Video: Richardson Addresses Withdrawing Nomination AssociatedPress Richardson Scandal Simmered in New Mexico The Washington Independent all 2,411 news articles

Aetna Teams Up with EasyToInsureME - PR.com (press release)

Aetna Teams Up with EasyToInsureME PR.com (press release), NY - Dec 19, 2008 The online health insurance company will allow Ohio residents to quote Aetna health insurance for Ohio on the easy to use online health insurance quote … Aetna Joins EasyToInsureME in Florida PR.com (press release) Aetna Unites with EasyToInsureME PR.com (press release) all 3 news articles

How Congress Can Solve the Recession, Outsourcing and Social Security - Seeking Alpha

How Congress Can Solve the Recession, Outsourcing and Social Security Seeking Alpha, NY - Jan 5, 2009 This is social insurance, right? Okay, don’t rob workers of money they’ve kicked into the system through 2009, but rededicate the program to its original …

Chamber discusses health insurance - Evening Observer

Chamber discusses health insurance Evening Observer, NY - 20 hours ago "At the core, we are starting with existing membership in the chamber and those in the existing health insurance program. Then we are going to reach out to …

Compare Cover Florida costs - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
Premiums will vary greatly among the 10 low-cost but bare-bones health insurance policies that will become available Jan. 5 under the state’s Cover Florida program. Here are the monthly premiums for an individual, by age

Will Catamount make the cut? - Times-Argus
MONTPELIER – A year ago lawmakers at the Statehouse wanted to expand Catamount Health, the state-sponsored insurance plan, but now many wonder if it will survive cuts to the state budget. Lawmakers face the difficult task of balancing the budget as

Curbing health bills brings different cost - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Two years ago, Holly Calvillo signed up for a new type of health insurance that was just starting to get popular. It had a nice low premium but a high deductible. Calvillo and her husband were young and healthy. She figured that with her employer’s

Health insurance blues: Shaftsbury, cutting costs, shifts workers to - Bennington Banner
SHAFTSBURY — The town will be moving to a high-deductible health plan for its employees as part of an ongoing effort to control costs. Select Board Chairman Lon McClintock said the costs of the current plan had gotten too high to bear. “If we kept

Health-care premiums may soar in ‘09 - Toledo Blade
Already struggling in a tough economy, many small employers are about to face another big hit: markedly higher increases in health-insurance premiums as they head into 2009. For many of these companies, the steeper increases couldn’t come at a worse

Economic Stress Taking Toll on Peoples’ Health - Insurance News Net
AARP Survey Finds Financial Stress Causing Health Problems for Nearly 20% of 45 plus Population CHICAGO , Dec. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The latest victim of the economic recession could be your health. According to a recent AARP survey, one in

2009 brings tax break for Georgia health insurers - Boston Globe

2009 brings tax break for Georgia health insurers Boston Globe, United States - Dec 31, 2008 … Georgians who lack health insurance. "The whole thought behind this is that if we make these plans more affordable and that we get more folks insured," …

Baby-Boomers Find Help Qualifying for California Health Insurance … - EON

Baby-Boomers Find Help Qualifying for California Health Insurance … EON, WA - Dec 31, 2008 (EON: Enhanced Online News)–Leading California Health Insurance provider, The HealthCare Solution, today announced the company is radically changing the …

Top 10 stories of 2008 - San Jose Mercury News

Top 10 stories of 2008 San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 25 minutes ago They raised the minimum wage, but didn't have the votes to end the Iraq War, address global warming, provide children's health insurance or overturn …

Hospital deal off - Pensacola News Journal
Baptist Health Care’s highly touted plans to buy West Florida Hospital will be called off today, according to several people familiar with the deal in the medical community. West Florida officials were tight-lipped Wednesday about the collapse of the

Insurer fined for handling of health claims - Statesman Journal
The state’s Department of Consumer and Business Services this week ordered a health-care insurer to change the way it determines which medical claims it will pay and to apply state insurance laws to those decisions. The department fined Cypress