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• UniCare to stop selling health insurance in state Chicago Sun - Times
  UniCare is pulling out of the health insurance market in Illinois and forcing roughly 180, 000 enrollees to ultimately switch insurers. The company entered an agreement with Health Care Service Corp. , which operates Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans, to offer guaranteed replacement coverage to UniCare commercial group and individual members, UniCare parent WellPoint Inc. said... (affordable insurance)
• What Really Makes Health Insurance Premiums Go Up
  Medical costs, the number of health services used, and the cost of new treatments all factor in when calculating health insurance rates, insurers say... (affordable insurance)
• Health insurance is taking a bigger bite from workers wallets
  Workers are paying a larger share of their health insurance as companies shift more costs to their employees to survive the recession. According to a national study released Thursday, workers paid an average of 14 percent more in premiums this year while employers held their own cost increases to a modest 3 percent... (affordable insurance)
• Buying Health Insurance In Other States OfficialWire
  Allowing those who buy health insurance themselves to shop in other U. S. states would not lower health costs for all, consumersunion.org says. An alternative to healthcare reform is for anyone in the market for an individual policy to shop for coverage anywhere in the country... (affordable insurance)
• Health insurance provides abortion opt - out
  During the regularly scheduled University of North Carolina Board of Governors meeting Aug. 12, President Erskine Bowles announced Pearce and Pearce, UNCs health insurance provider, would need to provide an opt out option within 48 hours for students who do not want elective abortion coverage in their benefits. The 1, 226 Appalachian State University students who have... (affordable insurance)
• Proposed CA Bill Would Force Better Health Insurance Rate Disclosure
  A new insurance company disclosure bill is headed to the governors desk, and if he signs it, health insurance companies would be required to provide more information when they intend to raise premiums. C to Listen This would mean that health insurance companies would have to post information about rate increases on their web sites,... (affordable insurance)
• Calls to use health insurance in NHS The Herald
  THE NHS should switch to a form of health insurance to better compete with other countries, according to a report out today. The study, from the think tank Reform, said two factors were crucial in the "battle for health supremacy"... (affordable insurance)
• Out - of - pocket costs rising for health insurance BizJournals
  The 161 million Americans with employer sponsored health insurance are facing substantial increases in out of pocket costs, according to a study published today... (affordable insurance)
• GoHealthInsurance.com offers comprehensive health insurance coverage News - Medical - Net
  Health reform is on the forefront of everyone's minds. Last month in his weekly address, President Barack Obama touted health insurance "exchanges" which offer Americans a one stop shopping destination for health coverage... (affordable insurance)
• National Health Insurance patronage increases Ghanaweb.com
  Elmina, Feb. 4, GNA Dr. Yaw Ofori Yeboah, the Municipal Director o f the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem Health Directorate, has said even though patronage of the National Health Insurance Scheme had increased from 53 in 2008 to 71 in 2009 the delay in paying claims to health facilities was worrying... (affordable insurance)
• Vallejo Chamber offers health insurance help Vallejo Times - Herald
  The Vallejo Chamber of Commerce has joined other local chambers in offering a new small business health insurance option. Ben E Lect can save small businesses money by offering a relatively low cost, high deductible plan, an especially important thing in the present... (affordable insurance)
• RI health insurance premiums hiked
  Rhode Island's health insurance commissioner has approved premium hikes for the state's insurers, although not as much as had been requested. Insurance Health insurance Rhode Island United States Health... (affordable insurance)
• Health Insurance Exchanges Create Opportunities for Primary Care, Says AAFP President
  The creation of state based health insurance exchanges under the recently enacted health care reform act will give federal and state governments the opportunity to move from a volume based to a value based health care system by putting in place measures to better reward the provision of primary care services. That was one of the main... (affordable insurance)
• Health insurance a hot topic The Wickenburg Sun
  During this weeks Wickenburg Council meeting there was discussion of the towns employee health insurance plan for the coming year. Normally, this is a topic of discussion and interest for town employees only, but not the general public. However, this year is different... (affordable insurance)
• New, Cheaper Health Plans - Kaiser Health News
  John Worcester, head of benefits at Evraz Oregon Steel, the sole employer to sign up since the plans began coming on the market earlier this year. Workers who choose a new type of insurance plan over a traditional one could could see their costs... (affordable insurance)
• Affordable Ohio Health Insurance Plans
  Columbus Many leading insurance companies offer. Health insurance websites that represent major healthcare providers provide information on various plans so that consumers can compare the benefits offered and find the one that best suits their needs... (affordable insurance)
• RI health insurance premiums going up
  Rhode Island's health insurance commissioner has approved premium hikes for the state's insurers, although not as much as had been requested... (affordable insurance)
• Buying health insurance in other states UPI
  YONKERS, N. Y. , Feb. 4 UPI Allowing those who buy health insurance themselves to shop in other U. S. states would not lower health costs for all, consumersunion.org says... (affordable insurance)
• Health insurance outpacing income Fond du Lac Reporter
  WASHINGTON Wisconsin workers who have trimmed family budgets to pay health insurance premiums already know the costs have risen, but they may be shocked to learn by how much... (affordable insurance)
• Small businesses find health insurance expensive Orland Press Register
  Small business owners in Glenn County participated in a health insurance survey conducted from November to January in six rural counties. Glenn County Health Services Director Scott Gruendl presented the survey results May 19 to the Board of Supervisors... (affordable insurance)
• Health Insurance Subcommittee in operation The Eagle - Tribune
  NORTH ANDOVER The town has watched health insurance spending increase by more than 2 million over the last few years, and it's ready to do something about it. Officials have formed a Health Insurance Subcommittee, made up of School Committee and Board of Selectmen members who will meet with union representatives and administrators to brainstorm ways to... (affordable insurance)