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• 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... (insurance coverage)
• Temporary health coverage begins Tuesday for Coloradans
  Coloradans who have been denied health insurance because they have pre existing conditions will be able to take advantage of a new state insurance plan. Temporary coverage will become available starting Tuesday. It will be phased out in 2014 when federal health care legislation will begin barring insurance companies from rejecting people. The state program will offer... (insurance coverage)
• Early Retirees Get New Help With Health Insurance
  About 2, 000 employers will begin receiving payments this month from a new 5 billion program designed to encourage them to provide health insurance to early retirees who are too young for Medicare. The goal of the program, part of the new health care reform law, is to stop the decades long slide in the number of... (insurance coverage)
• 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... (insurance coverage)
• 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... (insurance coverage)
• 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... (insurance coverage)
• 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,... (insurance coverage)
• Manulife Phils. bares lifetime health coverage
  Manulife Philippines has introduced HealthPlus, a unique insurance plan that provides comprehensive lifetime health coverage. Indren Naidoo, President and Chief Executive Officer of Manulife Philippines said the new product is designed around the need for a comprehensive health care coverage package that can extend well into ones retirement years. HealthPlus aims to give the option of seeking... (insurance coverage)
• 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... (insurance coverage)
• No health coverage? How to cope
  The health care overhaul p ed earlier this year will help many uninsured get coverage starting in 2014. But until then, Americans who lose employer coverage may find buying insurance on their own unaffordable... (insurance coverage)
• 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... (insurance coverage)
• 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... (insurance coverage)
• Study:Individual Health Insurance Premiums Average $158 / Month Nasdaq
  A new study shows that half of all individual health insurance policyholders paid less than 130 a month for coverage, according to eHealth Inc. EHTH, parent company of eHealthInsurance... (insurance coverage)
• 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... (insurance coverage)
• 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... (insurance coverage)
• EU funds basic medical coverage in Morocco People's Daily
  The European Union has granted Morocco 40 million euros about 57. 8 million U. S. dollars to fund a support program for the basic medical coverage BMC, local MAP news agency reported on Thursday. The agreement was signed on Thursday with the aim of extending the BMC and improving access conditions to quality health services for the... (insurance coverage)
• 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... (insurance coverage)
• Medical coverage reviewed Worcester Telegram & Gazette
  MILFORD Elizabeth LaFosse bent over a computer with Stephanie A. Sayki, a intern with M MedLine, reviewing medical and prescription plan pricing. Between them was a paper, itemizing all of the 10 medications that 81 year old Mrs. LaFosse takes, and determining which were covered and what the co pays were for each plan... (insurance coverage)
• 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... (insurance coverage)
• Calif. bill targets health insurance premium hikes
  Health insurance companies would be required to provide more information to the public when they intend to raise premiums under a bill p ed by the California embly... (insurance coverage)
• 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... (insurance coverage)