Cerro Gordo supervisors OK health insurance rates
Mason City Globe Gazette, IA -
That means Cerro Gordo County will pay 90 percent of the of the $795 family Alliance Select 1000 monthly premium for the fiscal year beginning July 1, he said. The county will also pay $370 per month for each single Alliance Select 1000 policy for employees.
2006-06-19
Bills stoke debate about health records
MSNBC -
To compete for their share of those deposits, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and UnitedHealth Group have obtained banking charters. Meanwhile, traditional banks, including UMB, have begun offering services such as multipurpose swipe cards that can access HSAs, flexible spending accounts and other types of accounts.
2006-06-18
Bill Aims to Extend Health Care Coverage
International News Service, Australia -
2006-06-16
Insurance legislation could ease workers' burden
News-Leader.com, MO -
A state act, known as the Small Group Reform, protects small businesses those with 25 employees or fewer from steep increases in health insurance by forbidding insurers from raising the premiums beyond what a state formula would allow.
2006-06-15
Bill aims to extend health care coverage
Providence Journal (subscription), RI -
The joint committee rejected the Republican governor's plan to generate money through the sale of future rights to Rhode Island's portion of the national tobacco settlement. "We just felt that that was probably not a wise decision," given the uncertainty of the state's ability to sell those rights, said Rep. Brian Patrick Kennedy, D-Hopkinton, who sits on the joint committee and chairs the House Corporations Committee, which heard the health-care bills.
2006-06-14
Cerro Gordo supervisors OK health insurance rates
Mason City Globe Gazette, IA -
That means Cerro Gordo County will pay 90 percent of the of the $795 family Alliance Select 1000 monthly premium for the fiscal year beginning July 1, he said. The county will also pay $370 per month for each single Alliance Select 1000 policy for employees.
2006-06-13
Health Policy Institute of Ohio: Almost Two-Thirds of Ohio Seniors
U.S. Newswire (press release), DC -
"These findings show that for the average Ohio citizen, specific health coverage such as dental or vision insurance is harder to obtain than general health insurance," said William Hayes, Ph.D., president of the Health Policy Institute of Ohio. "This doesn't mean, though, that these types of health coverage are not important. When people lack specific health coverage, they tend to put off routine treatments like dental and eye exams until they develop more serious problems. When this happens, the cost to the health care system is much greater than if these problems had been dealt with earlier."
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