12/25/2008 News For: AARP Anthem Health InsuranceStudy: More have health insurance MONTPELIER -- A recent state survey says the number of Vermonters without health insurance is continuing to go down. ... - The Associated Press Everyone will have health insurance ? but it will be costly The good news is that, now that Democrats have won total control of the government, all Americans are likely to have health insurance. Boston Globe Examines Massachusetts Health Insurance Law As Model For National Health Overhaul Plan The Boston Globe on Friday examined how "[k]ey players in the debate over how to provide health care coverage for the nation's 47 million uninsured" residents believe that the Massachusetts health insurance law is "an important model for what Washington could do and how to get it done. 2 Enroll In State Health Insurance Program A state health insurance program for middle-income children is off to a slow start, with only two enrolled so far. Angola: Eleven Health Units Built in Kwanza Norte Province Ndalatando ? Eleven new health units, including a maternity hospital, were built and rehabilitated during the year 2008, in the northern Kwanza Norte province, in the light of local action of increasing the supply of basic health and medical assistance services to the population. Right of councillors to speak out The issue of health insurance for councillors and council employees and the premiums for this insurance dominated the Subang Jaya Municipal Council?s MPSJ full board meeting on Wednesday that dragged on until late in the evening. Patient increase seen among jobless without insurance Community clinics, already faced with shrinking state and private funding, expect patient loads to expand next year as more unemployed workers lose health insurance. CUNA Mutual ends health benefit for retirees The recession has claimed more victims, this time 1,000 retirees of CUNA Mutual. The Madison-based insurance company will stop paying a subsidy to retirees who have medical coverage through the company's benefits program, but will allow the retirees to continue coverage at the retirees' option, with the retirees paying for the cost. The transition to the retirees paying for their health care ... Child needs special equipment A local teenager with developmental disabilities needs a swing and float system to increase the amount of regular exercise. Unfortunately, these items are not covered under their health insurance and the family is not in a financial position to purchase. Health fair draws crowd at Riverwalk Loma Linda University Health Care and Turner Development Corp. attracted more than 700 people to a recent health fair at the Medical Park at Riverwalk in Riverside. |




