News For: Advantra Insurance MedicareMedicare rules help make Social Security number less secure A number so to speak of you responded to last week's column about asking medical offices to use something other than your Social Security number for record-keeping. County adopts insurance plans The Crawford County Board of Commissioners on Friday approved health insurance coverage plans for its employees for next year. Sales rules added for Medicare plans The federal government has issued new restrictions on how health insurers, brokers and agents can sell private health and prescription drug plans for people covered by the Medicare program. Farm, Ranch Families Struggle With Rising Health Care Costs WASHINGTON ��� America���s farm and ranch families are paying top dollar for health insurance that inadequately covers their needs and causes them significant financial risk, according to a report released today from The Access Project and sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Insurance costs rise more than paychecks Health insurance premiums for employers and employees in Wisconsin have increased nearly five times faster than... Murdock Trust donates $179,000 to Free Clinic Specialty medical services can be extremely expensive ��� and priced out of reach for people with no health insurance. Kids��� health seen as priority While universal health care may be a long-term goal for some, Kansas advocates for children are hoping the next president will work immediately to expand the State Children���s Health Insurance Program ��� a proposal that President Bush vetoed last year. Woodstock's Coach Chuck needs help WOODSTOCK ��� Chuck Vrasich, 47, is having physical and financial hardships. He���s waiting for a heart transplant, had a cancerous kidney removed in June, and suffers from muscular dystrophy. His insurance has run out, and he's going broke. Insurance doesn't always follow your kids to college Health insurance is one of the last things on students minds right now. But it's important. At a certain age, students may no longer be part of their parents' health plan. That could leave them with no insurance coverage at all. Will businesses dump workers onto Charter Oak? HARTFORD ��� The state���s healthcare advocate questioned Friday whether businesses would cancel their health insurance and dump employees onto Gov. M. Jodi Rell���s new Charter Oak network. |



