12/25/2008 News For: Aetna Health Insurance NcCity employees to see insurance relief City employees now have a one-time per year gap payment at their disposal to assist with the deductible amount on their health insurance. City officials approved the one-time payment of $750 during the last city council meeting. Nigeria: Oshotimehin Promises Community Health Insurance Abuja ? The new Minister of Health, Prof Babatunde Oshotimehin, has pledged to make community health Insurance as one of the core areas of his administration. Gerald McEntee: Health Care Reform Needs a Public Option If we fail to insist on a public health insurance option as part of any health care reform legislation enacted in Congress, we won't have the kind of change that America voted for in November. Failing health Laura Seylaz knows she is walking a tightrope by living without health insurance, but these days she believes she has little choice. Pa. says adult insurance waiting list hits record HARRISBURG ? The number of Pennsylvania adults on a waiting list for state-subsidized health insurance has reached an all-time high, a state Insurance Department spokeswoman said Tuesday. Health insurance options limited after job loss John Mathson had been paying about $550 a month to continue his health insurance coverage after the 63-year-old Eureka man got laid off in October after 39 years at the Evergreen Pulp mill. For Mathson, who is undergoing chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma... City, unions to meet over health care switch Providence officials and labor union representatives will resume negotiations over the city's bid to change health insurers. Community health centers see funding hurt As the economic downturn persists, people are increasingly turning to community health centers for inexpensive medical services. But now, the centers themselves are ailing. Benefit protections vary With your paycheck, health insurance and retirement tied to your employer, you might wonder about the safety of these benefits if the company hits hard times. Employees have some protections, even if their employer files for bankruptcy court protection, as The Baltimore Sun?s parent recently did. Health care savings idea may get a boost With half a million dollars in potential town savings left on the table, Hopedale selectmen and union officials still disagree about why recent talks about joining the state's health insurance program broke drown. |




