11/29/2008 News For: Low Cost Family Insurance CaliforniaBraintree seems increasingly unlikely to join state health insurance plan Braintree?s chance to join a state health insurance plan may finally be dead. The police union?s president, leading a group of several unions, said the town?s offer fell far short. But the mayor said Wednesday that he remains optimistic an agreement can be reached. Florida children without health insurance Nearly 19 percent of Florida children do not have health insurance, the second highest percentage in the country. Philadelphia Insurance Companies offers insurance to volunteer fire departments Philadelphia Insurance Companies has partnered with Provident Agency to recommend the purchase of Providents accident and health insurance program to emergency service organizations. Cancer patient gets food, support for family It has always been Barbara and her daughter against the world. But Barbara has always been able to find a way to keep a roof over their heads and food in their stomachs. Several years ago, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and although it was tough, she made it through. She uses most of her income to pay rent and is on a waiting list for low-income housing. From time to time, she needs ... Lake Forest family escapes Mumbai terror A Lake Forest family was among the tourists rescued from a Mumbai, India hotel that was overrun by terrorists earlier this week. Deepak Dalia, a Gurnee radiologist and his wife, Himani, a pathologist at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan were eating dinner Wednesday night at the Oberoi Hotel when gunmen opened fire. Medicare cost study faults insurance plans Researchers question value of private programs that have seen big gains in enrollment WASHINGTON ? Private health insurance plans, which serve nearly a fourth of all Medicare beneficiaries, have increased the cost and complexity of the program without any evidence of improving care, researchers say in studies to be published today. The studies, questioning the value of some private plans for ... Excellus raising health insurance rates next year Health insurance rates are going up for the $700,000 central New Yorkers covered by Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield. Up, up and away: Health care premiums rising It's that time of year again. Time to find out how much your health insurance premiums will rise. Not if they're rising, but rather how much more you and your employer will pay next year, because at this point, some increase is almost a given. "If we were back in the Roman days I would have been killed years ago because they always sacrificed the messenger," joked Jim Elrod, president of the ... Patrick Swayze 'says goodbye to family and pals as cancer spreads to liver' Melbourne, Nov 28 : Hollywood actor Patrick Swayze has begun saying goodbye to family and pals after knowing that his pancreatic cancer has spread to his liver, according to reports. Coborn family donates to hospital, cancer center ST. CLOUD, Minn. ? The family that runs the Coborn grocery chain is donating $2 million to expand St. Cloud Hospital and enhance service at a cancer center that bears their name. |

