11/29/2008 News For: Low Cost Small Business Health InsuranceBusiness-related events Business owners not previously able to afford health insurance for their employees have a new tool available to them ��� government subsidies for employee health insurance. Florida children without health insurance Nearly 19 percent of Florida children do not have health insurance, the second highest percentage in the country. Frisco Cares Clinic may move into building of its own With the faltering economy leaving more people jobless and without health insurance for their family, the low-cost Frisco Cares Clinic may soon be able to expand their hours and help more children. Braintree 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. Childrens health insurance priority for state WASHINGTON Wisconsin has the nations fourth-lowest rate of uninsured children, but the director of a health advocacy group said the state could cover more kids if Congress expands the State Childrens Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP. Small firms face burden [Katrina Kimble and her husband considered offering health insurance for their small Canyon business a few years ago. 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. Insurance companies pay settlements over claims investigations Two insurance companies have settled with the Nebraska Department of Insurance after the agency investigated consumer complaints. Conseco Health Insurance Co. agreed in October to pay a $25,000 fine and cooperate with the department on future complaints. Repor says more than 250,000 N.J. children lack health insurance More than a quarter million New Jersey children lack health insurance and that number is likely to grow as the economy deteriorates, a report released today predicted. Entitled "Left Behind," the report by Families USA, a national consumer health care... Medicare?s Too Costly Private Plans Congress must remove unjustified subsidies to inefficient private health insurance plans that have added to the cost and complexity of the Medicare program. |


