| Search 1) News For: Afordable Health Care Insurance Health insurance companies rife with wasteful spending, hospital group leader says Wasteful spending by health insurance companies is helping to drive up the cost of health care in the state, the head of the Massachusetts Hospital Association said Friday. ���The administrative costs of health care companies are huge,��� Lynn Nicholas, president and chief executive of the hospital group, told a dozen people assembled at the Metro South Chamber of Commerce. Obama, McCain and U.S. health care Barack Obama and John McCain are both proposing big changes in the U.S. health insurance system. Americans could end up paying more no matter who's elected. Search 2) News For: Afordable Health Care Insurance Negros Oriental launches own health insurance DUMAGUETE CITY, Philippines ���Negros Oriental has launched its own health insurance program that promises to outdo the state-owned PhilHealth in delivering medical services. Ohio bill would ban public funding for health care services to undocumented immigrants A bill pending in the Ohio Legislature would ban the use of tax revenue for routine medical care of undocumented immigrants, the Columbus Dispatch reports. Lawmakers' Session For NC Health Plan Not Likely RALEIGH, N.C. - The General Assembly probably won't need a special session to deal with an ailing health insurance program for state employees and retirees and their dependents, legislative leaders said Monday. Some unemployed Tennesseans can get CoverTN insurance CoverTN will now offer health insurance to Tennesseans who are between jobs. Profits continue falling for insurance companies This year has been cruel to Oregon���s health insurance industry, a dramatic shift from recent years in which most companies were awash in cash. High cost of health care leaves more area residents in limbo GREEN BAY When Candice Stauffer and her husband had their health, his construction job seemed sufficient to cover their financial needs even if it meant doing without health insurance. Search 3) News For: Afordable Health Care Insurance HHS Secretary Declares Public Health Emergency for Louisiana Following Hurricane Ike's Landfall HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today declared a public health emergency to ensure that individuals, including those enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program SCHIP in Louisiana, continue to receive their health care items and services. The declaration follows one made on Thursday to cover Texas. Hospital Settles Charges of Overbilling Staten Island University Hospital has agreed to return $88.9 million that prosecutors say it fraudulently obtained from government health insurance programs. |

