| I-Team: Veteran Teacher Retires to Keep Health Insurance As thousands of students head back to class, they will find that hundreds of in-demand, veteran teachers have left. More than 600 of the most experienced teachers in Clark County retired this year, choosing to leave because of a change in the state health insurance plan. Jonathan Humbert has one teacher's story at 5 & 6. Thousands of California children in danger of losing health insurance Thousands of Californian children are in danger of losing health insurance, indicating the failure of the state's promising strides toward extending medical coverage to all its children, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday. Increased premiums for low-income families are expected to put the program out of reach for many and a new insurance policy is also expected to cut enrollees, the paper ... Marshall Loeb's Daily Money Tip: Three alternatives to Cobra insurance coverage If you’ve recently lost your job, or are soon to be unemployed, you’re going to want to know what your health insurance options are. One option you may qualify for is Cobra, the federal law that allows you to temporarily continue your employer-sponsored health plan, usually in the event of some form of layoff. Live Chat: Have adequate health insurance? We all know that health is indeed wealth. Even more so today. We lead fast-paced modern lives which makes monitoring our health an even more crucial issue. Lifestyle-related diseases like hypertension, diabetes, heart ailments are on the rise and more so are the costs of treating them. AIG Falls as Analyst Predicts More Pain American International Group ’s stock took a beating Monday morning after Credit Suisse analyst Thomas Gallagher slashed his earnings forecast for the insurance behemoth. AIG Trails Manulife as Region's Most Valuable Insurer (Update2) Aug. 25 -- American International Group Inc. now trails Manulife Financial Corp. for the title of North America's most valuable insurer after AIG's 10-month slide tied to the U.S. housing market. Manulife Surpasses AIG, Becomes North America's Largest Insurer Aug. 25 -- Manulife Financial Corp. surpassed American International Group Inc. as North America's largest insurer by market value after AIG plunged on record losses and writedowns tied to the U.S. housing market. Open enrollment begins: GovGuam employees face higher insurance payments Over the next several weeks, about 10,000 government of Guam employees and retirees will decide whether they can afford to pay for another year of generally higher health insurance rates. Insurance deadline helps fuel exodus Legislation that changes retirement benefits for government workers is having a mixed impact on local governments as the deadline nears for employees to retire or lose access to a taxpayer-funded health insurance program. AIG shares down as Credit Suisse tips quarterly loss Shares of AIG trade down more than 5% after a report by Credit Suisse cuts the insurer’s third-quarter outlook and target price. Lawyers for Rhode Island governor, union meet without result in lawsuit over health insurance PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Lawyers for Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri and the state's largest employees union met without result Monday in a dispute over a cost-cutting step. Three Alternatives To Cobra Insurance Coverage Three Alternatives To Cobra Insurance Coverage Indiana's medical error reports up 24% Indiana hospitals and surgery centers committed 105 serious and preventable errors in 2007 -- a nearly 24 percent increase from last year, according to a state report released Monday. Stocks sink as AIG's woes rattle investors NEW YORK -- Stocks sank in light trading yesterday as worries about insurer American International Group Inc. touched off broader concerns that the deterioration of the credit markets will result in more big losses for financial companies. Health Department Removes Fulton's Phosphorescent Letter That last tidbit we wrote in our earlier post about Fulton's on the River being open for lunch tomorrow? We were wrong. They're open for dinner right now. The Health Department gave Fulton's the go-ahead to re-open, saying the restaurant passed its re-inspection "with not even a minor food safety violation noted." VA health care: The new technology Editor's note: In Montana and the nation, the cost and availability of health care has become a burning issue. Nearly one-fifth of the state's citizens are without health insurance and health care costs continue to climb faster than inflation. |


