10/23/2008 News For: Aig Health Insurance Mt MontanaMore county residents lacking health insurance, report finds A growing number of county residents dont have health insurance, the latest community health assessment says. In the past five years, 14,500 people were added to the rolls of the uninsured. Health chief impressed by local insurance effort SARANAC LAKE - While touring upstate New York, the state Department of Health commissioner stopped at the Adirondack Medical Center Tuesday to hear how the Tri-Lakes area has become somewhat of an anomaly in the Adirondacks, in terms of health insurance. Health insurance workshop offered A workshop for small business owners highlighting options for health insurance coverage will be offered in Fond du Lac Legislators want health insurance for state farmers State legislators and farm groups are battling the federal government?s decision to deny an expansion of public health insurance to Minnesota farm families. Many Children in U.S. Uninsured Despite Having a Parent With Health Insurance Approximately 4 percent of U.S. children and adolescents have a gap in health insurance coverage at some point during the year, even though they have at least one parent who is insured, according to a study in the October 22/29 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on the Health of the Nation. Town could still join health insurance plan If the Legislature approves a bill proposed by Gov. Deval Patrick, Braintree would have another opportunity to participate in a state-administered health insurance plan beginning in the summer of 2009. Children and Health Coverage Studied More than two million children in the U.S. who have no health insurance of any kind have at least one parent who gets employer-provided medical coverage, researchers said. Tips on what steps to take should your insurance company go bust The extreme turmoil in our economic state will be written into history books and the term ?stability? and ?financial institutions? will not be synonymous. One of the ways that many people manage potential financial risk in their life is through insurance. More than two-thirds of Americans own life insurance policies, nearly 85 percent of Americans have health insurance and more than 200 million ... Health insurers reinvent themselves as money managers Many rush to open banks as more Americans open health savings accounts, a tax-sheltered way to pay medical bills. Managing that money is more profitable than offering health insurance. Second of three parts Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Coverage Of Recent Developments Related To Health Care In The ... Summaries of several recent developments related to health care issues in the presidential election appear below.Economic Policy Institute report: The health care proposal announced by Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain Ariz. would prompt many employers to drop health insurance for employees, according to a report released recently by EPI, the Charleston Gazette reports. |

