11/29/2008 News For: Allison Insurance Group OklahomaChildrens 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. Florida children without health insurance Nearly 19 percent of Florida children do not have health insurance, the second highest percentage in the country. Deal���s done: Swampscott will join GIC SWAMPSCOTT-Every union in town voted to join the Group Insurance Commission, which will allow the town to buy discounted health insurance through the state and could save the town approximately $600,000 in the next fiscal year. 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. Macquarie Group Chairman David Clarke takes six months leave for cancer treatment - Quick Facts RTTNews - Macquarie Group MQBKY.PK, MQG.AX announced that its Chairman David Clarke will be taking a period of six months leave of absence, starting immediately, for cancer treatment. State's children lack health coverage Nearly 19 percent or 797,000 children in Florida do not have health insurance -- the second highest percentage in the country -- and experts expect the number to rise as more parents are laid off, according to a report released this week. Many continue to rely on ERs The vast majority of Bay State residents have health insurance and a primary-care physician, but many are still relying on hospital emergency rooms for care that could have been handled less expensively by their family doctors, according to a new survey. |




