12/25/2008 News For: Allison Medical Health InsuranceStudy finds more Vermonters with health insurance MONTPELIER -- A recent state survey says the number of Vermonters without health insurance is continuing to go down. ... Health Care District to open Lakeside Medical Center in 2009 Published December, 25th 2008. Lakeside Medical Center will be the name of the new 70-private bed hospital in western Palm Beach County , scheduled for completion in the fall of 2009. Health insurance options limited after job loss John Mathson had been paying about $550 a month to continue his health insurance coverage after the 63-year-old Eureka man got laid off in October after 39 years at the Evergreen Pulp mill. For Mathson, who is undergoing chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma... Students may be required to have health plans Students at state colleges and universities could be required to have medical-insurance coverage under a proposal endorsed by a special task force on health-care reform. Effort under way to help with kids' insurance A local organization is trying to ensure that Del Norte County children will not be without health insurance due to the state budget shortfall. Scholarships available for medical students Pursuing a medical career is being made easier for individuals in the Cowansville Health Center's service area through two new scholarships at the Armstrong County Community Foundation. City council members to receive same health benefits as Sugar Land employees Sugar Land City Council members are now eligible for the same medical benefits offered to city employees. Union victory in health insurance fight Chalk one up for the union in a battle over the health insurance provider for Providence city workers. But according to Providence Mayor David Cicilline, the fight is not over. ? Decker threatens to cut Health Alliance funding Should Cambridge withhold city money from the embattled Cambridge Health Alliance? City Councilor Marjorie Decker said it should since the health organization?s drastic budget cuts has resulted in closed clinics, angered senior citizens and consolidated medical services across the community. Pennsylvania's adult insurance waiting list hits record Pennsylvania's Insurance Department says the waiting list for a state-subsidized health insurance program for adults has reached an all-time high. Department spokeswoman Rosanne Placey said Tuesday that 145,800 adults are on the waiting list for the adultBasic insurance program. |




