10/13/2008 News For: Average Auto Insurance CostsInsurance costs worry York City official York City Business Administrator Michael O'Rourke laid out an uncertain future for the city's employee benefits situation on Thursday, requesting about $940,000 more for health insurance in 2009 than the city budgeted in 2008. Australia Senate to support health insurance changes CANBERRA, Oct 13 Reuters - The Australian government on Monday won backing from a key Senator for its plans to make it easier for people to abandon private health insurance, in a move set to upset listed private health insurers. Analyst says organ donors should get lifelong medical insurance SINGAPORE: On the issue of legalising non?related living organ donation, one health policy analyst has suggested providing free medical insurance for organ donors and to only allow donations from Singaporeans for a start. N.M. rated worst in U.S. for worker insurance ALBUQUERQUE ? New Mexico ranked worst in the country for the percentage of residents who are covered by health insurance through their employers, according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute. Elite students depend on public welfare for family medical care Stanford and several University of California campuses no longer offer health insurance to families of graduate students. So the students, unemployed and too poor to pay for private coverage, enroll in taxpayer-supported plans. More join state plan on health Nine communities and other municipal groups, including some in this area, have decided to join the state group health insurance plan this month, bringing to 23 the number that have taken the option in the two years since it was permitted. 50,000 in county had no health insurance Nearly 50,000 people under the age of 65 living in Anne Arundel County in 2005 did not have health insurance, giving it one of the lowest percentages of uninsured populations in the state, according to new figures released from the Census Bureau. Popular autism treatment often goes uncovered Insurance industry representatives say some autism treatments aren't really medical treatments but are more educational in nature. They say education is the responsibility of public schools, not private health insurance. But educational consultants who work with autistic children say schools can't go it alone. Election '08: McCain, Obama offer contrast on health cost coverage John McCain and Barack Obama would go in opposite directions when it comes to the employer?s role in providing health insurance. Locals being recruited to fill medical job vacancies A rural hospital in southeastern Idaho has cut down on recruiting costs by tapping into the local community to recruit and train medical professionals to fill its job vacancies. |

