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Blue Cross bids for Crist's affordable health coverage  TALLAHASSEE -- Jacksonville-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Inc. and eight other private health plans have volunteered to participate in a plan proposed by Gov. Charlie Crist to offer affordable health coverage to Florida's uninsured.

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 ...

Aman Insurance opens DNRD outlets  Aman Insurance has started issuing insurance certificates from the premises of the DNRD in compliance with the government regulations requiring visa applicants to provide proof of medical insurance coverage during the visitors' stay in the UAE. Aman has issued thousands of insurance certificates to hotels, tour operators, travel agents and major corporate clients since the health insurance ...

1:15 p.m. — Senators call for oversight hearing for GovGuam health insurance  1:15 p.m — In a letter addressed to Sen. Frank Blas Jr. and Homeland Security dated yesterday, Sens. Judith Guthertz and Rory Respicio requested Blas call an oversight hearing concerning government of Guam retirees who have complained about the new medical and dental health insurance provisions that will take effect Oct. 1.

Fairview, Blue Cross sign new contract  MINNEAPOLIS -- Thanks to a last-minute deal, Fairview Health Services will stay in the insurance network of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota. The Blues signed an agreement with Fairview on Thursday, one day before their contra

Survey finds lower health-insurance rate rise for '09  Planned premium rate increases for health insurance in 2009 will exceed the government's official rate of inflation, but will be lower than premium increases in recent years, according to a new national study.

New insurance plans accepted at NGMC walk-in clinics  GAINESVILLE — Northeast Georgia Health System NGHS announces that Quick Care in Gainesville and Urgent Care in Buford can now provide in-network care to patients covered by most HMO insurance plans of Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Plan of Georgia, Inc., CIGNA Healthcare of Georgia, Inc. and United Healthcare of Georgia, Inc. with any primary care provider.

iCan Benefit Group, LLC Announces: Major Medical Division Now Offers Avalon Healthcare Products   iCan Benefit Group, LLC announces iCan Insurance, LLC "iCan Insurance", "iCan" is now offering major medical health plans from Avalon Healthcare, Inc. PRWeb Aug 24, 2008 Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1240564.htm

Uninsured to spend $30 billion on medical care  From The Wall Street Journal Americans who lack health insurance will spend about $30 billion out of pocket on medical care this year, but others -- mainly the government -- will end up covering another $56 billion in costs, according to a new study. Registration required

Additional 439,000 Massachusetts Residents Insured Since 2006 Enactment Of Universal Health Insurance Law, Report Finds  An additional 439,000 Massachusetts residents have obtained health insurance since June 2006, when the state began mandating that all residents have health coverage, according to a report by the state Division of Health Care Finance and Policy released on Tuesday, the Boston Globe reports.

Physicians: Insurance companies strong-arming endangers patient care  TOLEDO - Physicians in Ohio and across the country say that insurance companies are increasingly strong-arming doctors to provide the treatment that is best for the bottom line, not for the patient, a newspaper reported Sunday.

Nonprofit news roundup for Aug. 25, 2008  Squeezed by competition from large national insurers, New Jersey nonprofit Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield has filed an application to convert to for-profit status, and Pittsburgh-based Highmark Inc. and Philadelphia-based Independence Blue Cross are seeking approval for a proposed merger, The Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 24 see insurance story [subscription only].

Physicians get insurance rate relief  ALBANY — New York’s physicians will get a reprieve from soaring medical malpractice insurance rates. On Thursday, Gov. David A. Paterson signed legislation to put a one-year moratorium on malpractice insurance rate hikes.

Thousands of children can get help with medical insurance  About 5,000 kids in Clark County are eligible for state- funded free or cheap health insurance, but their parents don’t know it. That’s the estimate of the state Depa...