10/22/2008 News For: Blue Shield Iowa Health InsuranceOpen Enrollment for health, life insurance benefits starts Friday Open Enrollment begins Friday, Oct. 24, and runs through Friday, Nov. 14. During this time, benefits-eligible employees can make changes to health and life insurance plans for the upcoming calendar year, and retirees can make changes to their medical and dental coverage. Opponent: Health insurance savings for state 'phantom' Iowa leaders today agreed to eliminate one of two health insurance carriers for state employees despite concerns that thousands of workers would be left with far fewer options and the state will only see ?phantom savings.? Health insurance takes NA spotlight Ha Noi ? The national health insurance plan for 2014 took the spotlight at the National Assembly yesterday. The plan aims to see the majority of the population covered by national health insurance by 2014. WellPoint earnings fall as investments decline A shaky financial market helped push WellPoint Inc.'s third-quarter profit down more than 5 percent, but company leaders said Wednesday tough times could create buying opportunities for the insurer. The operator of Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plans said... Anthem unveils cheaper option for students, uninsured With statistics showing that nearly 18 percent of Coloradans lack health insurance, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Colorado is introducing a price-conscious, individual plan aimed at early retirees, students and the uninsured. 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. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Celebrates 10 Years of Programs to Promote Children's Healthy Eating and ... At the "Celebrating 10 Years With You" conference today, hosted by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts BCBSMA, the state's largest health insurer turned the spotlight on the public and private sector successes that have promoted healthy eating and activities for youths and their families across the Commonwealth over the past decade. Aetna CEO urges mandatory health care coverage Americans should be required to buy health insurance, bringing healthier people into plans that will help bring down costs, the chairman of one of the nation's largest private insurance companies told a Detroit audience Tuesday. PERSPECTIVE: Election 2008: Slowing the Growth of Health Care Costs -- Learning from International Experience High health care expenditures and the growing number of people without health insurance set the United States apart from all other industrialized countries. The United States spends twice per capita ... McCain, Obama diverge radically on health care Health insurance, a costly need that haunts millions of Americans, is pitting the 2008 presidential candidates against each other along primal political lines. |

