10/23/2008 News For: Blue Shield Supplemental Insurance InfoOpen 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. More county residents lacking health insurance, report finds A growing number of county residents dont have health insurance, the latest community health assessment says. In the past five years, 14,500 people were added to the rolls of the uninsured. Los Angeles Times Series Examines U.S. Health Insurance System The Los Angeles Times on Tuesday, in the first installment of a three-part series about the U.S. health insurance system, examined how "millions of Americans" who do not have access to group insurance "are paying more for individual policies that offer less coverage and expose them to seemingly arbitrary exclusions and denials. LP, Titans declare 'Code Blue' Louisiana Pacific Building Products and the Tennessee Titans? are declaring "Code Blue," and they don't mean a medical emergency. Doctors call for insurance coverage of routine prostate cancer testing VANCOUVER-- A survey that found more than 80 per cent of Victoria doctors use a blood sample to test asymptomatic men for prostate cancer has renewed the call that such tests be covered by medical insurance. Health chief impressed by local insurance effort SARANAC LAKE - While touring upstate New York, the state Department of Health commissioner stopped at the Adirondack Medical Center Tuesday to hear how the Tri-Lakes area has become somewhat of an anomaly in the Adirondacks, in terms of health insurance. Blue Shield Launches Online Provider Quality and Satisfaction Tool Performance Profile to Make Hospital and HMO Medical Group Selection Easier Tips on what steps to take should your insurance company go bust The extreme turmoil in our economic state will be written into history books and the term ?stability? and ?financial institutions? will not be synonymous. One of the ways that many people manage potential financial risk in their life is through insurance. More than two-thirds of Americans own life insurance policies, nearly 85 percent of Americans have health insurance and more than 200 million ... Surprise jump in health insurance coverage, claims Health insurance coverage has shown resilience in the September quarter with modest growth in lives covered, despite deteriorating economic conditions, according to the Health Funds Association HFANZ. Many Children Lack Health Insurance Many children don?t have health insurance, even if their parents do, according to a new study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. |




