12/25/2008 News For: Ca Farm Bureau Health InsuranceHealth insurance waiting list a record State says 145,800 have no coverage, an all-time high. The number of Pennsylvania adults on a waiting list for state-subsidized health insurance has reached an all-time high, a state Insurance Department spokeswoman said this week. Hospital Websites Vastly Outperform Health Insurance Websites In Study ForeSee Results announced that in a broad benchmark measuring aggregate customer satisfaction with many different kinds of healthcare websites, hospital websites vastly outperform the websites of health insurance companies. On the ForeSee Results benchmark's 100-point scale, hospital websites received an aggregate score of 74 and health insurance websites received an aggregate score of 65. Gerald McEntee: Health Care Reform Needs a Public Option If we fail to insist on a public health insurance option as part of any health care reform legislation enacted in Congress, we won't have the kind of change that America voted for in November. Pa. gov's top health care aide to leave HARRISBURG ? The director of Gov. Ed Rendell's efforts to expand health insurance to low-income children and adults and modernize Pennsylvania's health care system is stepping down. Massachusetts nears universal health insurance coverage BOSTON?More than two years after Massachusetts passed groundbreaking legislation to move the state closer to universal health insurance coverage, the Bay State has achieved that milestone, according to a survey released last week. 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. Unemployed Find Affordable Health Insurance Online Jobs provide many workers with health insurance. But what if you're laid off? How can you still get health insurance without breaking the bank. Ohio health program reaches few kids A health insurance program meant to help middle-income families who have youngsters with serious illnesses needs to be reworked to reach more people, officials said. Rendell?s top health care chief moving on HARRISBURG ? The director of Gov. Ed Rendell?s efforts to expand health insurance to low-income children and adults, help doctors pay their malpractice bills and modernize Pennsylvania?s health care system is stepping down. Breast health center a success Published: Thursday, December 25, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at 6:15 p.m. Spartanburg Regional Medical Center's Bearden-Josey Center for Breast Health opened a little more than three months ago, and it has already exceeded expectations. |




