10/12/2008 News For: Auto Realtors Board Health Insurance50,000 in county had no health insurance The new Small Area Health Insurance Estimates released yesterday showed a little more than 11 percent of county residents went without health insurance that year, and most of them were living well below the poverty line. Health insurance and YOU Insurance expert Harsh Roongta on all you MUST know about health insurance policies. Law Firms Face Health Insurance Discrimination, Says Benefits Expert Jim Edholm Despite their white-collar stature, law firms may face "health insurance discrimination," says Jim Edholm, President, Business Benefits Insurance, a leading employee benefits planning firm based in Andover, Mass. Connecticut health insurance premiums increased 81 percent since 2000 HARTFORD ? A new report by a consumer group says family health insurance premiums in Connecticut increased 81 percent from 2000 to 2007, which has led to more people joining the ranks of the uninsured. Florida couple turns food talk into board game MIAMI -- Eric and Monica Ash moved to northwest Broward, Fla., from Alexandria, Va., in May with a newborn, a toddler and no regular paychecks to cover the mortgage or employers to subsidize the health insurance. Eric says they're living a dream. Insurance studiesplanned CHICOPEE - Independent and internal studies analyzing the cost of providing health insurance to municipal employees and retirees will not be completed until next year. Study: Health insurance bills outpace earnings The cost of health insurance premiums for Connecticut families whose coverage was provided through the workplace rose more than eight times faster than their earnings between 2000 and 2007, according to a new report. Senators Propose Health Insurance Disclosure Bill A group of bipartisan senators proposed legislation Tuesday that would compel employers to tell employees what their health insurance costs -- a step, the senators said, toward getting a handle on the spiraling cost of medical care. Insurance 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. Healthcare overhaul: How McCain and Obama differ cott McNeil, a junior at the University of Miami, takes chemotherapy to battle brain cancer. ''It's working, but it's really tiring.'' He'd like to take a semester off, but he can't, because the only reason he has health insurance is that he's included on his mother's policy as a full-time student. ``I just hope I don't get really sick.'' |


