10/12/2008 News For: Care Qoutes Health InsuranceState's health insurance enrollees up 9 percent HONOLULU _ The number of Hawaii residents receiving free health insurance from the state rose 9.1 percent in the past two months. State officials say the number could climb further as the economy deteriorates. BCAA backs away from plan for private health insurance The B.C. Automobile Association has cancelled plans to offer its 800,000 members private insurance policies for speedy medical treatment in the United States or in private clinics in B.C. if they faced lengthy waits in the public health-care system. Legislative inaction leaves Pa. health care group's future in question Left unsettled when the state Senate adjourned this week was the future of the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council, the independent watchdog agency that tracks the cost and quality of medical care offered by the state's hospitals and paid for by its insurers. Study: NC children are losing health insurance A new report by the Washington-based Economic Policy Institute shows North Carolina workers are losing employer-based health insurance at a greater rate than all but one other U.S. state. Hemet, Menifee Valley health care workers call one-day walkout Monday Health care workers at hospitals in Hemet and Menifee Valley will stage a one-day strike starting at 6 a.m. Monday to protest actions by the public hospital district that runs the facilities, according to a news release from SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West. Think Tank: Indiana Workers Losing Job-Provided Health Coverage A new report provides grist for a gubernatorial health policy debate Monday: Indiana fares better than most states when it comes to employer-provided health insurance, but the percentage of Hoosiers who are covered is dropping. Pennsylvania Governor Urges Support For Health Care Expansion Proposal Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell D in a letter sent to state Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi R on Monday urged action on compromise legislation to expand health insurance coverage to the uninsured, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Fahy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/7. Rendell last week proposed two alternative funding mechanisms for a scaled-down version of his proposal. Analyst says organ donors should get lifelong medical insurance SINGAPORE: On the issue of legalising non?related living organ donation, one health policy analyst has suggested providing free medical insurance for organ donors and to only allow donations from Singaporeans for a start. Seniors Feel Health Care Will Improve under Obama FORT WORTH, Texas----DSS Research, the largest research and analytics firm dedicated to the market information needs of health insurance organizations, released today the latest wave of its quarterly, national SeniorTrax? Survey of the 65 and over population. U.N. Faces Billions in Retiree Health Care Obligations The United Nations is staring at a multi-billion-dollar shortfall in unfunded health insurance obligations to past and present employees, a gaping financial deficit that has been growing rapidly while the U.N. dithered for the past five years. |


