10/12/2008 News For: Care Source Insurance For OhioeHealth Certified as a Green Business eHealth, Inc., the leading online source of health insurance for individuals, families and small businesses, announced today that it achieved certification as a Green Business at its headquarters' location in Mountain View, CA and its customer care location in Gold River, CA. The Green Business Program is a partnership of environmental agencies and utilities that assists, recognizes and ... A question of coverage This time, health care plays a smaller role Unemployed maintenance worker Jim Denning got the news six years ago that he didn't want to hear. Denning's doctor told him that he had cancer of the larynx. Pa. health-care battle shows states struggle alone When Gov. Ed Rendell first proposed an ambitious plan to expand subsidized health insurance to uninsured Pennsylvania adults, he wanted the state to step into a void left by the federal government's failure to act. M.D. Anderson submits charitable-care records An influential U.S. senator is pressuring the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center to account for its charitable-care practices as part of his ongoing crackdown on tax-exempt hospitals. More join state plan on health Nine communities and other municipal groups, including some in this area, have decided to join the state group health insurance plan this month, bringing to 23 the number that have taken the option in the two years since it was permitted. 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. ND insurance commish rejects Blues rate hike Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has rejected Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota's request for a 14.9 percent rate increase for group policies. OSU to Host National Personalized Health Care Conference The Ohio State University Medical Center has invited experts from across the country to discuss translating scientific breakthroughs in the laboratory to clinical health care practice during the national Personalized Health Care Conference on Oct. 16-17 at the Ohio State University's Biomedical Research Tower. 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. |




