10/12/2008 News For: Careamerica Health PlansHealth Highlights: Oct. 12, 2008 Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: Humana Introduces New Individual Health Insurance Plans In Nevada LAS VEGAS----Humana today announced the introduction of a new portfolio of individual health insurance plans under its HumanaOne? brand in Nevada. Since 2007, Humana has introduced the individual health insurance coverage options in 25 other states , where they have been popular with consumers. 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. Health coverage dwindling INDIANAPOLIS -- 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. EMH hosts forum on candidates' health plans ELYRIA ? Before presidential contenders Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain met for the second of their televised debates last night, their health plans for the nation were discussed at a forum at the EMH Regional Medical Center. Employers Look To Raise Out-Of-Pocket Costs For Employee Health Plans, Rather Than Increase Premiums With the open enrollment period for health insurance beginning and employee wages remaining static, many employers are hesitant to significantly increase health care premiums and instead are opting to increase the amount employees pay for out-of-pocket items such as deductibles and copayments, the Wall Street Journal reports. Health Centre Timing Extended MANAMA ? Bahrain has extended the working hours of a state-run health centre by two hours to accommodate the increasing number of expatriates seeking medical services. 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. No Big Corporate Welcome to Health Reform Plans Corporate benefits executives fear that both John McCain's and Barack Obama's health care reform proposals would wreck employer-based health insurance. Elizabeth Edwards Speaks To College Students On Health Care With millions of Americans lacking health insurance, healthcare reform has emerged as an important issue in the 2008 presidential campaign. |




