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Always Fast, Easy, & Free.12/25/2008 News For: Catastrophic Care Group Health InsuranceA Less Healthy Health Insurance Sector The U.S. economy is in a recession, and the health insurance industry has not proved immune to what ails the nation. With joblessness on the rise, volatile financial markets, and consumer income either flat or falling by most measures, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Nov. 3 revised the outlook on the managed care industry to negative from stable. The impact of the deteriorating economy, ... 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. Pennsylvania 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, help doctors pay their malpractice bills and modernize Pennsylvania's health care system is stepping down. 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. Health 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. Health care switch saves $400K Recently, the town switched health insurance carriers to produce a one-time savings of $114,000. Sharia-compliant health insurance plan launched in UAE Dubai: Dubai Islamic Insurance and Reinsurance Company AMAN has launched a health insurance scheme in the UAE. The new plan will offer comprehensive products that are consistent with the Sharia rules and are based on Islamic Takaful principles. Health Care Flashpoints Whither the public plan option? Over the next few years, health reform will succeed or fail based on a few major flashpoints that will shape any new program, including the financing of health insurance and the access to medical care itself. Growing numbers of uninsured strain health care providers With the announcements of thousands of layoffs around Charleston has come the loss of health insurance, compounding an already multilayered problem in the health care industry. Henrico-based company sells new health-care plan As president of Henrico County-based Streamline Timberworks, T.J. Daly looks for ways to save his company money. This year he saved more than $50,000?28 percent?by changing the company?s health insurance to nHealth. ?There are three things that are unique about nHealth,? he said. ?They understand more than just insurance, they take out the complexity of managing [health-care costs] from both the ... |