11/30/2008 News For: Cinergy Health Helath InsuranceExcellus raising health insurance rates next year Health insurance rates are going up for the $700,000 central New Yorkers covered by Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield. Scientists doubt CT scan as heart test The US health insurance program for the elderly, Medicare, is spending money on state-of-the-art CT scanners without clear evidence showing their usefulness in combating heart problems, commentators in the New England Journal of Medicine said. Garfield board debates benefits Garfield Township board members butted heads less than a week into their new jobs. Township officials met Nov. 21, their first gathering since being voted into office Nov. 4. The meeting featured a discussion on how to cut the township budget, and included a heated discussion about trustees' health insurance benefits. Up, up and away: Health care premiums rising It's that time of year again. Time to find out how much your health insurance premiums will rise. Not if they're rising, but rather how much more you and your employer will pay next year, because at this point, some increase is almost a given. "If we were back in the Roman days I would have been killed years ago because they always sacrificed the messenger," joked Jim Elrod, president of the ... Workshop set for employee health insurance Business owners not previously able to afford health insurance for their employees have a new tool available to them ��� government subsidies for employee health insurance. Weymouth employees vote to join state health insurance plan A committee of town employees has voted to join a state health insurance plan, the next-to-last step in a process to remove the town from the self-insured model it has used for decades. UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News Doctors debate new cancer treatment... Northwestern U. opens obesity clinic... Gene flap delays babies' epilepsy care... EU says drug firms blocked generics... Health/Science news from UPI. Sliver of good news in kids��� health care A new report shows the number of children nationwide without health insurance declined in 2007, but 8.6 million remained uninsured, and that number is poised to rise dramatically as this year���s economic downturn takes its toll. (AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-28 16:52 German health insurer AOK picks generics suppliers FRANKFURT, Nov 28 Reuters - AOK, Germany's largest health insurer, has picked 58 suppliers as part of its first Europe-wide tender for generic-drug procurement contracts in a long-awaited decision that could potentially reshape the industry in Germany. AOK said in a statement on Friday it had decided from whom to buy 44 active ingredients out of a total of 64 it had tendered for, without ... Florida's number of uninsured children climbs MIAMI -- Nearly 19 percent or 797,000 children in Florida do not have health insurance -- the second highest percentage in the country -- and experts expect the number to rise as more parents are laid off, according to a report released this week. |




