11/30/2008 News For: Colorado Helath InsuranceState Considers Health Insurance for Students Some state officials are trying to decide whether all college students should be required to have health insurance. About18 percent of Utah residents between 18 and 34 are uninsured, the highest rate in the state, according to a 2008 Utah Healthcare Access Survey. John T. Nielsen, Gov. Jon Huntsman's adviser on health care, said plans for a low-cost health insurance plan for students could be ... Supplemental Insurance Helps Cancer Patients - A cancer diagnosis can be the beginning of a long journey filled with stress, emotion, and often physical pain. Families struggle not only with the trauma of what is happening to their beloved, but also with the financial burden that can accompany such an illness. Don Baylor returns to baseball as Rockies coach Don Baylor, the former Cubs manager who battled cancer in an inspirational way is returning to the majors as Clint Hurdle's hitting coach for the Colorado Rockies. Childrens health insurance priority for state WASHINGTON Wisconsin has the nations fourth-lowest rate of uninsured children, but the director of a health advocacy group said the state could cover more kids if Congress expands the State Childrens Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP. Solid waste board toils through decisions One of the biggest hurdles facing the Warrick County Solid Waste Management District after it parted ways with the county was to devise new salary and personnel ordinances for those county employees absorbed by the district, including health insurance issues. Uninsured Likely Organ Donors, But Not Recipients FRIDAY, Nov. 28 HealthDay News -- Americans without health insurance are about 20 times more likely to donate a liver or kidney for transplant than to receive one, a new study says. Police release names of 7 Albertans who died in fiery SUV crash in Colorado Two families were on their way to Alberta from Mexico, "driving day and night" to get back for medical appointments, when their SUV crashed on a Colorado highway, says a relative. 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. |




