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Florida children without health insurance  Nearly 19 percent of Florida children do not have health insurance, the second highest percentage in the country.

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 ...

Health Highlights: Nov. 29, 2008   Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Health insurance, Iraq war, new president on mind of Muncy man  Since he's been on disability for about eight years, George Campbell knows first-hand the need for having good health insurance coverage. "You've got to wonder if the new guy going into office is going to do any good, and what he can do for health insurance," the Muncy man said of President-elect Barack Obama. Campbell said he sees a real need for a national health insurance program.

Health insurance options debated  At Tuesday's finance committee meeting, Tuscaloosa City Council members continued to wrestle with plans to offer city retirees discounted health insurance premiums.

She thought hospital bill was paid off  D ear Greg: In July 2006, my 8-year-old son, Zachary, was hospitalized for two nights at Arnold Palmer Hospital. At the time, our health insurance was Blue Cross Blue Shield through my husband's employer. The charges were $1,766. BCBS paid $1,413, leaving a balance of $353, which I paid as a deductible. In March this year, I began receiving notices from a collection agency that stated it was ...

Group calls for action on health care quality  The National Priorities Partnership is calling on all employers, health insurers, medical professionals, labor and government organizations and other interested parties to commit to a core list of six objectives its members believe will improve the quality of health care and lower costs within the next three to five years.

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.

Health Insurance Deductible Of $1,000 Becomes The Norm In 2008, From $500 In 2007, Mercer Survey Finds  The median individual deductible for health insurance coverage required by employers offering PPOs jumped to $1,000 in 2008, up from $500 last year, according to Mercer's National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans. In 2000, only about half of employers imposed a health insurance deductible for PPO coverage compared to about four-fifths today, and the median amount was just $250.

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