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Q.A on health care with U.S. Senate candidates   Question: What should Congress do to increase the availability of health insurance coverage to the uninsured? Should government take a larger role in providing health coverage, should it be left to the private sector, or a combination? Sen. Mitch McConnell: "There are a number of common-sense steps Congress should take to lower health care costs and improve access to health insurance for ...

New health insurance option offered for small businesses  Typically only larger businesses risk paying employee medical bills with their own money rather than buying health insurance.

Elite students depend on public welfare for family medical care  Stanford and several University of California campuses no longer offer health insurance to families of graduate students. So the students, unemployed and too poor to pay for private coverage, enroll in taxpayer-supported plans.

Insurance coverage studied in child-abuse death cases  Babies without private health insurance were nearly four times more likely to die from abuse-related injuries than babies with health coverage.

Health care coverage in state dropping, report says   Nearly half of all North Carolina children are not covered by health insurance. And more children statewide are expected to become uninsured in this economic downturn. That bleak assessment was part of a national report delivered Thursday afternoon by the non-profit group, Economic Policy Institute, which is based in Washington, D.C. The report ...

Health insurance coverage dwindling  The Carolinas are losing employer-based health insurance at a faster rate than nearly any other state in the country, according to a study released Thursday. Nationally, the health insurance that covers most Americans has declined for seven years in a row, according to the Washington-based Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan, nonprofit that studies issues affecting working families. About ...

Election '08: McCain, Obama offer contrast on health cost coverage  John McCain and Barack Obama would go in opposite directions when it comes to the employer?s role in providing health insurance.

440,000 insured under Massachusetts' health reform law  About 440,000 Massachusetts residents who were uninsured now have health insurance, according to a report issued by the agency created under the state's health care reform law.

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.

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