10/13/2008 News For: Depressed With No Health InsuranceState's health insurance enrollees up 9 percent HONOLULU _ The number of Hawaii residents receiving free health insurance from the state rose 9.1 percent in the past two months. State officials say the number could climb further as the economy deteriorates. N.M. rated worst in U.S. for worker insurance ALBUQUERQUE ? New Mexico ranked worst in the country for the percentage of residents who are covered by health insurance through their employers, according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute. 50,000 in county had no health insurance The new Small Area Health Insurance Estimates released yesterday showed a little more than 11 percent of county residents went without health insurance that year, and most of them were living well below the poverty line. N.M. Employer Health Coverage Ranked Worst An Economic Policy Institute report ranks New Mexico worst in the country for the percentage of residents who are covered by health insurance through their employers. Analyst says organ donors should get lifelong medical insurance SINGAPORE: On the issue of legalising non?related living organ donation, one health policy analyst has suggested providing free medical insurance for organ donors and to only allow donations from Singaporeans for a start. 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. Comprehensive Health Insurance Coverage Estimates by County Released The U.S. Census Bureau released the most extensive estimates it has ever published on county-level demographic characteristics of people with and without health insurance coverage. Health insurance funds well placed, Roxon told Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon says she is not aware of any Australian health insurance funds with extensive exposure to the problems in international financial markets. 21% in Az lacked health insurance in '05, Census shows PHOENIX - About 1 in 5 Arizonans overall and 1 in 3 Hispanic residents lacked health insurance in 2005, according to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Only five states had higher overall rates for uninsured residents. Census: 388,000 in Utah without Health Insurance Census figures show that 388,000 people in Utah don't have health insurance. Those figures include about 100,000 more people than state agencies have estimated and 40,000 more than advocates for the uninsured have forecast in the worst-case scenario. Census figures released Wednesday showed that Daggett County has the highest percentage of uninsured residents at 27 percent in the state and ... |


