10/13/2008 News For: Etna Health Insurance PlansNo compulsory health insurance Bahrain, which spends over BD20 million a year on subsidising healthcare services or equal to 6 per cent of gross domestic product, is not ready yet to implement compulsory health insurance for everyone as perceived in the draft law pending before Parliament, a senior government official said. State'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. 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. Baylor Breaks Ground on $212M Site, Plans $350M Cancer Center Dallas-based Baylor Health Care System broke ground Tuesday on a $212 million 332,000-square-foot hospital in the Dallas suburb of McKinney. News reports indicate that Baylor also plans to announce Friday its intent to build a $350 million cancer center in Dallas. 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. Health Insurance numbers released by census bureau It?s an important issue to many here in the east; health insurance. When it comes to who has it and who doesn?t, some counties here in the east are faring better than others. Elizabeth Edwards Speaks To College Students On Health Care With millions of Americans lacking health insurance, healthcare reform has emerged as an important issue in the 2008 presidential campaign. Law Firms Face Health Insurance Discrimination, Says Benefits Expert Jim Edholm Despite their white-collar stature, law firms may face "health insurance discrimination," says Jim Edholm, President, Business Benefits Insurance, a leading employee benefits planning firm based in Andover, Mass. 50,000 in county had no health insurance Nearly 50,000 people under the age of 65 living in Anne Arundel County in 2005 did not have health insurance, giving it one of the lowest percentages of uninsured populations in the state, according to new figures released from the Census Bureau. 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. |


