News For: Galexy InsuranceHealth insurance options after losing a job If you've just lost your job, what are the best options for preserving some form of health insurance? First, don't confuse ���best��� with ���affordable.��� One of the first lessons many unemployed people learn is how expensive health insurance can be. AMA head raps lack of health insurance Dr. Nancy Nielsen, the Buffalo physician and University at Buffalo Medical School senior associate dean who became the president of the American Medical Association in June, told UB medical students and alumni Friday that it was ���unconscionable��� that 47 million Americans do not have health insurance. Insurance choices for jobless Q: I just lost my job. What are the best options for preserving some form of health insurance? City insurance pool deadline approaches PITTSFIELD ��� City officials and the Public Employees Committee representing 17 municipal unions have one more shot at Pittsfield joining the state's Group Insurance Commission ��� and saving millions in health insurance premiums. Uninsured? You're invited Area residents hamstrung by a lack of insurance might find relief at a health fair helping people apply for state-funded coverage. The event ��� sponsored by local health care organizations ��� will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Anthony Medical Center, 5717 S. Anthony Blvd. Will businesses dump workers onto Charter Oak? HARTFORD ��� The state���s healthcare advocate questioned Friday whether businesses would cancel their health insurance and dump employees onto Gov. M. Jodi Rell���s new Charter Oak network. Autopsy reveals new details in insurance auditor's murder CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A medical examiner's report reveals new information in the murder of insurance auditor Sally Rohrbach. Rohrbach disappeared May 14. At the time she was investigating the Dilworth Insurance Agency owned by Michael Howell. AMA board member pushes for insurance reform WATERLOO --- A member of the American Medical Association board of trustees gave his prescription for what he says is an ailing health care system that leaves millions of American uninsured. General insurance union plans stir to popularise two schemes General Insurance Employees All India Association, the largest union of insurance employees in the public sector, is likely to launch a countrywide agitation to press for popularising two insurance schemes aimed at giving medical benefit to retired and financially weaker sections of the society. Board Votes to Raise City Employee Insurance Rates Health insurance premiums are headed up for Shreveport city employees. On Wednesday, the Shreveport Health Care Trust Fund Board voted four to three, to raise the insurance rate 16.8%. |

