11/11/2008 News For: Glucose Intolerance Health InsuranceState Helps Unemployed Find Health Insurance The increasingly rocky economy and the higher state unemployment rate have pushed Tennessee to expand one of its health insurance programs. Workers who have lost their jobs now have a reasonable option for health insurance. Health care group to discuss uninsured SC children A national health care advocacy group says more than 12 percent of South Carolina children have no health insurance. Families USA said at a news conference Tuesday that 132,000 children were uninsured from 2005 through 2007 about 30 percent more than were without health insurance from 2003 through 2005. South Carolina legislators last year approved expanding a Medicaid program to provide health ... New health insurance program not filling up as expected CAMBRIDGE ? The state?s new health insurance subsidy program for small businesses has not yet filled to capacity, despite early predictions from policymakers that the program would quickly run out of money. US Rep Stark: Health Care Agenda Begins With SCHIP WASHINGTON -Dow Jones- Congress should begin work on its health care agenda by expanding the state health insurance program for children with an eye toward broader health care reforms next year, a key House Democrat said Monday. Ensuring the health of Tarrant County residents From rising medical costs, poor access to physicians, and a lack of adequate health insurance for nearly 16 percent of Americans 47 million in 2006, according to the U.S. Census, it?s no wonder that people consider our health care system broken. AARP Suspends Marketing, Sales Of Benefit Plans Due To Grassley Inquiry AARP on Friday said it would suspend marketing and sales of health insurance plans after Sen. Chuck Grassley R-Iowa last week said the plans are misleading and do not work in typical situations, CQ HealthBeat reports CQ HealthBeat, 11/7. The plans, offered by UnitedHealth Group through AARP and aimed at people ages 50 to 64, have about one million members. Looking for Free or Low-cost Health Insurance? - It's no secret that accessing health care is a challenge for the 47 million Americans who are uninsured. Lack of health insurance forces many Americans to choose the health care they receive based on what they can afford, not what they actually need. Racial health gap draws experts to Minnesota ST. PAUL, Minn. - National experts gather in Prior Lake this week to focus on a stubborn racial health gap in one of the nation's healthiest states. Minorities in Minnesota face greater odds of dying from violence, diabetes and heart disease and less chance of having health insurance. EU health card loopholes revealed More than half of Britons who have needed medical assistance abroad have found their European health insurance card EHIC did not cover all their expenses, it has been revealed. Second opinion: Health plan must accept new employee If you have questions about the practices of your managed-care coverage, ask the experts at the state Department of Managed Health Care. They take up issues ranging from difficulties getting an appointment to denial of a doctor's recommendation for treatment. My 26-year-old son was covered by health insurance through his employer until he was laid off last November. He was in the middle of ... |

