News For: Health Insurance In WyomingShreveport raising workers' health insurance costs Most Shreveport's 2,500 city workers and many retirees will see their health insurance costs go up by the end of the year. Retiree With Rare Debilitating Disease Fears Her Insurance More Than Her Illness "I have a very rare and incurable disease called systemic mastocytosis, which very few doctors even know about," said Juanita Anderson who resides in Los Angeles, California. "It has changed my life totally. I had to stop working last year when I was 62 and able to retire. My health insurance is very expensive and is taken out of my retirement check. Health insurance co-pays imposed WORCESTER - As part of City Manager Michael V. O'Brien's ongoing effort to reduce the city's health insurance costs, he is implementing some co-payment changes for those municipal employees who are members of Local 495, National Association of Government Employees. Insurance doesn't always follow your kids to college Health insurance is one of the last things on students minds right now. But it's important. At a certain age, students may no longer be part of their parents' health plan. That could leave them with no insurance coverage at all. Economists Take Critical View of Health Plans WASHINGTON -- John McCain's health plan won't lower the ranks of the uninsured. Barack Obama's fails to curb the soaring cost of health care, meaning initial gains in helping more people buy health insurance would eventually be undermined. 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%. Rising health insurance costs outpace income WASHINGTON -- Wisconsin workers who have trimmed family budgets to pay health insurance premiums already know the costs have risen, but they may be shocked to learn by how much. County residents left without health insurance CARLSBAD ��� A backlog of health insurance applications for Insure New Mexico has left 266 Eddy County residents without the health insurance coverage they expected to receive. Corzine pushes for universal health care WASHINGTON - Gov. Jon Corzine urged the federal government today to create a system to ensure all Americans have health insurance and to support states that are taking steps to help more of their residents gain coverage. What are health insurance options after job loss? Q: I just lost my job. What are the best options for preserving some form of health insurance? A: Don't confuse "best" with "affordable." One of the first lessons many unemployed people learn is how expensive health insurance really can be. |


