11/11/2008 News For: Health Insurance Low PaymentsNew 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. City Workers May Have to Pay More for Insurance var nopreviewimage = "1"; if nopreviewimage == ""{ document.write' '; document.write' '; document.write' '; } The woman keeping an eye on Bethlehem's bottom line says she knows how the city could save some big bucks. Controller Meg Holland is proposing increasing the amount of money city employees contribute to their health insurance. She says the move could save Bethlehem about ... Co-op hopes to ease health insurance costs The high cost and low availability of health insurance in southern Wisconsin are major concerns of small business owners that a new health insurance co-operative plans to tackle. 4 Your Money: Buying Your Own Health Insurance The tough economy may be forcing you to cut back on your family's healthcare coverage, but it doesn't have to. CBS4's Gwen Belton shows you how you might benefit from a specific type of health insurance. Health care group: More uninsured children in SC A national health care advocacy group says more than 12 percent of South Carolina children have no health insurance, an increase from previous years and the 13th-highest rate in the nation. 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. Fifty-five percent ... Eye on the pie column: Health care in Indiana lagging nation Toby Twotoes and I are having lunch. "I'm worried," Toby says. "About what?" I ask. "Health," he says. "Whose health?" I ask. "Everybody's," he says.? "Why?" I ask. "All during the election campaigns," he elaborates, "the candidates for president, governor and other offices talked and talked about health care, but they meant health insurance. They never really got around to discussing access and ... Hospitals worry about bad debt Hospitals worry more medical bills will go unpaid as the economy worsens and health insurance plans shift more of the cost to patients. New York Times Examines General Motors' Decision To Eliminate Salaried Retirees' Health Benefits The New York Times on Monday examined how for about 100,000 General Motors "white-collar retirees, time is about to run out" on their "gold-plated medical benefits" as the company looks to "make deep cuts wherever it can" Bunkley, New York Times, 11/10. Health board rejects claims over ?200m bill A health board is facing a ?200m maintenance bill to repair its ageing hospitals and medical centres, it emerged yesterday. Documents released to the Labour Party under Freedom of Information FoI rules revealed NHS Grampian's maintenance backlog bill. 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. |


