11/11/2008 News For: Health Insurance Low Price ArkansasPhiladelphia Inquirer Series Examines Delays In Needed Care For Patients Without Health Insurance The Philadelphia Inquirer on Monday, as part of a series titled "Falling Through: Casualties of the Health Insurance Crisis," examined how patients without health insurance often experience delays in needed care because of their coverage status. Group says more kids in South Carolina don't have health insurance A national health care advocacy group says more than 12 percent of South Carolina children have no health insurance. 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. Somervillle reps vote for mental health parity, against renting pets A new law requiring health insurance plans to provide full insurance benefits for four additional non-biologically-based mental health conditions including eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse and autism took effect last week. Health insurer stocks see sharper fall than market Managed care stocks took a steeper drop than broader market indexes Tuesday on a gloomy day for Wall Street. The largest health insurers saw their stock fall anywhere from nearly 4 percent to more than 7 percent during afternoon trading. Rendell urges Senate to take up health-insurance expansion HARRISBURG - In June, Gov. Rendell called on Senate Republican leaders to strike a deal on expanding health insurance for the uninsured before the end of the budget season. 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 ... Bupa launches workplace health initiative Bupa UK Health Insurance is introducing Bupa Positive Health to encourage more firms to create a healthy workplace after research found four out 10 employees are overweight. ... Resources for ?What Do I Do Now?? program To help you navigate the challenges of the economic downturn, here's a list of web sites, nonprofits, and public agencies in NYC and NJ that focus on unemployment, career services, mortgages and foreclosure, health insurance benefits, financial services and mental health. Aetna Recognized by the National Business Coalition on Health for Innovation HARTFORD, Conn.----The National Business Coalition on Health recognized Aetna yesterday with an eValue8? Innovation Award for the Aetna Integrated Health Solution? program at their annual conference. |


