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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.

GCCC looks to revise health insurance options  In an effort to save money after a 44-percent increase over the last two years in health insurance premiums, a Garden City Community College committee is recommending that GCCC revise its Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan to include high- and low-level usage options.

County health plan changes draw union opposition  LISBON - Cost-saving changes in the county's employee health insurance plan has met with opposition from one group of employees, and other groups could follow.

Firms make workers pay more of health care costs  Roger Caplan, a Howard County small business owner, has always picked up the tab for his employees? health care coverage. But his health insurance costs have soared more than 25 percent over the past two years.

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.

Health insurance meeting  Washington County Commissioner John Grimes met Friday with representatives from AULTRA, the county's current health insurance provider, to discuss the switch to CEBCO, an insurance consortium that now includes 20 Ohio counties.

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.

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.

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 ...

Sick woman did not have bird flu, health officials say  A sick woman who had been under medical observation in Sukhothai province had ordinary influenza, not bird flu, health permanent secretary Prat Boonyawongvirote said yesterday.

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