11/11/2008 News For: Health Insurance Maryland Low Income4 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 kids 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 ... WPS Health Insurance Improves The Claims Experience With Cincom Eloquence Worldwide software provider Cincom Systems announces that WPS Health Insurance, one of Wisconsin's largest health insurers, has successfully implemented Cincom Eloquence document automation software and is now realizing significant improvements in the speed, quality and relevancy of correspondence to its over nine million customers. State 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. National Health High Risk Pool Association Available to Discuss Role of Pools in President Elect Obamas Health Care ... The National Association of State Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans 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. Maryland doctors group questions CareFirst reimbursement cuts MedChi, Maryland?s medical society, said Oct. 28 that the CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield reimbursement cuts slated to take effect by Dec. 31 could limit access to health care in state. 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. More than 2 Million Children with Insured Parents Are Uninsured; Most Are Low Or Middle Income Some 2.3 million children a year, mostly from low- to middle-income families, have no health care coverage to pay for preventive or other medical needs, even though at least one of their parents is insured. 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. ... |

