11/12/2008 News For: Health Insurance MdipaStudy:Individual Health Insurance Premiums Average $158/Month A new study shows that half of all individual health insurance policyholders paid less than $130 a month for coverage, according to eHealth Inc. EHTH, parent company of eHealthInsurance. Health care reform: You could get cash for health insurance ������ Utah lawmakers want to allow your employer to put pre-tax cash in your pocket and let you shop for your own health insurance plan. Weymouth unions, town have deal on joining state health insurance plan Weymouth officials and unionized employees have reached a tentative agreement to move into the state health insurance program, a move that is expected to save about $6 million a year. New Study Shows Half of Individual Health Insurance Policy Holders Paid Less Than $130 per Month eHealth, Inc., parent company of eHealthInsurance, today announced the release of a new study on the individual health insurance market. The findings appear in The Cost And Benefits Of Individual And Family Health Insurance Plans, a commissioned evaluation of eHealth Inc.'s data conducted by Forrester Consulting. Syntel Tops List of Health Insurance BPO Providers TROY, Mich.----Syntel, Inc., a global IT and Knowledge Process Outsourcing company, was named the top-rated BPO provider to the health insurance industry by The Black Book of Outsourcing. Philadelphia 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. AARP stops selling some UNH health insurance plans AARP, the advocacy group for older Americans, is voluntarily suspending sales of some of its niche health insurance plans after they came under scrutiny by a prominent member of the Senate Finance Committee. 2nd UPDATE: Sen Baucus Unveils Universal Health Insur Plan WASHINGTON -Dow Jones- U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus urged quick action on his plan to provide health insurance for all Americans through a new pooling arrangement intended to reduce health-care costs and expand access to Medicare and Medicaid. Union officials balk at insurance change Negotiations between selectmen and a committee representing the town's labor unions about joining the state's health insurance pool for next fiscal year could falter again. |

