| Search 1) News For: Health Insurance Minnesota New Jersey Health insurance companies rife with wasteful spending, hospital group leader says Wasteful spending by health insurance companies is helping to drive up the cost of health care in the state, the head of the Massachusetts Hospital Association said Friday. ���The administrative costs of health care companies are huge,��� Lynn Nicholas, president and chief executive of the hospital group, told a dozen people assembled at the Metro South Chamber of Commerce. Economists take critical view of candidates' health plans WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain's health plan won't lower the ranks of the uninsured. Sen. Barack Obama's fails to curb the soaring cost of health care, meaning initial gains in helping more people buy health insurance would eventually be undermined. The Truth About McCain And Insurance Taxes Would John McCain really tax health insurance benefits, as one of Barack Obama's ads alleges? Is Sarah Palin as oil-savvy as she says? Wyatt Andrews has a Reality Check. Economists take critical view of health plans John McCain's health plan won't lower the ranks of the uninsured. Barack Obama's fails to curb the soaring cost of health care, meaning initial gains in helping more people buy health insurance would eventually be undermined. That's the assessment of health care economists who critiqued the plans of the two presidential candidates. The critiques, published in the journal Health Affairs on ... Economists criticize candidates��� health plans Mon, Sep 15, 2008 9:33 p.m. John McCain's health plan won't lower the ranks of the uninsured. Barack Obama's fails to curb the soaring cost of health care, meaning initial gains in helping more people buy health insurance would eventually be undermined. Norwalk Furniture stops insurance for many employees Norwalk Furniture stopped paying for insurance for most employees Sept. 2, but as of today had not notified workers they are without health insurance. HHS Secretary Declares Public Health Emergency For Louisiana Following Hurricane Ike's Landfall HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt declared a public health emergency to ensure that individuals, including those enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program SCHIP in Louisiana, continue to receive their health care items and services. The declaration follows one made on Thursday to cover Texas. Search 2) News For: Health Insurance Minnesota New Jersey Insurance exec J. Patrick Rooney dies at 80 INDIANAPOLIS - Insurance executive J. Patrick Rooney, who pioneered the marketing of medical savings accounts and briefly ran for governor of Indiana, has died, his attorney said Monday. Rooney was 80. Hospital Settles Charges of Overbilling Staten Island University Hospital has agreed to return $88.9 million that prosecutors say it fraudulently obtained from government health insurance programs. Teacher health care changes, not ends during strike Despite rumors to the contrary, no members of the Souderton Area Education Association SAEA have lost or will lose their health insurance coverage during the current work stoppage, school district negotiator Jeffrey Sultanik said Thursday. |

