News For: Health Insurance Plans MichiganVallejo Chamber offers health insurance help The Vallejo Chamber of Commerce has joined other local chambers in offering a new small business health insurance option. Ben-E-Lect can save small businesses money by offering a relatively low-cost, high-deductible plan, an especially important thing in the present Shreveport raising workers' health insurance costs Most Shreveport's 2,500 city workers and many retirees will see their health insurance costs go up by the end of the year. Baucus pledges push on health insurance costs Sen. Max Baucus pledged a renewed push for medical reform Wednesday on the heels of a report showing that the cost of health insurance premiums in Montana rose 5 1/2 times faster than income since 2000. Alta docs call on new Health Services Board to communicate pandemic plans EDMONTON - The organization representing Alberta's doctors and medical students says it needs regular communication from the province's new Health Services Board about preparations for an influenza pandemic. What are health insurance options after job loss? Q: I just lost my job. What are the best options for preserving some form of health insurance? Skarupa Named President of Insurance Claims Processor PGBA Michael J. Skarupa, who has more than 29 years of experience in the health insurance industry, has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of insurance claims processor PGBA, LLC, a subsidiary of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina. AMA board member pushes for insurance reform WATERLOO --- A member of the American Medical Association board of trustees gave his prescription for what he says is an ailing health care system that leaves millions of American uninsured. What are health insurance options after job loss? Q: I just lost my job. What are the best options for preserving some form of health insurance? A: Don't confuse "best" with "affordable." One of the first lessons many unemployed people learn is how expensive health insurance really can be. Candidates and health care John McCain and Barack Obama both want to give Americans greater access to quality health care. The two presidential candidates, however, have very different philosophies on how to do it.McCain focuses on making health insurance more affordable as a way to increase the number of people who could get it; he does this by taking a market-based approach to health care, promoting competition among ... Health Highlights: Sept. 20, 2008 Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: |

