News For: Health Insurance Pre-Exsisting ContitionFinance Q&A: Job loss and health insurance Question: I just lost my job. What are the best options for preserving some form of health insurance? Answer: Don't confuse "best" with "affordable." One of the first lessons many unemployed people learn is how expensive health insurance really can be. Vallejo 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 Health insurance going up for Shreveport employees Associated Press - September 19, 2008 8:44 AM ET SHREVEPORT, La. - Health insurance costs are going up for many city workers in Shreveport. Health insurance going up for Shreveport employees SHREVEPORT, La. -- Health insurance costs are going up for many city workers in Shreveport. City administrator Tom Dark says that premiums will go up by almost 17 percent. Study shows ag families struggling with health care costs America's farm and ranch families are paying top dollar for health insurance that inadequately covers their needs and causes them significant financial risk, according to a report released last week by The Access Project. Retiree With Rare Debilitating Disease Fears Her Insurance More Than Her Illness "I have a very rare and incurable disease called systemic mastocytosis, which very few doctors even know about," said Juanita Anderson who resides in Los Angeles, California. "It has changed my life totally. I had to stop working last year when I was 62 and able to retire. My health insurance is very expensive and is taken out of my retirement check. County retirees to pay more for health insurance Former county employees looked on Tuesday as the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors voted to increase the amount some retirees pay for health insurance. Professor Co-Authors Critique of McCain Health Insurance Plan Results of Senator John McCain's proposed health insurance reforms will "tend to raise costs, reduce the generosity of benefits, and leave people with fewer consumer protections." Experts Debate shape of Health Reform ORLANDO -- Use tax credits to pay for health insurance policies? Cover everyone one way or another, including through insurance that federal employees get? Can there be any common agreement about how to reform healthcare in America? Uninsured? You're invited Area residents hamstrung by a lack of insurance might find relief at a health fair helping people apply for state-funded coverage. The event ��� sponsored by local health care organizations ��� will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Anthony Medical Center, 5717 S. Anthony Blvd. |

