10/12/2008 News For: Health Insurance Toledo OhioEmployees reject state health insurance plan Braintree employees have turned down the opportunity to participate in a state-run health insurance plan starting in the summer of 2009. Fewer Americans get health cover through employers Three million fewer Americans under the age of 65 received health insurance through employers in 2007 than in 2000, according to a report from the Economic Policy Institute in Washington. Study: NC children are losing health insurance A new report by the Washington-based Economic Policy Institute shows North Carolina workers are losing employer-based health insurance at a greater rate than all but one other U.S. state. 440,000 insured under state's health reform law About 440,000 Massachusetts residents who were uninsured now have health insurance, according to a report issued by the agency created under the state's health care reform law. Pa. health-care battle shows states struggle alone HARRISBURG, Pa. - It has been nearly two years since Gov. Ed Rendell first proposed an ambitious plan to expand subsidized health insurance to uninsured Pennsylvania adults. Pine Belt lags state in health coverage A higher percentage of Pine Belt residents don't have health insurance compared to all Mississippians, according to data released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau. BCAA backs away from plan for private health insurance The B.C. Automobile Association has cancelled plans to offer its 800,000 members private insurance policies for speedy medical treatment in the United States or in private clinics in B.C. if they faced lengthy waits in the public health-care system. Rural counties lag in health coverage Study finds places like Hamilton County have more uninsured adults Health insurance is tough to get in rural New York.Nearly 30 percent of Hamilton County residents under 65 do not have health insurance, the worst rate in the state according to a report from the U.S. Census. New York's rural counties, in general, have the highest percentage of uninsured adults, according to a study released ... Census Bureau Releases Comprehensive Health Insurance Coverage Estimates by County The U.S. Census Bureau today released the most extensive estimates it has ever published on county-level demographic characteristics of people with and without health insurance coverage. Health insurance funds well placed, Roxon told Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon says she is not aware of any Australian health insurance funds with extensive exposure to the problems in international financial markets. |

