10/12/2008 News For: Health Insurance Top PlansFewer Florida workers have health insurance The number of Floridians covered by health insurance provided through their employer continues its slide. Employees 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. Pa. health-care battle shows states struggle alone When Gov. Ed Rendell first proposed an ambitious plan to expand subsidized health insurance to uninsured Pennsylvania adults, he wanted the state to step into a void left by the federal government's failure to act. Health coverage dwindling INDIANAPOLIS -- A new report provides grist for a gubernatorial health policy debate Monday: Indiana fares better than most states when it comes to employer-provided health insurance, but the percentage of Hoosiers who are covered is dropping. Analyst says organ donors should get lifelong medical insurance SINGAPORE: On the issue of legalising non?related living organ donation, one health policy analyst has suggested providing free medical insurance for organ donors and to only allow donations from Singaporeans for a start. bWell International?s Launches New Online Health Plan Forecaster Users can purchase health plans directly through eHealthInsurance.com. bWell-informed Health Plan Forecaster, a free health insurance comparison resource for individuals offered by bWell International New Yorkhas gone live. Children left behind on health care The Hulse family staggered into North Georgia in January with $630 and hope for better times. Gary Hulse had lost his plumbing job in Arkansas, and the family had lost their home there. After arriving in Georgia, Melissa Hulse applied for Medicaid health insurance coverage for her four children. Three were accepted. But Avery, who has juvenile diabetes, wasn't approved ? the result of ... Some health insurance abbreviations FSA: Flexible spending account; pre-tax fund for medical expenses. HSA: Health savings account; tax-free fund, accompanied by a high-deductible health plan, generally set up through employee contributions otherwise paid as monthly premiums. HMO: Health maintenance organization; health plans in which people see network providers through a primary care physician. POS: Point of service plan; more ... 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. Law Firms Face Health Insurance Discrimination, Says Benefits Expert Jim Edholm Despite their white-collar stature, law firms may face "health insurance discrimination," says Jim Edholm, President, Business Benefits Insurance, a leading employee benefits planning firm based in Andover, Mass. |

