10/12/2008 News For: Health Insurance TouristicState's health insurance enrollees up 9 percent HONOLULU _ The number of Hawaii residents receiving free health insurance from the state rose 9.1 percent in the past two months. State officials say the number could climb further as the economy deteriorates. 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. My Yahoo! Years, Part 2: Health Insurance and Workers Rights Without national health insurance, companies like Yahoo! use health insurance to chill free speech. You might ask why I stayed so long. For a while, it was that I believed in Yahoo! as a brand and as a company and then later, I just needed to have health insurance. Health insurance was later used as a bargaining chip during the layoffs. In this respect, Yahoo! wasn?t unusual, but it does point ... 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. I-155 seeks to expand kids' health insurance HELENA - Montana voters are being asked to support a measure to fund health insurance for up to an additional 30,000 children. Insurance studies planned CHICOPEE - Independent and internal studies analyzing the cost of providing health insurance to municipal employees and retirees will not be completed until next year. 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. 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. Health Insurance: Right, Responsibility or Privilege? According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 46 million American's don't have health insurance. Some people choose to be uninsured, but for a great many others, it's not a choice. |

