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More join state plan on health  Nine communities and other municipal groups, including some in this area, have decided to join the state group health insurance plan this month, bringing to 23 the number that have taken the option in the two years since it was permitted.

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.

County beats state in health insurance  Health insurance costs are going up, and services are being cut, but Montgomery County compares well when it comes to the number of people who have medical coverage.

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.

Senators Propose Bill To Require Employers To Disclose Amount Spent On Health Insurance Premiums For Employees  A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday proposed a bill to require employers that offer health insurance to disclose to employees the amount spent on their premiums, CQ Today reports. Under the legislation -- sponsored by Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus D-Mont.

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.

More in El Paso lack health insurance  EL PASO -- The number of El Pasoans without health insurance coverage rose by 3.3 percent between 2000 and 2005, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released Thursday.

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.

Proposed Law To Secure Insurance For Ill Students  On Sept. 25, the United States Senate approved Michelle's Law H.R. 2851, which would allow college students who have serious illnesses to take up to a year medical leave without being dropped by their parents' insurance. "If you get diagnosed with cancer as a college kid, the last thing you want to think about is choosing between losing your health insurance and getting the right treatment," ...

1 in 5 in state lacked health coverage in '05, data say  About one in five Arizonans overall and one in three Hispanic residents lacked health insurance in 2005, according to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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