10/12/2008 News For: Health Insurance Tulare CountyComprehensive Health Insurance Coverage Estimates by County Released The U.S. Census Bureau released the most extensive estimates it has ever published on county-level demographic characteristics of people with and without health insurance coverage. Health Insurance numbers released by census bureau It?s an important issue to many here in the east; health insurance. When it comes to who has it and who doesn?t, some counties here in the east are faring better than others. 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 ... 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. Census figures say 32% in Harris Co. lack health care The oft-quoted statistic that one in three Harris County residents lacks health insurance gained further credence this week with new county-by-county census figures. Waukesha seminar to focus on reducing health insurance costs "How to Save 6 Percent on Your Health Insurance" will be the theme of an upcoming seminar to be presented by the Save On Health Care Business Alliance of the Waukesha County Chamber of Commerce. 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. 3 charged with health care fraud Federal prosecutors announced health care fraud charges Thursday against a Miami Beach chiropractor and two Broward County residents accused of defrauding insurance firms out of $3 million in payments for unnecessary medical services. 20 percent of Coloradans lack health insurance Nearly one in five Coloradans has no health insurance, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released today, and among Hispanics it is more than one in three. Rate of medically uninsured lower in Mesa County Mesa County residents lack health insurance at a rate lower than every Western Slope county and most of the counties across Colorado, according to Census data released Thursday. |

