10/12/2008 News For: Health Insurance With Maternity Care50,000 in county had no health insurance Nearly 50,000 people under the age of 65 living in Anne Arundel County in 2005 did not have health insurance, giving it one of the lowest percentages of uninsured populations in the state, according to new figures released from the Census Bureau. 50,000 in county had no health insurance The new Small Area Health Insurance Estimates released yesterday showed a little more than 11 percent of county residents went without health insurance that year, and most of them were living well below the poverty line. Fewer Florida workers have health insurance The number of Floridians covered by health insurance provided through their employer continues its slide. SNAPSHOTS AROUND AMERICA: Cheaper care is across border Lacking health insurance for herself, Ivonne Moreno of El Paso, Texas, crosses the border to Mexico to find cheaper doctor visits and prescriptions. It's hardly an ideal solution to the challenges of being a single mother with two teenagers. Health insurance coverage dwindling The Carolinas are losing employer-based health insurance at a faster rate than nearly any other state in the country, according to a study released Thursday. Nationally, the health insurance that covers most Americans has declined for seven years in a row, according to the Washington-based Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan, nonprofit that studies issues affecting working families. About ... 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. Study: Health insurance bills outpace earnings The cost of health insurance premiums for Connecticut families whose coverage was provided through the workplace rose more than eight times faster than their earnings between 2000 and 2007, according to a new report. 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. Pennsylvania Governor Urges Support For Health Care Expansion Proposal Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell D in a letter sent to state Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi R on Monday urged action on compromise legislation to expand health insurance coverage to the uninsured, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Fahy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/7. Rendell last week proposed two alternative funding mechanisms for a scaled-down version of his proposal. Rendell may lose fight to retain health cost council He extended panel's life to Nov. 30, but state Senate has failed to reauthorize it. The agency that tracks the cost and quality of health care across Pennsylvania once again faces a shutdown as a result of a medical insurance dispute between Gov. Ed Rendell and Senate Republicans. |


