10/12/2008 News For: Health Insurance With Maternity CoverageCounty 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. 50,000 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. Employer-sponsored insurance coverage continues to slide The number of Californians covered by health insurance provided through their employer continues its slide. 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. 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. 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. 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. Bill could lengthen insurance coverage Penn State students -- among other Pennsylvanians -- currently without health insurance could soon be covered under a new bill proposed by Sen. Jake Corman. 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. Many Floridians lack health insurance, study says Almost one-third of people under 65 in Miami-Dade and one-fourth in Broward lacked health insurance in 2005, according to Census Bureau figures. |


