11/11/2008 News For: Health Insurance s In Florida4 Your Money: Buying Your Own Health Insurance The tough economy may be forcing you to cut back on your family's healthcare coverage, but it doesn't have to. CBS4's Gwen Belton shows you how you might benefit from a specific type of health insurance. State Helps Unemployed Find Health Insurance The increasingly rocky economy and the higher state unemployment rate have pushed Tennessee to expand one of its health insurance programs. Workers who have lost their jobs now have a reasonable option for health insurance. GCCC looks to revise health insurance options In an effort to save money after a 44-percent increase over the last two years in health insurance premiums, a Garden City Community College committee is recommending that GCCC revise its Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan to include high- and low-level usage options. New health insurance program not filling up as expected CAMBRIDGE ? The state?s new health insurance subsidy program for small businesses has not yet filled to capacity, despite early predictions from policymakers that the program would quickly run out of money. City Workers May Have to Pay More for Insurance var nopreviewimage = "1"; if nopreviewimage == ""{ document.write' '; document.write' '; document.write' '; } The woman keeping an eye on Bethlehem's bottom line says she knows how the city could save some big bucks. Controller Meg Holland is proposing increasing the amount of money city employees contribute to their health insurance. She says the move could save Bethlehem about ... Doctors Need Insurance For New Mental Capacity Assessments Warns Medical Defence Union, UK Doctors who assess the mental capacity of mental health patients must have insurance against any liabilities that may arise, under new legislation which has just come into force. The UK's leading medical defence organisation, the Medical Defence Union MDU says the regulations mean that doctors who are reliant on discretionary indemnity will not be eligible to carry out these assessments. Racial health gap draws experts to Minnesota ST. PAUL, Minn. - National experts gather in Prior Lake this week to focus on a stubborn racial health gap in one of the nation's healthiest states. Minorities in Minnesota face greater odds of dying from violence, diabetes and heart disease and less chance of having health insurance. West Palm Beach 3-year-old shot in head, dies A 3-year-old was shot in the head Monday night in what initial reports indicated was an accident. The boy later died at St. Mary's Medical Center, WPTV-Ch. 5 said. Doctors Study Repatriation of Uninsured The American Medical Association?s House of Delegates voted Monday to undertake a study of the practice, which has been examined by The New York Times in two recent reports. Magee admits privacy breach in whistleblower filing Attorneys for Magee-Womens Hospital filed documents available on the Internet that included the names and confidential medical information of several patients, in what hospital officials called an inadvertent violation of federal law. |


