11/13/2008 News For: Health Insurance s In Miami AreaStudy:Individual Health Insurance Premiums Average $158/Month A new study shows that half of all individual health insurance policyholders paid less than $130 a month for coverage, according to eHealth Inc. EHTH, parent company of eHealthInsurance. Stateline Area Health News in Brief The blood drive is being held for the Rock River Valley Blood Center, which provides blood for Beloit Memorial Hospital, Rockford Memorial Hospital, SwedishAmerican Hospital, OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center and other area health providers. Poll Shows Baucus Individual Mandate To Buy Health Insurance Unpopular Consumer Watchdog countered Senator Max Baucus' D-MT contention that the mandatory purchase of health insurance was popular with Americans by pointing to a poll showing that voters overwhelmingly reject requiring proof of private health insurance when they are told they might have to pay some of the premium costs. 4 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. Quick takes on health: Women's health; male incontinence; insurance for the family Women's health is the focus of a Nov. 17 event in Canandaigua, including heart health, de-stressing and menopause. A urologist speaks on urinary incontinence that can result in men after prostate cancer treatment Get free help enrolling in Family Health Plus, Child Health Plus, Healthy New York or Medicaid Managed Care. Before scraping old paint, learn how to work lead-safe to avoid health ... Nigeria: Obama Seeks Health Insurance for All The concept of expanding eligibility for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programme SCHIP to cover more families and workers is probably the highlight of the Obama health package. 2nd UPDATE: Sen Baucus Unveils Universal Health Insur Plan WASHINGTON -Dow Jones- U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus urged quick action on his plan to provide health insurance for all Americans through a new pooling arrangement intended to reduce health-care costs and expand access to Medicare and Medicaid. Health care group to discuss uninsured S.C. children COLUMBIA, S.C. - A national health care advocacy group says more than 12 percent of South Carolina children have no health insurance, an increase from previous years and the 13th-highest rate in the nation. AHIP Statement on Senator Baucus' Health Care Reform Proposal Karen Ignagni, President and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans AHIP, today issued the following statement in response to the new health care reform proposal released by U.S. Senator Max Baucus: Nigeria: Commnual Crisis - Health Ministry Donates Drugs to Victims The donation of drugs and other medical items by the Federal Ministry of Health to victims of the Ikot Akpan Udo community in Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State and Amazaba people of Eastern Obolo communal crisis has been described as not only kind, but also a timely intervention. |


