| Search 1) News For: Individual Health Plan Tennessee Alabama initiates new health care plan Alabama���s high obesity rate has once again placed the state in the negative spotlight. The Alabama State Employees��� Insurance Board recently received national attention for its new health insurance program, which media have dubbed a ���fat tax���. Outlets like FOXNews.com falsely state the plan will charge state employees an extra $25 a month if they don���t visit the doctor for a check-up. ... Economists Take Critical View of Health Plans WASHINGTON -- John McCain's health plan won't lower the ranks of the uninsured. Barack Obama's fails to curb the soaring cost of health care, meaning initial gains in helping more people buy health insurance would eventually be undermined. Public hearing on government-health-plan bill set Thursday CHAMPAIGN ��� Are you disgruntled about not being able to afford health insurance? Or not being able to afford medical care even when you do have insurance? Here's your chance to tell your legislators what you think of a proposal to provide health care for everyone in Illinois through a government-sponsored, single-payer insurance plan. A public hearing on the Health Care for All Illinois Act ... Tennessee judge rules against Cat in health insurance case Caterpillar Inc. must stop deducting health insurance premiums from the pensions of some of its retirees and spouses, a federal judge in Tennessee ruled Tuesday. South-side gathering explores health plan Finding opportunities to stay active, buy affordable medication and arrange transportation to medical care are some of Wyline Gardner's health-related concerns for Polk County. Professor Co-Authors Critique of McCain Health Insurance Plan Results of Senator John McCain's proposed health insurance reforms will "tend to raise costs, reduce the generosity of benefits, and leave people with fewer consumer protections." CAT Says It Will Appeal Health Insurance Decision Caterpillar says it will appeal a retiree health insurance decision. A federal judge in Tennessee ruled that Cat must stop deducting health insurance premiums of some of its retirees and spouses. Lawmakers' session for N.C. health plan not likely RALEIGH - The General Assembly probably won't need a special session to deal with an ailing health insurance program for state employees and retirees and their dependents, legislative leaders said Monday. The head of the North Carolina State Health Plan presented data to a legislative oversight committee showing it's projected to lose between $264 million and $281 million during the ... Reports criticize Obama, McCain health plans Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's health care plan would cost too much and create more regulation, while Republican John McCain's plan would leave 60 million Americans without health insurance and reduce coverage, experts said on Tuesday. Economists critique candidates' health plans John McCain's health plan won't lower the ranks of the uninsured. Barack Obama's fails to curb the soaring cost of health care, meaning initial gains in helping more people buy health insurance would eventually be undermined. That's the assessment of health care economists who critiqued the plans of the two presidential candidates. The critiques, published in the journal Health Affairs on ... |

