- Henry signs bill to expand health coverage - Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Gov. Brad Henry signed a pair of bills Monday designed to reduce the number of uninsured Oklahomans by increasing Medicaid eligibility for children and expanding a small business health insurance program. Dubbed the “All Kids ...
- CHIP crunch may arise - Altoona Mirror - Ed Rendell established Cover All Kids to expand health insurance coverage to children whose parents earn too much money to qualify for the state version, known as CHIP. The program now offers coverage to all children who don’t qualify for Medical ...
- Gov. Strickland wants Legislature to improve health insurance for kids - Canton Repository - COLUMBUS Dawn Snyder fears she will make too much money to get government health insurance for her 3-year-old son, yet not enough to pay for coverage on her own. Cody's cerebral palsy caused bleeding in his brain and seizures until he was about a ...
- Move to ban smoking in cars with kids advances - Philadelphia Daily News - TRENTON, N.J. - A proposal banning smoking in cars with kids inside advanced ... The measure was released by the Senate health committee Thursday afternoon and now ... would not receive points against their driver's licenses or face auto insurance ...
- State Watch | Oklahoma Governor Signs Two Bills To Increase Health ... - Kaisernetwork.org - ... measure (SB 424) expands income eligibility from 185% of the federal poverty level to 300% of the poverty level for a state program that provides assistance to parents to buy health insurance for their children. Under the law, known as the All Kids ...
- Cash for Kids’ Healthcare - Santa Barbara Independent - ... 14.1 percent of all underage county residents — lack insurance. And a 2006 study by the Campaign for Children’s Health ... being served— could be helped through the Healthy Kids Program, which is run by the Santa Barbara Regional Health ...
- READER’S VIEW: Children’s health should be a budget priority - Patriot Ledger - ... like preserving Medicaid coverage and enrolling more children in the State Children’s Health Insurance ... possible, fiscally feasible and a smart investment - it saves money and helps kids do better in school. Moreover, the right to health care is a ...
- Helmets: Basing laws on societal burdens should give pause to many - Lansing State Journal - Why isn't there a national health care so no one has to stay sick because they can't afford a doctor, and the health insurance ... Take some responsibility for yourself, or at least try to set a good example for your kids. Reader Comment Thu Jun 07 ...
- For parents: How to survive the summer - Lincoln Journal Star - Even good kids need parents who retain “instructional control,” said Pete Allman, mental health counselor in Lincoln. As kids get older ... check the car trunk to see if the spare tire is properly inflated and the glove box to make sure the insurance ...
- They labor to leave no child in our state behind - Seattle Post Intelligencer - But my hosannas go to the folks who toil unseen in places where, without their hands-on intervention, kids would ... to rightly receive applause for, among other things, signing the bill that will put affordable and comprehensive health insurance ...
- 'Pet Vet 3D' lets kids help heal sick African animals - USA Today - How cool would it be to work as a veterinarian in a national wildlife park in Africa and have a zebra as a patient? You can, if you play Viva-Media's new simulation Pet Vet 3D: Wild Animal Hospital. Pet Vet 3D: Wild Animal Hospital is an easy vet ...
- Snip-its Makes Summer Cooler for Kids & a Breeze for Parents - Forbes - Snip-its, America's fastest growing franchise of children's hair salons, launches its Summer Haircut Adventure, making summer cooler for kids all over the nation. As they are finishing up the school year and getting ready for summer fun, kids up to ...
- Move to ban smoking in cars with kids advances - Philadelphia Daily News - TRENTON, N.J. - A proposal banning smoking in cars with kids inside advanced easily Thursday after its sponsor told colleagues there are few things more dangerous than exposing children to secondhand smoke in confined spaces. The measure was released ...
- Conspicuous kids - World Magazine - If you've worked hard and been shrewd enough to make a lot of money, or if one of your ancestors did the same so that you inherited a lot of money, shouldn't you spend it any way you want? Christianity and secular conservatism offer different answers ...
- 'Surf’s Up' has little to offer kids - Baton Rouge Advocate - Surf’s Up, a computer-animated comedy about a little penguin with big dreams, takes an unconventional approach to kids’ comedy. But parents, rather than the little ones who are the primary audience for Surf’s Up, more likely will appreciate the ...
- Corvette Club car show proceeds go to help inner-city ministry for ... - Herald & Review - DECATUR - It's not often that the words "Chevy Corvette" and "underprivileged kids" get parked side by side in the same sentence. The Decatur-based Rolling Prairie Corvette Club isn't your average bunch of gearheads, however. They are, of course ...
- Check out the coolest summer toys - Detroit News - Once again, we found that the universal rule of kids and summer is that they love to get wet and messy! Here are some of the toys the group liked best. Their advice might help you choose some toys for outdoor fun this summer. Toy test faves Flytech ...
- Camps created for inventive kids - Northwest Herald - CRYSTAL LAKE – Children from across northwest Illinois will have the opportunity to create their own innovations this summer during Camp Invention at Indian Prairie Elementary School, The Camp Invention program aims to develop creativity and ...
- Kids' film fest hits Malco screens this summer - Memphis Commercial Appeal - For the ninth year in a row, Malco Theatres Inc. is hosting a "Kids' Summer Film Fest" to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The movies will be screened at 10 a.m. every Tuesday and Wednesday through Aug. 1 at select Malco theaters at the ...
- Kids' health care may get boost - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - WASHINGTON -- Pennsylvania stands to gain as much as $1.82 billion over the next five years if Congress reauthorizes a popular health insurance program for children at a higher funding level, according to a report released yesterday by Families USA ...
- Giuliani offers his health care plan - Newsday - WASHINGTON -- You've heard of "HillaryCare." Get ready for "RudyCare." Rudolph Giuliani is getting ready to unveil a proposal that he calls an antidote to Democratic plans for universal health care. His plan focuses instead on moving tens of millions ...
- APEC health ministers agree to share new bird flu strains - Herald Tribune - SYDNEY, Australia: Pacific Rim health ministers promised on Friday to share samples of new bird flu strains in a cooperative effort to safeguard humans from the deadly virus. The ministers, from the 21 member countries and territories of the Asia ...
- Pacific rim health ministers agree to share new strains of bird flu ... - MSN UK News - Pacific rim health ministers pledged Friday to share samples of fresh bird flu strains in a cooperative effort to beat the deadly virus. The ministers of the 21-member Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum reaffirmed their commitment to preparing ...
- Regulation of Rising Health Insurance Rates Passes Assembly - Forbes - Bill By Asm. Dave Jones is 'The Proposition 103 of Health Care' SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The California Assembly today approved a bill that would bring health insurers in line with other kinds of insurance in California ...
- Democrats aid education, health programs - Boston Online - WASHINGTON -- Democrats awarded big budget increases for education and health care and research as a House panel approved the largest domestic appropriations bill that Congress will consider this year. The $151.5 billion measure covering labor ...
- UnitedHealthcare and Adventist Midwest Health Reach New Multi-Year ... - Forbes - UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) company, and Adventist Midwest Health reached a new multi-year agreement, effective June 15, that provides UnitedHealthcare and United Behavioral Health members with access to Adventist Midwest Health ...
- Gay rights activists criticize Bush health nominee - Boston Online - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gay rights activists and a top Democratic presidential hopeful criticized President George W. Bush's surgeon general nominee for "anti-gay" writings on Thursday, but the White House defended him as well qualified. The Human ...
- Overcrowding 'hits inmate health' - BBC News - Dr Rayani said delays in treating inmates were partly caused by a shortage of prison officers to escort them to hospital. "Specialist services designed to deal with mental health and drug addiction problems are badly stretched to the point of being ...
- AACAP Applauds Senators Bingaman and Collins for Addressing National ... - Forbes - The legislation addresses the national shortage of children's mental health professionals including child and adolescent psychiatrists. The House version of the bill (H.R. 2073) was introduced in late April by Representative Patrick Kennedy (D-RI ...
- Giuliani Health Proposal Seeks Individual Coverage - Wall Street Journal - WASHINGTON -- Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, moving his presidential campaign beyond its signature issue of national security, is preparing to lay out a health-care plan that would mark a significant change in how health insurance is paid for ...
- Island Insurance gets credit rating - MSN MoneyCentral - A.M. Best Co., a rating agency that specializes in the insurance industry, has reaffirmed its "A" financial strength rating, and added another high rating on credit, for Island Insurance Co. Ltd. Privately held Honolulu-based Island Insurance, in ...
- Gene Tests 'To Make Insurance Pricier' - Sky.com - But a professor of biomedical ethics at the University of London has said the information may be misunderstood by firms who then drove up prices as a result. Writing in the British Medical Journal, Richard Ashcroft said: "It is important to note how ...
- Regulation of Rising Health Insurance Rates Passes Assembly - Forbes - Bill By Asm. Dave Jones is 'The Proposition 103 of Health Care' SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The California Assembly today approved a bill that would bring health insurers in line with other kinds of insurance in California ...
- Insurance can make sick travelers feel better - USA Today - He could have bought travel insurance. That's the bottom line in the case of Andrew Speaker, the tuberculosis-infected Atlanta lawyer whose scramble to get home from Europe last month touched off a global health scare. Higher-end travel insurance ...
- Falling Dollar insurance - MSN MoneyCentral - Frames are common today on many content rich web sites such as MSN Money. They are used to enhance page download time, site navigation and overall presentation of data leading to a superior user experience. Unfortunately, you will not be able to view ...
- New genetic tests era raises insurance fear - Guardian Unlimited - A new era of genetic testing would leave those who test positive for common serious illnesses open to discrimination from insurers, academics are warning. A catalogue of genetic markers for common illnesses have been revealed in recent weeks after a ...
- Report: Mich. auto insurers pile up profits, surpluses - Detroit News - Detroiters have long complained that they are forced to pay excessively high auto insurance bills. Insurance industry representatives say the higher rates are justified because there is more crime and more traffic in the city. Here's a look at the ...
- Court Hears Hurricane Insurance Case - MSN MoneyCentral - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - An insurance company lawyer argued to the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday that his client should not have to pay full policy limits for wind damage to a home destroyed mainly by flooding during Hurricane Ivan. Florida Farm ...
- King County man charged with killing young girl for insurance - Seattle Post Intelligencer - SEATTLE -- The firefighters who tried to save 3-year-old Ashley McLellan, unconscious after being pulled from a pool on a cold winter night in 2003, noticed something strange about her stepfather. He was calm, mostly dry, and never once asked them if ...
- Selective Insurance Group Announces Officer Appointments - PR Newswire - BRANCHVILLE, N.J., June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Selective Insurance Group, Inc. announced the following appointments by its subsidiary, Selective Insurance Company of America ("Selective"): Jeffrey F. Beck (Lafayette Hill, PA), to vice president ...
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