| Search 1) News For: Leading Health Care Insurance Companies Corzine urges U.S. to create universal health care system WASHINGTON -- Gov. Jon S. Corzine urged the federal government Thursday to create a system in which all Americans have health insurance, equating universal health care to a moral responsibility for lawmakers. October 1 Conference on Health Care Costs and Insurance The cost of health care and health insurance in Maine will be the focus of a statewide conference on Wednesday, October 1 sponsored by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and the Maine Health Management Coalition. Health insurance outpacing income WASHINGTON Wisconsin workers who have trimmed family budgets to pay health insurance premiums already know the costs have risen, but they may be shocked to learn by how much. Search 2) News For: Leading Health Care Insurance Companies Bi-Partisan Burgess Health Care Bills Headed To House Floor, USA Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. R-TX announced that two bi-partisan bills he helped write to improve health care passed out of committee and now head to the House floor. Votes are expected by the full House of Representatives in the next few weeks. The first bill, the Physician Workforce and Graduate Medical Education Enhancement Act H.R. Children's Health Care Coverage Awareness With school back in session cold and flu germs spread like wildfire. A doctor visit is often needed for sick kids but if the parents don't have health insurance that treatment is often missed. But LeAnn Wallace reports health care for kids is obtained more easily than many parents know. Valley officials discuss future of health care Nearly 200 health-care officials from across the Valley agree that the U.S. needs universal health insurance, standardized electronic medical records and a new way to structure health care costs. ND Insurance Commissioner Says AIG Companies OK North Dakota`s insurance commissioner says the AIG insurance companies that do business here are running normally. Adam Hamm says AIG has 20 property and casualty insurers licensed to do business in North Dakota. There are 11 life and health insurance companies. Search 3) News For: Leading Health Care Insurance Companies Rising health insurance costs outpace income WASHINGTON -- Wisconsin workers who have trimmed family budgets to pay health insurance premiums already know the costs have risen, but they may be shocked to learn by how much. Health insurer reenters R.I. market Tufts Health Plan, which left the state in 1999 following a price war, has gained approval to begin offering medical insurance to Rhode Island residents. Insurance is fastest growing expense for employers Add one more certainty to the list: Not only are death and taxes inevitable, so is the rising cost of health insurance.According to the National Coalition on Health Care, total national expenditures rose 6.1 percent in 2007. |

