News For: Managed Care health InsuranceJacobson Solutions Teams With HOV Services to Create Holistic Solutions for Managed Care and Health Insurance ... Jacobson Solutions - Healthcare Resources, an interim support division of The Jacobson Group, announces its partnership with Troy, Michigan-based HOV Services to provide comprehensive human capital and business process/knowledge process solutions to managed care and health insurance organizations. Health-care costs to rise in '09 Get ready to add ''health care'' to the list of things that probably will cost you more next year. A national survey released Wednesday reveals that 40 percent of companies say they're ''very likely'' or ''somewhat likely'' to increase the amount employees pay for their health insurance in 2009. Farm, Ranch Families Struggle With Rising Health Care Costs WASHINGTON ��� America���s farm and ranch families are paying top dollar for health insurance that inadequately covers their needs and causes them significant financial risk, according to a report released today from The Access Project and sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Study: Iowa's Health Care Costs Rose Higher than Wages Mason City, IA- A new study claims Iowa's health care costs are rising faster than its wages. Over the past eight years, Family USA has kept track of family health insurance premiums and what people make. The group found that premiums rose nearly four percent faster than earnings. Kaiser, Mid Atlantic top managed-care rankings Kaiser Permanente and Mid Atlantic Medical Services Inc. ranked highest in an annual report of managed-care insurers published yesterday by the Maryland Health Care Commission. Health insurance premiums up 5 percent, study finds Premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance rose a modest 5 percent this year, according to a nationwide survey released Wednesday morning -- numbers that are close to what South Florida employers are reporting. Early Glance: Managed Care companies NEW YORK Shares of some top managed care companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Aetna fell $.64 or 1.7 percent, to $36.15. CIGNA fell $.01 or percent, to $34.50. Health care premiums rise again; workers at smaller firms feel the pinch Premiums for job-based health insurance are up 5 percent in 2008 and have more than doubled since 1999, a growth rate that far outpaces inflation and the increase in workers' wages over the same period, according to an annual survey of employers. Meanwhile, a growing number of workers at smaller firms are getting less coverage for their money as health plans with high deductibles and fewer ... Health insurance costs grow more gradually in 2008 Health insurance premiums rose a modest 5 percent this year for coverage that's getting skimpier, researchers say. The 5 percent increase was comparable to last year's uptick. Overall, premiums for family coverage increased to $12,680 and premiums for single coverage increased to $4,704, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust. Employers pick up, ... Study: Wages not keeping up with health costs Feeling a bigger bite in your paycheck? Health insurance costs are a major culprit, according to a survey released Wednesday. |

