News For: Medigap Quotes AARP Health InsuranceFinance Q&A: Job loss and health insurance Question: I just lost my job. What are the best options for preserving some form of health insurance? Answer: Don't confuse "best" with "affordable." One of the first lessons many unemployed people learn is how expensive health insurance really can be. Vallejo Chamber offers health insurance help The Vallejo Chamber of Commerce has joined other local chambers in offering a new small business health insurance option. Ben-E-Lect can save small businesses money by offering a relatively low-cost, high-deductible plan, an especially important thing in the present City insurance pool deadline approaches Saturday, September 20 PITTSFIELD — City officials and the Public Employees Committee representing 17 municipal unions have one more shot at Pittsfield joining the state's Group Insurance Commission — and saving millions in health insurance premiums. Shreveport raising workers' health insurance costs Most Shreveport's 2,500 city workers and many retirees will see their health insurance costs go up by the end of the year. Study shows ag families struggling with health care costs 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 last week by The Access Project. Nine carriers bid to offer Cover Florida health insurance Gov. Charlie Crist announced Thursday the state has received nine bid proposals from private health care insurance providers seeking to offer Cover Florida health insurance policies to Florida’s 3.8 million uninsured residents. County residents left without health insurance CARLSBAD — A backlog of health insurance applications for Insure New Mexico has left 266 Eddy County residents without the health insurance coverage they expected to receive. Columbus-Based Physicians' Assurance Enrolling First Customers for Group Health Insurance The Physicians' Assurance Corp. TPAC, a provider of employee group health insurance owned and operated by local medical leaders in Columbus, Ohio, began enrolling policyholders this summer. Retiree With Rare Debilitating Disease Fears Her Insurance More Than Her Illness "I have a very rare and incurable disease called systemic mastocytosis, which very few doctors even know about," said Juanita Anderson who resides in Los Angeles, California. "It has changed my life totally. I had to stop working last year when I was 62 and able to retire. My health insurance is very expensive and is taken out of my retirement check. Baucus pledges push on health insurance costs Sen. Max Baucus pledged a renewed push for medical reform Wednesday on the heels of a report showing that the cost of health insurance premiums in Montana rose 5 1/2 times faster than income since 2000. |


