| Search 1) News For: Metroplus Health Insurance 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. Experts debate shape of health reform Use tax credits to pay for health insurance policies? Cover everyone one way or another, including through insurance that federal employees get? Can there be any common agreement about how to reform healthcare in America? Health insurance co-pays imposed WORCESTER - As part of City Manager Michael V. O'Brien's ongoing effort to reduce the city's health insurance costs, he is implementing some co-payment changes for those municipal employees who are members of Local 495, National Association of Government Employees. What are health insurance options after job loss? Q: I just lost my job. What are the best options for preserving some form of health insurance? A: Don't confuse "best" with "affordable." One of the first lessons many unemployed people learn is how expensive health insurance really can be. If you're lucky,... Health savings accounts expand as care costs rise When workers throughout the country get the chance to make changes to their health insurance coverage this fall, some may find that their employer is offering a new option: health savings accounts. Headache for some, insurance for all For the first time in the history of Simpson College, it is now required of every attending student to have health insurance. Free Health Clinic Now Open Wednesday Evenings WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. WGHP – People who need health care, but have no insurance, now have another opportunity to get medical help. Starting tonight, a free clinic, staffed by Wake Forest University medical students and licensed physicians will be open by appointment only Wednesday evenings from 6-9 p.m. The clinic is at 2135 New Walkertown Road. Julie Luck reports to schedule an appointment, ... Health panel: BOSTON -- Members of the state's health insurance board said that proposed additions to mandates for minimum health coverage will likely not be implemented by the original Jan. 1, 2009 timetable. However, the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority moved closer to requiring health plans to provide prescription-drug coverage for Search 2) News For: Metroplus Health Insurance 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. 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. |


