Missouri Child Health Insurance

Thousands of California children in danger of losing health insurance  Thousands of Californian children are in danger of losing health insurance, indicating the failure of the state's promising strides toward extending medical coverage to all its children, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday. Increased premiums for low-income families are expected to put the program out of reach for many and a new insurance policy is also expected to cut enrollees, the paper ...

Survey finds lower health-insurance rate rise for '09  Planned premium rate increases for health insurance in 2009 will exceed the government's official rate of inflation, but will be lower than premium increases in recent years, according to a new national study.

Negrenses assured of affordable health insurance  INDIGENT families in Negros Oriental are assured of an affordable health insurance program through the Provincial Health Insurance of Negros Oriental Phino, which addresses the high cost of medical treatment and healthcare.

3 more in SW Missouri charged with child endangerment  3 more in SW Missouri charged with child endangerment

Feds give Mass. fifth health insurance waiver  BOSTON -- The federal government has granted Massachusetts a fifth extension in negotiations aimed at continuing the state's new universal health care law.

Additional 439,000 Massachusetts Residents Insured Since 2006 Enactment Of Universal Health Insurance Law, Report Finds  An additional 439,000 Massachusetts residents have obtained health insurance since June 2006, when the state began mandating that all residents have health coverage, according to a report by the state Division of Health Care Finance and Policy released on Tuesday, the Boston Globe reports.

'Our health care system ... is extremely messed up'  KETTERING — Hers is a typical story in America these days: a working mom with no health insurance who makes too much to qualify for government assistance but not enough to afford a health plan.

GREAT DEBATE ON HEALTH CARE  Mason and Janice Gray are in the same sinking boat with a lot of people. The Bay City husband and wife are among an estimated 11,313 residents without health insurance in Bay County, about 10 percent of the population.

Sky's the limit for explosive Missouri wideout Maclin  Pitchin' Paul Christman? Johnny Roland? Roger Wehrli?Jeremy Maclin's face is blank. He turns 20 on Tuesday, and Missouri football as the Tigers sophomore wide receiver knows it dates back no more than a decade or so -- well beyond the days when the program's greatest, most famous players were on the field.

State's outlay on health soars  Money spent for employers that had 50 or more workers use publicly supported health insurance programs increased by more than $75 million for fiscal 2007, according to the most recent available data.

Masons hold child ID program   One word summed up why Maryann, the mother of 6-year-old Abby, decided to bring her daughter down Saturday afternoon to the MOCHIP Missouri Child Identification Program event, booth on the east side of the Neosho Square in the IOOF building: Safety.

Hulshof, Nixon disagree on health of economy  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gubernatorial candidates Kenny Hulshof and Jay Nixon both said Friday that a better trained work force would be a key part of their efforts to expand Missouri’s economy. But they disagree on how healthy that economy is.

County offers health clinics, screenings  The La Crosse County Health Department offers a number of clinics and screenings every month, including the following. For more information about any of the services or to make an appointment, call 785-9723:

Legal Services of Eastern Missouri gets $150K Mo. Foundation for Health grant  Legal Services of Eastern Missouri said Wednesday it has received a three-year, $150,000 grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health.

County budget cuts to begin, fuel and insurance adding to crunch  Fuel and insurance costs, employee pay raises ¿ and one very large rent increase ¿ are among the reasons Vanderburgh County¿s chief budget writer now calls a zero-growth 2009 the impractical dream. ¿It¿s not impossible, but it¿s not possible without firing personnel,¿ County Council Finance Chairman James Raben said after spending weeks poring over the 194-page fiscal plan in preparation for ...