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I-Team: Veteran Teacher Retires to Keep Health Insurance  As thousands of students head back to class, they will find that hundreds of in-demand, veteran teachers have left. More than 600 of the most experienced teachers in Clark County retired this year, choosing to leave because of a change in the state health insurance plan. Jonathan Humbert has one teacher's story at 5 & 6.

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.

Auto insurers revvin' up their rates  After two years of declines, car insurance rates in New York are climbing again. That's bad news for New York drivers, who already pay the second-highest premiums in the country and are dealing with sky-high gas prices.

Jeff Gerritt: Setting Insurance Rates: Credit Scoring or Gouging?  Insurance companies in Michigan no longer will be able to use customers' credit scores to set home and auto insurance premiums if a state Court of Appeals ruling stands. Reform advocates are happy, arguing that credit scoring is another way insurance companies discriminate against urban policy holders.

Decline in smoking rates flatlines; cancer group blames contraband cigarettes  TORONTO - Efforts to cut smoking rates among Canadians have stalled and the Canadian Cancer Society is blaming huge sales of cheap contraband cigarettes in this country.

Mental health group presenting program today  The National Alliance on Mental Illness in Sioux Falls will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Avera Behavioral Health Center, 4400 W. 69th St. NAMI is an education and support organization for individuals with a mental illness and their families. Ryan Hansen, administrative director for the Avera Institute for Human Behavioral Genetics, is the guest speaker. A support group will follow the program.

Uninsured pay $30 billion for health care: study   Americans who go without health insurance for any part of 2008 will spend $30 billion out of pocket for health care and they will get $56 billion worth of free care, according to a report released on Monday.

Adilabad, Andhra Pradesh, Aug 24 :Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy today said the Aarogyasri Health Insurance ...  Adilabad, Andhra Pradesh, Aug 24 :Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy today said the Aarogyasri Health Insurance Scheme being implemented in the State was benefitting a large section of the poor by helping them avail free treatment at corporate hospitals.

Radian Group expands its sales force   Radian Group Inc.'s mortgage insurance unit Radian Guaranty said Monday that it has recently added 11 new account managers as it works to increase its sales force by 30 percent this year.

Sector Snap: Insurance stocks fall, led by AIG   Shares of major insurance companies traded lower Monday, dragged down by bearish comments on American International Group Inc. and the fallout from Tropical Storm Fay.

Fla. denies claim for insurance rate boost  - Florida insurance regulators Monday rejected State Farm's request to boost rates by an average of 47.1 percent on its homeowners policies in the state.The Office of Insurance Regulation said State Farm failed to provide appropriate support for the rate increase it requested in July.

San Francisco Bay Area Insurance Agency of MassMutual Financial Group Expands to 100 Financial Services Agents to Meet ...   WALNUT CREEK, Calif.----The San Francisco Bay Area Insurance Agency LLC, a Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company General Agency, announced today that it has grown its roster of financial services agents to 100, spread between its Walnut Creek, San Francisco, Roseville and Fremont offices.

Uninsured to pay $30bn for health  WASHINGTON: Americans who go without health insurance for any part of 2008 will spend $30bn out of pocket for health care and they will get $56bn worth of free care, according to a report released yesterday.

SAN MARCOS: Board to advance retiree health benefits financing plan  SAN MARCOS ---- The San Marcos Unified School District is moving forward with a plan to invest money from bonds it plans to sell in January so it can use the interest to pay off both the bond and future retiree health insurance bills. Assistant Super

Uninsured spend $30 billion out of pocket for health care  Americans who lack health insurance for any part of 2008 will spend $30 billion out of pocket for health services and receive $56 billion in uncompensated care while uninsured. Government programs pay for about three-quarters, or roughly $43 billion, of the uncompensated care bill, researchers report in today's Web Exclusive edition of Health Affairs. The researchers define uncompensated care as ...