11/13/2008 News For: Regence Insurance WyomingAdvocacy group urges expansion of health insurance for children A national health care advocacy group reported Tuesday that more than 12 percent of South Carolina children have no health insurance. Should Lancaster Town Board Get Paid Not to Take Insurance? A Lancaster town board member has proposed doing away with a practice that pays members not to use the town's health insurance coverage. Currently, board members choose between a health benefits package worth $13,400; or, if they don't want or need insurance, a cash buyback worth $6,700. Syntel Tops List of Health Insurance BPO Providers TROY, Mich.----Syntel, Inc., a global IT and Knowledge Process Outsourcing company, was named the top-rated BPO provider to the health insurance industry by The Black Book of Outsourcing. Obama health plan to cost $75 billion: analysis President-elect Barack Obama's plans to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system would cost the federal government $75 billion the first year but would provide health insurance for 95 percent of Americans, consulting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers said on Wednesday. Point Pleasant man wins five-year, $40 fight with insurance company POINT PLEASANT -- A $40 medical bill might seem insignificant but Sam Juniper says his five-year battle over paying it was a matter of principle. AARP stops selling some UNH health insurance plans AARP, the advocacy group for older Americans, is voluntarily suspending sales of some of its niche health insurance plans after they came under scrutiny by a prominent member of the Senate Finance Committee. 2nd UPDATE: Sen Baucus Unveils Universal Health Insur Plan WASHINGTON -Dow Jones- U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus urged quick action on his plan to provide health insurance for all Americans through a new pooling arrangement intended to reduce health-care costs and expand access to Medicare and Medicaid. 4 Your Money: Buying Your Own Health Insurance The tough economy may be forcing you to cut back on your family's healthcare coverage, but it doesn't have to. CBS4's Gwen Belton shows you how you might benefit from a specific type of health insurance. Baucus unveils health care reform proposal HELENA - Montana's Sen. Max Baucus on Wednesday unveiled his proposals for reforming America's health care system, including expansions of government-funded programs and a requirement that everyone have or buy health insurance. Baucus unveils health-care reform plans UPDATED 4 p.m. : HELENA - Montana���s Sen. Max Baucus today unveiled his proposals for reforming America���s health care system, including a requirement that everyone have or buy health insurance and an expansion of government-funded programs like Medicare and Medicaid. |

