| Children's insurance eased The Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program provides health, dental and eye insurance to children under 19 in families with low income. The program's looking for participants. Insurance Company Putting Up Naked Statues LOS ANGELES -- Blue Shield of California is going naked. The health insurance company is putting up nude statues across the state. Company officials say they want to show how vulnerable people feel when they don't have health coverage. Extra Pounds Means Extra Insurance Fees TUPELO, Miss. - For several years, companies have charged smokers higher health insurance premiums and offered incentives to help them quit. Now, Alabama will start charging overweight state workers if they don't do something about the extra pounds. Looking for Free or Low-cost Health Insurance? - It's no secret that accessing health care is a challenge for the 47 million Americans who are uninsured. Lack of health insurance forces many Americans to choose the health care they receive based on what they can afford, not what they actually need. Number of Montanans with health insurance rises HELENA - The percentage of Montanans without health insurance dropped in 2007, moving the state out of the bottom 10 of states with the fewest insured citizens, according to new U.S. Census figures. INSURANCE: Farm Bureau offers little-known health benefit As more employers cut benefits even for full-time workers, the quest for health insurance can become consuming. Going without health insurance Staying healthy without health insurance can be one of life's great challenges. Here's how several North County people cope. Merrillville schools expect utilities, insurance to go up next year MERRILLVILLE | Merrillville school officials are projecting a 30 percent increase in utilities and a 15 percent increase in medical and health insurance in 2009, and have raised the budget accordingly. Max India, UK's Bupa ink health insurance JV Insurance major Max India has signed an agreement with the UK-based British United Provident Fund Bupa to set up a health insurance company. Free clinics ‘can't serve them all' They started showing up before dawn. One thought she had pneumonia. Another worried that a trip to the emergency room would mean a second bill for thousands of dollars. Everyone in the long line outside Charlotte Community Health Clinic in east Charlotte wanted to see a doctor, but no one had health insurance. At 9 a.m., when the doors to the free clinic finally opened, the first 50 people ... |


