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State's health insurance enrollees up 9 percent  HONOLULU _ The number of Hawaii residents receiving free health insurance from the state rose 9.1 percent in the past two months. State officials say the number could climb further as the economy deteriorates.

Health Insurance numbers released by census bureau  It?s an important issue to many here in the east; health insurance. When it comes to who has it and who doesn?t, some counties here in the east are faring better than others.

Children left behind on health care  The Hulse family staggered into North Georgia in January with $630 and hope for better times. Gary Hulse had lost his plumbing job in Arkansas, and the family had lost their home there. After arriving in Georgia, Melissa Hulse applied for Medicaid health insurance coverage for her four children. Three were accepted. But Avery, who has juvenile diabetes, wasn't approved ? the result of ...

Bush signs NH-inspired Michelle's law  A medical plan inspired by a New Hampshire family's plight now is law. President Bush has signed the federal version of the state law that allows college students to take up to a year off school for medical reasons and remain on their family's health insurance.

I-155 seeks to expand kids' health insurance  HELENA - Montana voters are being asked to support a measure to fund health insurance for up to an additional 30,000 children. Initiative 155, the Healthy Montana Kids plan, seeks to set aside an estimated $22 million in state funding each year t ...

440,000 insured under Massachusetts' health reform law  About 440,000 Massachusetts residents who were uninsured now have health insurance, according to a report issued by the agency created under the state's health care reform law.

Insurance studiesplanned  CHICOPEE - Independent and internal studies analyzing the cost of providing health insurance to municipal employees and retirees will not be completed until next year.

Legislative inaction leaves Pa. health care group's future in question  Left unsettled when the state Senate adjourned this week was the future of the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council, the independent watchdog agency that tracks the cost and quality of medical care offered by the state's hospitals and paid for by its insurers.

Employers Look To Raise Out-Of-Pocket Costs For Employee Health Plans, Rather Than Increase Premiums  With the open enrollment period for health insurance beginning and employee wages remaining static, many employers are hesitant to significantly increase health care premiums and instead are opting to increase the amount employees pay for out-of-pocket items such as deductibles and copayments, the Wall Street Journal reports.

New law protects students? insurance  Insurance plans often allow college students to maintain their health coverage as a part of their parents? coverage as long as they maintain full-time student status. This policy, however, creates a problem for students who are forced to take medical leave.

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