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Proposed Law To Secure Insurance For Ill Students  On Sept. 25, the United States Senate approved Michelle's Law H.R. 2851, which would allow college students who have serious illnesses to take up to a year medical leave without being dropped by their parents' insurance. "If you get diagnosed with cancer as a college kid, the last thing you want to think about is choosing between losing your health insurance and getting the right treatment," ...

Economy changes color of health insurance sign-up  Economic uncertainty could lead people to pay more attention this fall to a decision that can affect their wealth and their health: signing up for health insurance. "Most people don't want to deal with it but it's important they do, especially this year," said Don Higgins of the Greater Madison Area Society for Human Resource Management. "They could be throwing money out of the window that they ...

Health insurance coverage dwindling  The Carolinas are losing employer-based health insurance at a faster rate than nearly any other state in the country, according to a study released Thursday. Nationally, the health insurance that covers most Americans has declined for seven years in a row, according to the Washington-based Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan, nonprofit that studies issues affecting working families. About ...

Programs make more Marylanders eligible for insurance  More residents will have the opportunity to receive health insurance through new state programs, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Secretary John Colmers said Thursday at the Allegany County Health Department.

Census Bureau releases health insurance data for county  Nearly 13 percent of Frederick County residents younger than 65 do not have health insurance, according to new data from the U S Census Bureau

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 ...

Pa. health-care battle shows states struggle alone  When Gov. Ed Rendell first proposed an ambitious plan to expand subsidized health insurance to uninsured Pennsylvania adults, he wanted the state to step into a void left by the federal government's failure to act.

Some health insurance abbreviations  FSA: Flexible spending account; pre-tax fund for medical expenses. HSA: Health savings account; tax-free fund, accompanied by a high-deductible health plan, generally set up through employee contributions otherwise paid as monthly premiums. HMO: Health maintenance organization; health plans in which people see network providers through a primary care physician. POS: Point of service plan; more ...

Waukesha seminar to focus on reducing health insurance costs  "How to Save 6 Percent on Your Health Insurance" will be the theme of an upcoming seminar to be presented by the Save On Health Care Business Alliance of the Waukesha County Chamber of Commerce.

BCAA discontinues wait-list insurance plan  The B.C. Automobile Association BCAA has now backed away from offering a controversial medical wait-list insurance policy. The policy guaranteed people wouldn't have to wait over a certain number of ...

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