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10/23/2008 News For:

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More county residents lacking health insurance, report finds  A growing number of county residents don't have health insurance, the latest community health assessment says. In the past five years, 14,500 people were added to the rolls of the uninsured.

Health insurance workshop offered  A workshop for small business owners highlighting options for health insurance coverage will be offered in Fond du Lac

Open Enrollment for health, life insurance benefits starts Friday  Open Enrollment begins Friday, Oct. 24, and runs through Friday, Nov. 14. During this time, benefits-eligible employees can make changes to health and life insurance plans for the upcoming calendar year, and retirees can make changes to their medical and dental coverage.

Health care plans: Obama vs. McCain  Republican presidential nominee John McCain and Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama have dramatically divergent visions of how to reshape the health insurance system.

High number of children and teens in US uninsured despite having a parent with health insurance   JAMA and Archives Journals Approximately 4 percent of US children and adolescents have a gap in health insurance coverage at some point during the year, even though they have at least one parent who is insured, according to a study in the Oct. 22/29 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on the Health of the Nation.

Legislators want health insurance for state farmers  State legislators and farm groups are battling the federal government?s decision to deny an expansion of public health insurance to Minnesota farm families.

Town could still join health insurance plan   If the Legislature approves a bill proposed by Gov. Deval Patrick, Braintree would have another opportunity to participate in a state-administered health insurance plan beginning in the summer of 2009.

BusinessNorth Exclusives Co-ops emerge to buy group health insurance  Four northwest counties? Douglas, Ashland, Bayfield and Price? recently were added into plans for a health insurance purchasing cooperative covering the western part of the state.

Children and Health Coverage Studied  More than two million children in the U.S. who have no health insurance of any kind have at least one parent who gets employer-provided medical coverage, researchers said.

City facing health care cost increases  Altoona City Council members Wednesday grew ill-humored upon learning that the city faces a 17.2 percent health care cost hike, or $540,000. That prediction is behind the original projection of a 10.5 percent increase in Blue Cross-Blue Shield costs. Last year, the city budgeted $3.14 million for health insurance in a $22 million spending plan.

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