News For: Wa State Low Cost InsuranceHealth insurance options after losing a job If you've just lost your job, what are the best options for preserving some form of health insurance? First, don't confuse ���best��� with ���affordable.��� One of the first lessons many unemployed people learn is how expensive health insurance can be. City insurance pool deadline approaches Saturday, September 20 PITTSFIELD ��� City officials and the Public Employees Committee representing 17 municipal unions have one more shot at Pittsfield joining the state's Group Insurance Commission ��� and saving millions in health insurance premiums. Insurance choices for jobless Q: I just lost my job. What are the best options for preserving some form of health insurance? Work to start on sharp curve in Oxford OXFORD -- The state Department of Transportation has plans to fix a sharp curve on Route 188, the apparent low bidder is a Watertown company and work may start sooner than later. Cost Crunch Q&A Of all the employee benefits companies provide their staff, health insurance has the biggest impact on the bottom line. And its costs keep mounting for both employers and employees. The pace of price growth is slowing, but it���s still on the rise. Will businesses dump workers onto Charter Oak? HARTFORD ��� The state���s healthcare advocate questioned Friday whether businesses would cancel their health insurance and dump employees onto Gov. M. Jodi Rell���s new Charter Oak network. CIGNA Insurance launches the differentiated value-added service CIGNA Insurance has differentiated itself from competitors again by teaming up with the premier provider of global emergency services, Assist America, to offer 24-hour-Global Emergency Services to its Blue Cross and Blue Shield Companies Working with States To Expand Healthcare Coverage for America's Small Businesses Innovative solutions from Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies and state governments -- including premium subsidy programs in Arizona and Oklahoma -- are helping to expand coverage for workers at small businesses and are central to addressing one of the key challenges facing the healthcare system, as highlighted at a Capitol Hill briefing conducted this morning by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield ... Finance Q&A: Job loss and health insurance Question: I just lost my job. What are the best options for preserving some form of health insurance? Answer: Don't confuse "best" with "affordable." One of the first lessons many unemployed people learn is how expensive health insurance really can be. |


