News For: Wash State health InsuranceHealth insurance compromise reached They have reached a compromise in the planned increase in health insurance premiums for city of Shreveport employees: Employees were looking at their premiums going up 16. 8 percent. It now will go up 5. 1 percent, with the difference next year picked up by reserves in the 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. Prison health care receiver, state officials spar over $8 billion (4:55 p.m.) Feuding flared up Monday between state officials and the federally appointed receiver who proposes bringing California prison health care up to constitutional standards by building seven inmate medical centers, starting with one near Stockton. Council insurance will cost millions Providing Metro Council members and their families with taxpayer-subsidized health insurance for life will cost the city close to $10 million over time, and that figure is expected to increase as more members take advantage of the benefit amid rising health-care costs. English proposes new health-care plan U.S. Rep. Phil English is touting a new health-care plan that promises to be as portable as a 401k. The Healthy Americans Bill would allow most Americans to choose his or her own health plan instead of health insurance from an employer. Oklahoma Insure program touted as model for health care coverage WASHINGTON ��� For Norman veterinarian Donald Russell, the Insure Oklahoma program hasn't been the disappointment some public officials have made it out to be. In fact, Russell said at a news conference Monday, giving his employees health insurance probably saved the life of a single mother who had been struggling with illness for a decade. "Overall, I really can't see anything bad about this ... 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. Kids��� health seen as priority While universal health care may be a long-term goal for some, Kansas advocates for children are hoping the next president will work immediately to expand the State Children���s Health Insurance Program ��� a proposal that President Bush vetoed last year. Farm, Ranch Families Struggle With Rising Health Care Costs WASHINGTON ��� America���s farm and ranch families are paying top dollar for health insurance that inadequately covers their needs and causes them significant financial risk, according to a report released today from The Access Project and sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. New health care policy allows parents' plans for children until age 30 Jobs may be hard to come by for young adults these days, but finding health insurance may have just gotten easier. |


