| Search 1) News For: Worker Health Benifits Rising health insurance costs outpace income in Wisconsin WASHINGTON - Wisconsin workers who have trimmed family budgets to pay health insurance premiums already know the costs have risen, but they may be shocked to learn by how much. Health Highlights: Sept. 18, 2008 Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: Experts debate shape of health reform Use tax credits to pay for health insurance policies? Cover everyone one way or another, including through insurance that federal employees get? Can there be any common agreement about how to reform healthcare in America? Health insurer reenters R.I. market Tufts Health Plan, a Massachusetts-based health insurer, announced yesterday that it is returning to Rhode Island to challenge the two insurers dominating the market. Health insurer reenters R.I. market Tufts Health Plan, which left the state in 1999 following a price war, has gained approval to begin offering medical insurance to Rhode Island residents. AMA Launches New Health Care Ad Blitz The American Medical Association unveiled new print and television ads Thursday, promoting health-care coverage��for the country���s 46 million uninsured. In a press conference at the Capitol, AMA president Nancy Nielsen thanked Sens. Ron Wyden D-Ore. and Bob Bennett R-Utah and Rep. Michael Burgess R-Texas for tackling the issue in a bi-partisan fashion. The two new AMA television ads are ... Health plan for small biz comes with a catch When it comes to health insurance, always read the fine print. Shreveport raising workers' health insurance costs Most Shreveport's 2,500 city workers and many retirees will see their health insurance costs go up by the end of the year. Search 2) News For: Worker Health Benifits Economists Take Critical View of Health Plans WASHINGTON -- John McCain's health plan won't lower the ranks of the uninsured. Barack Obama's fails to curb the soaring cost of health care, meaning initial gains in helping more people buy health insurance would eventually be undermined. Meeting details health care plan ORLANDO - Gov. Charlie Crist touted Florida's low-cost health insurance program Thursday as a model for a nationwide fix for rising medical premiums - though the program hasn't started here yet. |




