10/23/2008 News For: Www Induvidual Health InsuranceHealth insurance workshop offered A workshop for small business owners highlighting options for health insurance coverage will be offered in Fond du Lac W.Va. workers take hit on health-care premiums CHARLESTON, W.Va. - West Virginia workers health insurance premiums increased four times faster than their wages during the past eight years, according to a report released Wednesday. For family health-care coverage, an employees portion of health insuranc... 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. University System of Georgia cuts money for health care Thousands of employees either will pay more or change ... More than 11,000 University System of Georgia employees are reconsidering their top-notch health care plans now that the Board of Regents has pulled $20 million from the system?s health insurance program. Connector OKs health insurance standards Regulators will keep current minimum standards for health insurance coverage intact through next year. Health district launches 5-year growth plan Recognizing that Curry County has one of the oldest populations in the country and recognizing that many of its patients will not have commercial health insurance, but rather Medicare and Medicaid, the Curry Health District has put together a draft of a 5-year strategic plan. Health care to test next president WASHINGTON ? Barack Obama and John McCain both have big-ticket proposals to change how people obtain and pay for health insurance. A long history of failed health-reform plans shows how difficult it is to achieve that goal. And, with the financial meltdown, the job only got tougher for any future president. Comprehensive Tax Reform Could Play Important Role In Creating Health Care Reform A proposal to implement a value-added tax for universal health insurance vouchers would also provide for significant decreases in other taxes, according to the authors of a commentary in the October 22/29 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on the Health of the Nation. They add that this plan would create incentives for cost-containment and health care quality. Samuel Y. Sessions, M.D., J.D. GoHealthInsurance.com Creates Health Insurance Information Center to Educate Health Plan Shoppers GoHealth Insurance http://www.gohealthinsurance.com recently created the Health Insurance Information Center, which is a complete online resource for health insurance information. Nigeria: Doctors Tackle Challenges Facing Health Insurance Scheme Medical Directors of privately owned hospitals across the country are converging in Lagos to assess the challenges militating against successful implementation of the implementation of the National Health Insurance Scheme NHIS, with a view to proffering solutions to them. |




