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Some states already poised to opt out of public plan
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 3 hours ago
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Their efforts could be a harbinger of trouble for the staple feature of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) newly unveiled healthcare plan: a public option that allows states the ability not to participate. Starting as early as this summer,...
Tags: public option, Senate Democrats, New Jersey, public plan, Washington, United States Senate, Public health insurance option, Healthcare reform, Healthcare reform in the United States, Democratic Party, Health insurance, Politics, Social Issues
Read today's letters to the editor
Fort Myers :: FL :: USA | about 8 hours ago
Credibility I have survived breast cancer twice, both times before I was 50...My second and new cancer, was found at my annual mammogram when I was 49. Because both were caught early I had lumpectomies and radiation. I refused chemo since it had not spread to my...
Tags: health care, health insurance, cardiology practice, Fort Myers, Healthcare, Publicly-funded health care, Medicare, United States National Health Care Act, Medicaid, Healthcare reform in the United States, Health economics, Healthcare in the United States, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
Health insurance costs rise
Tulsa :: OK :: USA | about 13 hours ago
Credibility According to the National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans by Mercer, the total cost of health insurance benefits for employees in Oklahoma rose 8.1 percent this year. Nationally, costs rose 5.5 percent, the smallest increase in a decade. "I...
Tags: Oklahoma, health insurance, insurance cost, Gale Overton, Tulsa, Insurance, Deductible, Health economics, Labor
Police, fire unions set to file grievance against city
Noblesville :: IN :: USA | about 16 hours ago
Credibility The union argues the policy change eliminates an employee's ability to select certain plans available under the contract and increases the premium amount employees must contribute. The Firefighters Local 416 joined the FOP in the suit. "You're basically...
Tags: grievance process, FOP, David Reynolds, Brandon Mills, Noblesville, Health insurance, Insurance, Types of insurance, Fraternal Order of Police, Law enforcement in the United States, Labor
Do not be single-minded on health
Evansville :: IN :: USA | about 16 hours ago
Credibility People are taking a stand on this health care bill from one point of view, just like they get single-minded when it comes to guns and other issues. We must take an overall look at the health care package, not just this or that single issue. This country...
Tags: health care, Evansville, Healthcare reform in the United States, Healthcare, Health care reform in the United States, Universal health care, Health economics, Health insurance, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues, Labor
Business letters to the editor
Shanghai :: China | about 17 hours ago
Credibility In " Highmark Executive Says Health Care Changes Are Necessary But Should Stop Short of a Public Insurance Option " (Nov. 12), Dr. Donald R. Fischer, chief medical officer of Highmark, said, "A public plan, drawing money and customers away from private...
Tags: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, health care, health insurers, China, Shanghai, Public health insurance option, Pittsburgh, Health insurance, Business Finance, Highmark, Healthcare reform in the United States, Insurance, Health Medical Pharma
College students lack health insurance
Kansas City :: MO :: USA | about 17 hours ago
Credibility To all of the numbers churned out in the debate over the nation’s health care system, add one more glaring statistic: 4 million.That’s the number of college students estimated by a recent study to be uninsured. Many are part-time students.
Tags: health insurance, college students, health care, Kansas City, Healthcare, Uninsured in the United States, Health care system, Health insurance in the United States, Healthcare reform in the United States, Insurance, Health economics, Education, Social Issues, Labor, Health Medical Pharma
Virtual insurance marketplace hits bump
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | about 19 hours ago
Credibility Businesses clobbered by premiums rising by double digits clamored to get in. But the exchange, in its experimental first stage, isn't running as smoothly as hoped. The first round of pricing for the 66 plans offered through it revealed that some were...
Tags: Utah Health Policy Project, community rating, health reform, task force, modified community, John T. Nielsen, Utah Health Exchange, Norman Thurston, Utahns, risk adjustor, Salt Lake City, Service industries, Healthcare, Health insurance, Insurance, Health economics, Types of insurance, Financial institutions
Greater chamber to offer health care
San Antonio :: FL :: USA | about 19 hours ago
Credibility The city's largest business organization, the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, has selected United Healthcare as a health insurance partner to offer discounted coverage to chamber member companies for their employees, the chamber announced Friday.
Tags: United Healthcare, greater chambers, health insurance, chambers member, north chambers, Humana Inc., hispanic chambers, San Antonio, Humana, Uninsured in the United States, Health insurance in the United States, PCI Insurance, Healthcare reform in the United States, Insurance, Healthcare in the United States, Social Issues, Health Medical Pharma, Labor
Catholic bishops pan Senate health bill
Washington :: WA :: USA | about 20 hours ago
Credibility The nation's Catholic bishops Friday called the U.S...The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a letter urging the Senate to amend the bill along the lines of the House version and keep in place the ban on taxpayer-funded elective abortions,...
Tags: Senate, Catholic, catholic bishops, Washington, Labor, Health insurance, Healthcare reform in the United States, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues, Religion Belief
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