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Is tax on 'Cadillac' insurance plans fair?
San Jose :: CA :: USA | about 15 hours ago
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Schoolteacher Kinzi Blair makes only $46,000 a year, but she has what many would consider a "Cadillac" health plan, now targeted for a big tax increase by health reformers...Her plan covers mental health counseling, organ transplants, acupuncture.
Tags: Ms. Blair, health insurance, health plans, Senate Democrats, Senate Finance, Cadillac, Mr. Courtney, insurance premiums, cadillac tax, wealthy americans, San Jose, Health economics, United States National Health Care Act, Employment compensation, Social Issues, Healthcare reform in the United States, Healthcare in the United States, Medicare, Insurance, Labor
Cause of death: High insurance premiums
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | 12 days ago
Credibility I thought I might die from heart disease, cancer or other illnesses but these insurance premiums look like the ticket out of here. My husband works for the State of Indiana and makes $12.50 an hour and his insurance premium just went up about $40 per...
Tags: insurance premiums, Indianapolis, Healthcare reform, Types of insurance, Finance, Insurance, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues, Labor
CIGNA: Gives F-You To Sarkysian Family
This week in Washington, DC a political ad has started to run highlighting the story of Nataline Sarkysian, a teenager who required a liver transplant but was denied by an insurance giant and prematurely lost her life 9 hours later due to their negligence....
Tags: Bearing Witness, Cigna, Cigna Gives Finger To Mother, Cigna Hilda Sarkisyan, Cigna Liver Transplant, Hilda Sarkisyan, Business News, Washington, DC, Senator Baucus, healthcare reform, political news, world news, Capital Hill, insurance companies, California, Europe, Nobel Peace Prize, Barack Obama, CEO Edward Hanway, insurance premiums, taxes, national news
Murray to Obama: American women should not be dying from lack of health insurance
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate highlighting why health insurance reform is so important for women. Murray told the story of a young man she met named Marcelas...
Tags: Patty Murray, Obama, health care reform, Medical and Family Leave Act, insurance premiums, death
Report: Health costs far outpace earnings
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Some employers have cut costs by limiting which employees are eligible for coverage, or by eliminating coverage for workers' spouses and children. "If health care reform does not happen soon, more and more families will be priced out of the health coverage...
Tags: health insurance, insurance premiums, times faster, health cost, Washington
Erosion of Coverage Expected
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Forty percent of employers surveyed said they are likely to increase the amount their workers pay out of pocket for doctor visits. Almost as many said they are likely to raise annual deductibles and the amount workers pay for prescription drugs. Nine...
Tags: health insurance, health care, insurance premiums, Families USA, family usa, family health, insurance cost, premiums rose, health premiums, care cost, Washington
Bay State health insurance premiums highest in country
Boston :: MA :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility Massachusetts has the most expensive family health insurance premiums in the country, according to a new analysis that highlights the state’s challenge in trying to rein in medical costs after passage of a landmark 2006 law that mandated coverage for...
Tags: Massachusetts, insurance premiums, health insurance, health care
Health-care premiums outstrip pay
Raleigh :: NC :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility The study comes at at time when there is intense national debate in Congress over President Barack Obama's proposals to overhaul the health care system. In recent days, supporters and opponents of health care changes have jammed town hall meetings on...
Tags: health insurance, insurance premiums, Families USA, family usa
NBC 4 Sioux City (KTIV): New report cites Neb. health insurance increases
Lincoln :: NE :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility A new report released by the Nebraska Appleseed Center says health insurance premiums for Nebraskans rose 69% from 2000 to 2007, the latest year for which full data are available. The report says that over the same time period, the average annual combined...
North Daviess board hopes to save on energy costs
Elnora :: IN :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility Those funds, coming from a state energy savings contract, will update the lighting, and heating and ventilation equipment at both schools for future energy savings. Those funds, coming from a state energy savings contract, will update the lighting, and...
Tags: North Daviess School Board, energy savings, insurance premiums, health insurance
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