http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news/health-insurance Constantly updated news and information about U.S. Politics. http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201842310 4 Dec 2008 17:59 GMT ... Over the past six years, Texas workers have lost employer-sponsored health insurance coverage at a rate greater than the national average, according to a new report. ... http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201837640 4 Dec 2008 17:36 GMT ... ROUGE, LA (AP) - More than 12,000 people currently covered by the state employee health insurance office stand to lose their coverage unless they verify they are entitled to it. ... http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201831382 4 Dec 2008 17:22 GMT ... won applause Wednesday from rival Democrats, who praised Hoeven's willingness to expand access to health insurance for children of lower-income families. It has a $130 million increase for local schools, ... http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201829844 4 Dec 2008 17:18 GMT ... more of their health care costs. The board reduced the employer contribution to employee health insurance from 75 percent to 70 percent. That means an employee will pay between $201 ... http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201829767 4 Dec 2008 17:18 GMT ... last few years will almost certainly slow down, and the number of Americans without health insurance may increase if the economy continues to shed jobs. The Harvard Health Letter is ... http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201829191 4 Dec 2008 17:17 GMT ... left "drugmakers feeling ill," reports. The 2003 legislation that created the drug benefit allows health insurers to negotiate prices with drugmakers. According to , "The industry views the proposal as ... http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201829189 4 Dec 2008 17:17 GMT ... their multimillion dollar CEO salaries or require companies to spend the lion's share of health insurance premiums on providing health care instead of on administrative costs, fat cat salaries, and ... http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201829069 4 Dec 2008 17:17 GMT ... District, introduced a proposal to the City Council to provide for the payment of health insurance premiums for up to three months for any permanent employee who is laid off ... http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201828070 4 Dec 2008 17:15 GMT ... increase in obesity than the national rate, and a higher percentage of people with health insurance. Louisiana, the least healthy state, had a high infant death rate, high cancer death ... http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201827331 4 Dec 2008 17:14 GMT ... for at least the last three (3) months; (2) You do not have private medical insurance, and are not eligible for Medicare, Medicaid, VA benefits, or ARKids First; (3) You ... http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201825491 4 Dec 2008 16:43 GMT ... is part of the Quinn Group, which last year took over Bupa Ireland, the health insurer based in Fermoy in north Cork. The company has invested 25m in the new ... http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201824951 4 Dec 2008 16:41 GMT ... federal poverty line. Medical transcription service provider MedQuist Inc. has paid $6.6 million... America's Health Insurance Plans has offered a healthcare reform proposal ... A final regulation giving states more ... http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201824950 4 Dec 2008 16:41 GMT ... new programs. They're similar to the flexibility provided to states under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). preferred provider option service benefit plan under the Federal Employees Health Benefit ... http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201824890 4 Dec 2008 16:41 GMT ... unions of the Montgomery County Public School system were committed to avoiding layoffs, protecting health insurance and minimizing impacts to the instructional program for the students." The three unions still ... http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201824538 4 Dec 2008 16:40 GMT ... Dec. 31, effective Jan. 1, 2009. If you need help with any aspect of health insurance SHINE offers free confidential counseling at the Senior Center. A SHINE counselor will visit ...