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9:55 a.m. — Retirees, survivors to meet Sunday regarding GovGuam health insurance  9:55 a.m. — Government retirees and survivors will host a meeting with senators, insurance companies and the GovGuam Retirement Fund to discuss critical concerns of the elderly regarding the rise of health insurance benefits at 2:30 p.m. Aug. 31 at the Mangilao Senior Citizens Center.

Health insurance rate decision delayed  TUSCALOOSA | Tuscaloosa City Council Finance Committee members are divided over how much to increase health insurance premiums for city employees and retirees and delayed a decision on the question for two weeks.

New health insurance scheme to be tabled  Hopefully by next year Kenyans will be enjoying the fruits of a national Social health insurance scheme to replace the National health insurance fund.

Connecticut among 5 states to post decline in residents without health insurance  Connecticut is one of five states in which the percentage of people without health insurance has dipped over the past few years, according to new Census Bureau figures.

Number of Americans without health insurance falls  The Census Bureau says the 2007 decrease is mostly due to expanded government coverage for children. Thanks mostly to expanded government health coverage for children, the number of people without health insurance fell in 2007 for the first time since President Bush took office, the U.S. Census Bureau said Tuesday.

45.7 Million in U.S. Lack Health Insurance  45.7 million Americans lacked health insurance in 2007 -- but thanks to Medicaid and SCHIP, 1.3 million fewer were uninsured than in 2006.

Census: Fewer Americans Lack Health Insurance  The total number of Americans who don't have health insurance has dropped slightly for the first time in seven years, the U.S. Census Bureau has said. Those figures can be attributed, in part, to an expansion of federally subsidized insurance for children.

Economic Report: Fewer go without health insurance as incomes gain, data show  Even as the number of Americans living in poverty rose last year, fewer Americans overall went without health insurance and there was an increase in the median household income adjusted for inflation, the Census Bureau reports.

Lawmakers, executives discuss health care reform  In an effort to show they are part of the health-care crisis solution, not the problem, a contingent of medical insurance executives spent Wednesday in Salt Lake talking with a contingent of small business executives and state lawmakers.

Census: Number lacking health insurance drops 1 million  The number of people lacking health insurance dropped by more than 1 million in 2007, the first annual decline since the Bush administration took office, the Census Bureau reported today.