12/25/2008 News For: Self Employed Health InsuranceWinnebago Countys self-funded insurance could see a positive balance in 2009 A projected surplus in Winnebago Countys 2009 self-funded health insurance could return the fund to a positive balance for the first time since 2005. A Less Healthy Health Insurance Sector The U.S. economy is in a recession, and the health insurance industry has not proved immune to what ails the nation. With joblessness on the rise, volatile financial markets, and consumer income either flat or falling by most measures, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Nov. 3 revised the outlook on the managed care industry to negative from stable. The impact of the deteriorating economy, ... Radio Gift: Dr. Boots Tries A No-Insurance Model We only have radio to give you this holiday season. With that in mind, Kathleen Tacelosky asked us to produce a story on her sister-in-law ? a doctor in New Jersey who doesn't accept health insurance from her clients. Sainsbury's Travel Insurance Offers Award Winning Cover Sainsbury's Travel Insurance is urging winter holidaymakers to make sure that before they hit the slopes, they have their European Health Insurance Cards EHIC and comprehensive travel insurance. PRWeb Dec 24, 2008 Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1784804.htm Pennsylvania's adult insurance waiting list hits record Pennsylvania's Insurance Department says the waiting list for a state-subsidized health insurance program for adults has reached an all-time high. Department spokeswoman Rosanne Placey said Tuesday that 145,800 adults are on the waiting list for the adultBasic insurance program. Benefit protections vary With your paycheck, health insurance and retirement tied to your employer, you might wonder about the safety of these benefits if the company hits hard times. Employees have some protections, even if their employer files for bankruptcy court protection, as The Baltimore Sun?s parent recently did. Health Highlights: Dec. 24, 2008 Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: Aetna Signs Agreement with BayCare Health System Aetna NYSE: AET and BayCare Health System announced today that they have reached agreement on a new multi-year contract that ensures continuation ... Providence City Workers Upset Over Possible Health Care Changes The battle over health insurance fore nearly 10 thousand current and retired Providence City employees is heating up tonight as a federal judge steps in, forcing both sides to sit down and work things out. Health insurance options limited after job loss John Mathson had been paying about $550 a month to continue his health insurance coverage after the 63-year-old Eureka man got laid off in October after 39 years at the Evergreen Pulp mill. For Mathson, who is undergoing chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma... |




