News For: When To Buy Maternity InsuranceHealth insurance premiums up 5 percent, study finds Premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance rose a modest 5 percent this year, according to a nationwide survey released Wednesday morning -- numbers that are close to what South Florida employers are reporting. Investors buy 2 Deaconess office buildings Grubb & Elis Healthcare REIT Inc., a real estate investment trust, has bought two medical office buildings on the Deaconess Hospital campus in northwest Oklahoma City. The trust paid $29.25 million for the properties, said a spokesman for the seller, Dallas-based Altera Development Co. Oklahoma City's Grubb & Ellis-Levy Beffort will handle day-to-day management and leasing of the buildings, ... Health insurance premiums outpace wages Premiums for employer-based health insurance in North Carolina rose 5.3 times faster than wages over the past eight years, according to a report released Wednesday. S.C. figures were slightly worse – insurance premiums there rose 5.7 times faster than median family earnings from 2000 to 2007. The Carolinas followed a nationwide trend, according to the report by Families USA, a Washington-based ... Health Insurance Costs Climb Again Kaiser study: Health insurance premiums and deductibles are up again this year. 24% of U.S. families say paying for health care is a "serious problem." Survey: Workers facing higher health insurance premiums, deductibles Health insurance premiums rose modestly this year but more workers are facing higher deductibles, according a Kaiser Family Foundation survey released Wednesday. Pediatrix to change its name Pediatrix Medical Group is changing its name to Mednax, to reflect the company's development as a national medical group that provides services beyond pediatric and maternal-fetal physician subspecialties, the Sunrise-based company said in a news relese Friday. What to consider when picking a health plan Health insurance easily grows confusing, especially when a human resources representative throws an alphabet soup of terms like HMOs, PPOs or HSAs at you. You should start sorting through options by thinking about your needs. Health insurance costs grow more gradually in 2008 Health insurance premiums rose 5 percent this year for coverage that's shrinking, researchers say. Survey ranks Arkansas No. 1 in amount of teachers' pay going to insurance LITTLE ROCK -- A recent survey of 36 states ranked Arkansas No. 1 in the percentage of teachers' pay taken up by out-of-pocket health insurance costs, the head of the state's largest teachers union told legislators Monday. Court trustee to watch over Access Medical Group A former manager of health clinics will observe the quality of medical care at a Lower Hudson Valley medical practice that filed for protection from creditors in U.S. Bankruptcy Court last month. |


