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<title>Trade group launches national insurance education program</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=180018050</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 08:57 GMT</pubDate>
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...  it&apos;s like to have inadequate or nonexistent health insurance coverage and what the industry could do  ...  Health Insurance Plans, a trade group representing health insurers. The initiative is aimed at gathering comments  ...  working families to cover insurance costs, expanding Medicaid to cover all uninsured adults living in  ...
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<title>Small businesses could gain insurance options</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=180008414</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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...  2008, the bill helps small businesses offer health insurance to employees through health insurance pools and  ...  an e-mail. &quot;The CHOICE Act will lower premiums while giving entrepreneurs the flexibility they need  ...  ensure millions of Americans have access to health coverage.&quot; The tax credit is a key component.  ...
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<title>School lunch prices increase 10 cents</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=180004071</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 07:19 GMT</pubDate>
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...  were approved at the May 2008 board meeting. &amp;bull; An increase in the board-paid health insurance benefit of about 14 percent (premiums actually increased 6 percent) was approved at the May 2008 board meeting. &amp;bull; An  ...
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<title>ND Blue Cross drops plan for medical payments cut</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179991269</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 05:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  payment reduction. The company dominates North Dakota&apos;s health insurance market, with more than 350,000 policyholders. &quot;If  ...  in Fargo on Wednesday, said the Fargo health insurer has also requested a formal hearing on  ...  the consumer is, do you want your premiums to reflect the costs that you&apos;re incurring  ...
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<title>Regulators, insurance group near settlement on prepaid funerals</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179987131</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 04:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  by the National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Associations, or Nolhiga, would pay funeral  ...  Texas department recommends that consumers continue paying premiums required by their prepaid contracts and to  ...
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<title>The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act - A Half-Step toward Risk Sharing</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179985506</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 04:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), which was recently signed into law by President George W. Bush, health insurance companies may not refuse to cover and may not raise premiums for the first two people, whose genetic information or family history puts them at  ...
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<title>Sonoma County health panel proposes broad new campaign</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179985495</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 04:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  health issues facing Sonoma County, including rising costs of services, drugs and health care premiums; low Medicare reimbursement rates; and other issues not easily addressed at the local level. But they  ...
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<title>Case of the blues: Insurance merger threatens trouble for consumers (07/21/2008)</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179982186</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 04:26 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the state&apos;s market and become the third-largest health insurer in the nation, which the American Medical  ...  how will the merger help patients whose premiums keep rising? Will it become more difficult  ...
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<title>Businesses bracing for new health care expenses</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179977115</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 03:16 GMT</pubDate>
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...  than 10 employees who do not provide health insurance to workers have to pay $250 per  ...  problem in attempting to lower health insurance premiums. According to the state&apos;s Division of Health  ...
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<title>PEC cuts own pay</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179971968</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 02:16 GMT</pubDate>
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...  and their families can buy into PEC health insurance, but it will no longer be provided  ...  month(Director Benefits*  Eliminate all payments for premiums for Directors and Director&apos;s spouses and families.  ...  *After debate, board members agreed to keep Medicare benefits for board members over the age  ...
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<title>Inflation shows why households are hurting</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179970451</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 01:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  higher bank fees and margins, rising health premiums and the Federal Government&apos;s tax increase on  ...  7.7 per cent. Annual rises in private health insurance premiums increased health and medical service costs  ...
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<title>County offers assistance with drug plan paperwork</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179958306</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 00:09 GMT</pubDate>
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...  program. &quot;Senior Gold benefits help to make Medicare prescription drug coverage more affordable by reducing  ...  any PAAD and Senior Gold beneficiaries have health insurance coverage such as Medicare Part B, their  ...  responsible for paying the premiums for both medical coverage (Medicare Part B) and prescription coverage (Medicare  ...
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<title>Small Business CHOICE Act Would Bring Healthcare Coverage to Millions of Americans</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179952408</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 22:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  would help curb the rising costs of health insurance plans for entrepreneurs. It would also lessen  ...  It would also lessen the volatility of premiums and add important incentives helping small firms  ...  firms from having to choose between providing health coverage to their employees and keeping their doors  ...
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<title>Americans Cutting Back On Medical Care, Poll Finds</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179952304</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 22:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Because of the high deductible on her health insurance, the 61-year-old in Massillon, Ohio, had to  ...  retiree from his former employer. But their premiums doubled this year: from $70 a month  ...
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<title>WellPoint Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179947325</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 22:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  from the Ohio Covered Families and Children Medicaid program, we already have several new National  ...  of business and growth in the Company&apos;s Medicare Advantage products. These increases in revenue were  ...  data) June 30 2008 2007 Change Revenues Premiums $14,344.9 $13,935.9 2.9% Administrative fees 966.0 923.4  ...
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