Health insurance plan for UP's poor is on anvil.
Byline: Manjari Mishra LUCKNOW: Now a sarkari health insurance scheme for the poorest of poor in Uttar Pradesh. Chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav is all set to score over his rivals by wooing all BPL (below poverty line) card holders in the state by yet another trump...

Yes, you need health insurance.
While some dancers forgo health insurance to save money, we don't have to tell you how dangerous that is. Luckily, artist care services and insurance companies are getting creative and offering more affordable options. The Freelancers Union: New York-based freelancers in various fields, including the arts, can...

Consumer Directed Health Plans Present an Opportunity to Reduce Health Insurance Premiums.
PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The consumer directed health plans (CDHP) market is still in the developing phase as most health insurers have only begun to offer these products to all accounts across multiple geographic regions. As health insurance premiums continue to increase, more employers are likely...

School budget hinges on insurance cost; Putnam health plan premium unknown.
Byline: Paul K. Brown PUTNAM - No budget proposal is available yet from the Board of Education because it is waiting for health insurance costs before presenting a spending plan for fiscal 2008. Paul D. Cotnoir, chairman of the board's Planning and Development Subcommittee, told...

SBSB of Worcester likely to get contract; State's new health insurance program.
Byline: Lisa Eckelbecker WORCESTER - A state authority will recommend next week that the Small Business Service Bureau Inc. receive a contract to help run the Commonwealth Choice health insurance program created under the state's new health care reform law. The Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector...

Minimum Insurance Under Mass. Health Reform Must Cap Patient Costs, Says FTCR.
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Minimum health coverage must protect patients against financial disaster when they purchase an insurance plan under Massachusetts' health reform, said the nonprofit Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) in a letter sent today to the board implementing the law. ...

Largest Women's Business Group Survey Finds Entrepreneurs Support Bold Health Insurance Overhaul.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP), a bi-partisan women's business group, last week issued a bi- partisan national survey that demonstrates support for sweeping changes in health insurance. WIPP President and Co-founder Barbara Kasoff, is available to discuss early survey results as they relate to...

Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights Mandated Health Insurance Will Not Be Affordable Until Insurers are Regulated to Control Costs.
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Quality health insurance will not be affordable until it is paired with rules that require prior approval of premiums, limit insurer overhead and profit, and ensure rate changes are justified, said the nonprofit Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) today. Every...

Health insurance 101.
Directions: Read the article "Is Our Health-Care System Sick?" (page 22). Then answer the questions below. Part 1 1. How many people in the United States don't have health insurance? 2. The total U.S. population is about 300 million. About what percentage of...

Any Healthcare Reform Plan Will Do for Americans; Broadest support for plans that expand access to private health insurance.
Byline: Lydia Saad Synopsis: Americans generally support of all the major healthcare proposals put forth by the leading Republican and Democratic candidates for president. The most widely popular plans enjoying broad bipartisan support are those that foster greater access to private health insurance. PRINCETON, NJ...