Extra pounds mean insurance fees for Ala. workers

Posted by Search for "health insurance" on August 21st, 2008
Alabama, pushed to second in national obesity rankings by deep-fried Southern favorites, is cracking down on state workers who are too fat.

HHS: Doctors can refuse abortions

Posted by Search for "health insurance" on August 21st, 2008
Well, what do you know? Today, the Department of Health and Human Services finally filed its proposal in defense of "health care provider conscience." An early draft leaked to the public redefined the most ...

Seniors Protest Gap Stores

Posted by Search for "health insurance" on August 21st, 2008
Teamster Retirees Mark National Senior Citizens Day By Warning Customers About Ethics Gap at Clothing Retailer SEATTLE, Aug.

S.C.’s higher insurance fee for smokers gets cloudy

Posted by Search for "health insurance" on August 21st, 2008
South Carolina's governor, comptroller general and top legislators thought they voted last week on a proposal to raise health insurance by $25 per month for state employees who smoke.

FSSA seeking Medicaid expansion for pregnant women

Posted by Search for "health insurance" on August 21st, 2008
A Family and Social Services Administration officials says the agency has reversed course and will seek federal approval for presumptive Medicaid eligibility for low-income pregnant women that would help them ...

Extra pounds mean insurance fees for Ala. workers

Posted by Search for "health insurance" on August 21st, 2008
Alabama, pushed to second in national obesity rankings by deep-fried Southern favorites, is cracking down on state workers who are too fat.

Insurance gap leads some elderly to forgo medicine

Posted by Search for "health insurance" on August 21st, 2008
Here is yet another horror story in our health care system. Nearly 3.4 million older and disabled people on Medicare have been forced to pay the entire costs of their medicine until they spent $3,850 out of ...

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Posted by Search for "health insurance" on August 21st, 2008
Recently, more than 50 women gathered at Penn Valley Community College in Kansas City, Mo., for a town hall meeting on women's health, specifically, presidential candidate U.S. Barack Obama's proposed health ...

The Economics of Denial

Posted by Search for "health insurance" on August 21st, 2008
While America Aged: How Pension Debts Ruined General Motors, Stopped the NYC Subways, Bankrupted San Diego, and Loom as the Next Financial Crisis By Roger Lowenstein Penguin Press, 274 pages, $25.95 For a ...

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Posted by Search for "health insurance" on August 21st, 2008
Would make permanent Bush's 2001 and 2003 income-tax cuts for about 94 percent of tax filers -- those making less than $200,000 a year.