Archive for May 31st, 2009

Bill seeks insurance option for firms

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

By Kay Lazar Small-business owners, many struggling to stay afloat, are trying to band together to buy employee health insurance in much the same way cities …

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ING Said to Plan 300 Job Cuts at Japan Life Insurance Unit

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

By Takahiko Hyuga June 1 (Bloomberg) — ING Groep NV, the biggest Dutch financial-services company, plans to cut about 300 jobs at its Japan life insurance …

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MichaelMoore.com : Cancer Care Costs Squeeze Millions of Americans

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Christy Schmidt, one of the report’s authors and a cancer survivor, told ABCNews.com that the report is even more frightening considering that all of those profiled had health insurance. “Just because you’re insured doesn’t mean that …

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Guide to Choosing a Doctor: Obtaining a Physician for Health Care …

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

A potential patient should contact his/her health insurance provider to verify medical coverage and learn which physicians are listed in the health insurance plan. For instance, a physician may have been part of a specific plan last …

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Kennedy’s Health Insurance Includes Public Plan

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Senator Edward Kennedy has a health care plan which would require everyone to have health insurnace.

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Health insurance on the block for Sonoma County families

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Jennifer Chavez is worried about proposed cuts to Healthy Families, a government-funded insurance program for children that provides low-cost medical …

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NPR + Kaiser Health News = “All Aren’t Happy With Health Insurance …

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

A typical insurance industry / GOP news plant. But then I noticed that this content was provided to NPR (!) directly from a group called Kaiser Health News. They provide this disclosure at the end: Karen Brown is a reporter for member …

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Health Insurance Bankrupts Americans | Health and Wellness | AlterNet

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Without a public plan we will continue to lack a way to force improvements in private plans.

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TH - Business Article

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Ignagni and her board at America’s Health Insurance Plans foresaw three years ago that 2009 could be a year that health care would top the agenda, and they decided to craft a plan. For months, Ignagni has been fleshing out their …

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Ask Mint | It’s advisable to buy life cover early on - Money …

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

The simplest form of life insurance is pure risk cover, known as term plan. The term plan pays the specified amount to the family in case of the policyholder’s death, but has no savings component i.e, there is no benefit payable to the …

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