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Insurance weakens in workplace

Employer-based health insurance remains “the leading source of health insurance” in the U.S., covering about 159 million nonelderly people, according to a 2009 study by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust. But it’s also showing signs of stress. Clark County is no exception. The county posted a July jobless rate of just more than 13 percent, the highest in ...

Governments start employee health clinics

At a time when health care and insurance costs seem only to be rising, hundreds of city and county workers and their families will be getting doctor visits and some prescriptions for free.

Employee health costs on the rise

WASHINGTON — Strained by rising health care costs and the sour economy, U.S. employers are pressing workers to shoulder the added burden alone as employees pay higher insurance premiums and more out-of-pocket expenses for their medical care.

Health insurance options for those with preexisting condition

It may take searching, and premiums may be higher, but for some patients, choices are available. Amy Reiley had resigned herself to joining the ranks of the uninsured. The part-time L.A. resident and owner of a boutique cookbook publishing company had a group insurance plan that for three years covered her and another full-time employee.

State’s health care premium plan follows U.S. trend

If state employees end up paying a higher share of their health insurance costs next year, they won’t be alone. A national survey released last week by the Kaiser Family Foundation showed that workers nationwide who have family coverage are paying almost $4,000 this year for premiums and out-of-pocket health care costs.

Life Insurance Doesn't Have To Be So Complicated

This week an insurance research firm reported that ownership in life insurance has reached a 50-year low, with nearly a third of U.S. households not having a form of this financial protection. As the benefits industry begins Life Insurance Awareness Month in September, Unum (NYSE: UNM) shares the concern that this decline exposes working Americans to financial uncertainty. "Life insurance is one ...

Health-insurance hikes hit workers

Workers are paying a larger portion of their health-insurance costs as businesses shift more of the burden to their employees to help ride out the economic downturn, an annual study shows.The average employee contribution toward premiums for family coverage climbed 14 percent this year to nearly $4,000, according to a report by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational ...

Small-business owners see changes headed their way under health care reform

Ask small-business operators how they’re preparing for health care reform and they all but throw up their hands. They haven’t had time to digest it.

Insurance changes kick in Sept. 23

Millions of Ohioans could benefit from new health-care regulations kicking in this month, starting with a requirement that insurance companies cover immunizations, cancer screenings and other preventative services for free.