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Blue Dogs fill campaign-cash bowls

the Blue Dog PAC more than doubled its receipts, from $1,239,516 to $2,636,273.

House Unveils Health Bill, Minus Key Details - NYTimes.com

Key members of of the U.S. House majority unveiled plans for a new federal department and public insurance program, plus a major expansion of Medicare

A State Finds No Easy Fixes on Health Care

Gov. Edward G. Rendell of Pennsylvania, who campaigned as a health care reformer, is learning that to contain costs is to pluck dollars from someone's pocket.

Student Health Insurance plan changes

By Karen Zamora News Reporter   Texas State Student Health Center officials opted to re-contract the optional student health insurance and chose a different provider. Health center officials switched from UnitedHealthcare to ACE American Insurance Company following the 2009 to 2010 academic year. read more

Health care premiums spike for many in Lee County

A federal subsidy helping the newly unemployed to continue their group health insurance is now disappearing and may not return anytime soon,...

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 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.

Officials say health reform needs more troops

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia has not assigned enough employees to handle the states mushrooming responsibilities under the federal health care reform law, experts and the state Insurance Commissioner warn. "Its D-Day, and theyre hitting the ...

Health insurers jack up rates

Health insurance premiums for Knox County residents with individual or employer based coverage are expected to rise at an alarming rate next year, according to local insurance agents. Two local agents said they were seeing health insurance rates growing by as much 30 percent in recent weeks as they negotiate policy renewals for next year.