Protest Calls For Health Insurance For Texans (CBS 42 Austin)Protesters converged on the Texas capitol Sunday afternoon to call for health insurance for all Texans. Organizers say one in four Texans do not have medical coverage -- but some lawmakers want to change that. Get breaking news alerts via email or text messages on your cell phone.
Business groups knock health-insurance plan (BizJournals)Democrats in Olympia backed away from a total state takeover of the small-business health insurance market, but business groups still opposed a weaker version of the so-called "connector" bill that passed during the final days of this year's legislative session.
More Alabama Children Have Health Insurance Coverage Than National Average, USA (Medical News Today)More than 9 million American children are living without health insurance - more than the totalnumber of first and second graders in U.S. public schools. However, in Alabama, the number ofchildren with health care coverage has grown significantly in the past decade since the inceptionof ALL Kids, Alabama's State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). [click link for full article]
More options for health insurance (The Times of India)MUMBAI: Customers will be spoilt for choice when it comes to buying health insurance this year. That?s because a host of life insurance companies are focussing on health insurance as a business opportunity this fiscal.