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Health Insurance Online News and Quotes29-Feb-2008
La. gets OK to offer children's health insurance another way (The Shreveport Times)Another 6,500 Louisiana children will be eligible for health insurance by September. But unlike the existing Louisiana Children's health insurance Program, it's not free.
Proposed plan requires some to purchase health insurance (Brown Daily Herald)On Feb. 12, Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts announced her proposal for a new comprehensive healthcare reform package called the Healthy Rhode Island Reform Act. The Act consists of a series of eight bills aimed at expanding health insurance for the 13 percent of Rhode Islanders without coverage, but it does not mandate coverage for the state's poorest individuals.
A look at the details of the state's health insurance program (Boston Globe)Massachusetts universal health care law aims to ensure all state residents have some form of health insurance through a variety of programs.
Gazette wins award for health insurance series (The Kalamazoo Gazette)KALAMAZOO -- The Kalamazoo Gazette has won first place in a national newspaper contest for a report on the cost of teachers' health insurance. Reporter Julie Mack won the award from the National Education Writers Association in the category of series or group of articles on a specific topic.
Jenny Wilson looks at new bid for domestic partners health insurance (The Salt Lake Tribune)Salt Lake County Councilwoman Jenny Wilson has charted a quiet course toward extending health-insurance benefits to the county's gay and lesbian employees, making little mention of her plans while a political firestorm persists on Capitol Hill surrounding Salt Lake City's newly minted domes-
Health Insurance Does Not Equal Health Care, Opinion Piece Writes (Medical News Today)The presidential candidates "assume that universal health insurance means universal health care" and that "once the law enables or requires everyone to buy health insurance, everyone will have adequate health care," Caroline Poplin -- a physician, attorney and visiting scholar at the Georgetown University Law Center -- writes in an Philadelphia Inquirer opinion piece.
Elliott wants to require health insurance for some (The Frederick News-Post)ANNAPOLIS -- Individuals making $50,000 or more would be required to buy health insurance or pay a fee, according to a bill proposed by a local delegate.
EnsurApet Capitalizes on Pet Health Insurance by Establishing a Network of Veterinary Hospitals (Centre Daily Times)ensurApet, Inc. (OTCBB:EPTI), a provider of pet health insurance, announces that it anticipates becoming a leader in the rapidly growing US market for pet health insurance through a network of veterinary hospitals.
Swampscott health insurance premiums won't go up in FY'09 (The Daily Item)SWAMPSCOTT - health insurance premiums for the town will not increase for the upcoming fiscal year.
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