Latest News in Health Insurance – Jan 14, 2009
January 14, 2009 by Webmaster
Filed under Group Health
A.M. Best’s Consumer Insurance Center Highlights Insurance Coverage … – PR…
13 Jan 2009 at 11:01am
Insurance coverage that you’re already paying for might include more perks than you realize, according to a new multimedia feature available at A.M. Best Co.’s Consumer Insurance Center. This latest feature in the ongoing consumer-oriented series …
Individuals with CIGNA Life, Accident and Disability Plans Reap … – MSN Mo…
7 Jan 2009 at 7:19am
Purchasing life, accident and disability insurance is a good way to protect your financial security. For people enrolled in any of CIGNA’s life, accident or disability plans, this smart financial decision is now a smart health decision too. CIGNA …
Flushing Township trustees eliminate their own health insurance and … – ML…
9 Jan 2009 at 2:55pm
FLUSHING TOWNSHIP, Michigan — In one fell swoop, the Township Board voted away its own benefits Thursday. During the meeting, Trustee Michael Gardner made a motion that the board of seven eliminate pension benefits, health, life and disability …
Reacting to the Recession – East Bay Express
13 Jan 2009 at 6:54pm
“Live during a good year as if it were a bad year,” urges Kate Wilusz, a Certified Financial Planner and UC Berkeley graduate who works as a franchisee for Ameriprise Financial. And during a bad year — such as, perhaps, this one — she advises …
Half of Full-Time Employees Surveyed Don’t Understand Health Insurance … -…
12 Jan 2009 at 7:06am
COLUMBIA, S.C. , Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ — Half of working Americans with health insurance surveyed say they don’t have a clear understanding of what their health insurance covers for medical expenses related to cancer treatment. According to a recent …
Health Insurance Options and COBRA For Unemployed – HULIQ.com
9 Jan 2009 at 9:07pm
Families USA reports that the premiums for the unemployed people for health insurance is very high as COBRA premiums consume 84 percent of unemployment benefits. Employer based health insurance provides coverage for tens of millions of Americans …
On guard: Gauging whether credit insurance is worthwhile – New Haven Register
12 Jan 2009 at 4:29am
In a weak economy where credit is tight, much attention has been paid to various loan types — from mortgages and auto loans to credit cards — and whether cash-strapped consumers are having a difficult time obtaining and affording them …
Health costs force families to make tough choices – ABC 15 News
13 Jan 2009 at 11:16am
Getting laid off could cost Tim Willey his life. Willey, 45, has colon, liver and lung cancer. Health insurance paid for by his former employer, a Raleigh, N.C., electric contractor, covered his chemotherapy until he lost his job Oct. 23. Since then …
Campaign Aims To Bridge Health Care Gap – Eyewitness News
13 Jan 2009 at 4:09pm
HARTFORD, Conn. — Bridging the gap in health care in Connecticut is the goal of the Health Care 4 Every1 campaign. “I want progress and some hopes that things will change,” Hartford resident Barbara Albert said. Albert said she suffers from mental …
Injured vets wait for disability appeal process – Buffalo News
7 Jan 2009 at 1:32pm
Wounded troops are still waiting to file new appeals of disability ratings that determine what kind of medical care and benefits they get after federal officials missed their goal for beginning the process. The Department of Defense was already …
