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New Wisconsin Health Insurance Cost Ranking
Citizen Action of Wisconsin released its 6th Annual Wisconsin Health Insurance Cost Ranking report earlier this week on a state-wide media call. on the media call to comment on the report were Congressman Ron Kind, State Senator Jon Erpenbach, State Representative Jon Richards, and State Representative Kelda Helen Roys. The full report includes 7 charts … Continue reading
Muskegon County Board finalizes opting out of state’s health insurance law requirements
MUSKEGON COUNTY — Muskegon County commissioners gave their final approval Thursday to the county’s plan to opt out of a new state law that would have meant higher health-insurance costs for employees. Bonnie Hammersley While not going as far as the requirements in the 80-20 health care law, county officials garnered a larger cost share … Continue reading
AARP to Lawmakers: Let’s Get Idaho Health Insurance Exchange Right
BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 14, 2011 — AARP Urges Legislators to Support State-Based Marketplace to Help Individuals & Small Biz better Afford their Health Insurance BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — with the start of the 2012 Idaho state legislative session just around the corner, talk is starting to turn to the hot topics, among … Continue reading
Retirees Sue Cuomo, NYS Over Health Insurance Costs
ALBANY—the Retired Public Employees Association (RPEA), on behalf of its 40,000 members, has commenced legal action against Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and New York State over an attempt to make public service retirees pay a larger portion of our health insurance costs. The suit asks for a rollback of a two percent (2%) increase in … Continue reading
Health Insurance Quotes – Control Rising Health Care Costs, Get the Cheapest Deal With Online Quotes
The cost of health insurance in America is always rising because of the average American is not the healthiest person on the planet. Sedentary lifestyle, junk food, use of processed food items, absence of organic food – these are just some of the reasons why the average American becomes ill very often. Since health insurance … Continue reading
7 ways to save on health insurance costs
if your paycheck shrinks in 2012, the culprit may be rising health insurance costs. But you can save money by making the right choices this fall. the cost of health care coverage is expected to increase 5.9 percent in 2012, according to consultant Towers Watson. That makes it more important than ever to know how … Continue reading
Health insurance costs rise slightly for DuPage workers
by Susan Frick Carlman October 25, 2011 4:38PM Updated: October 28, 2011 2:42AM DuPage County officials have decided how to gird themselves, for this year anyway, against the ever-spiraling cost of providing insurance for their employees. After taking a look at new restrictions arriving with the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, members of … Continue reading
Holdrege library to save money on health care – KearneyHub.com – Kearney, NE
Related People Tim Hoeft HOLDREGE — the Holdrege library will be able to save more than$30,000 in health insurance costs through help from PhelpsCounty. The Phelps County Board of Commissioners approved a resolutionallowing the Holdrege Area Public Library to join the NationalAssociation of County Officials insurance pool as a subsidiary ofthe county at Tuesday morning’s … Continue reading
Health Insurance Tip: Choosing the Right Annual Deductible
Article Directory :: Health & Fitness Articles By Royce Vangoff Today, with the ever rising health insurance costs, if you need to get health insurance, its more complicated than ever to get a policy you feel comfortable is going to cover all of your needs in an affordable manner . there seems to be an … Continue reading
Aging populace, advancing technology fuel higher health insurance prices
Line up the defibrillators: It’s renewal season for employer health insurance. And it’ll take a pretty big jolt to shock HR managers back into coherence after they get this year’s bill. Marylou Dalton, director of human resources for Reno-based sandwich franchise Port of Subs, says her company’s premiums will jump 33 percent in 2012, despite … Continue reading