Born with a digestive problem, little Tadd Sexton needed three surgeries and relied on a state-funded health insurance program called Healthy Families to make him all better.
“It’s meant everything for us. It’s meant great health care coverage for our son and our whole family,” said Jason Sexton, Healthy Families participant.
More than 900,000 California kids are [...]
Finally, the Democratic primary race is over. Above and beyond her persistence and her historic effort as a female presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton’s campaign legacy is health insurance truth.
Forty-seven million Americans do not have health insurance. According to Consumer Reports, nearly half, 49 percent of Americans, are unprepared financially to cope with a costly medical [...]
Gov. Bob Riley is scheduled to sign a law Tuesday that provides tax incentives to help small businesses afford health insurance for employees.
The incentive is part of the governor’s Plan 2010 agenda that was passed by the Alabama Legislature during the special session in May.
Under the legislation, owners of small businesses with fewer than 25 [...]
How big might the change be? Well, you might be taxed on what your employer pays for your health insurance coverage, for instance. (Right now, you’re probably not, if you work for a big company.) Or you might be guaranteed health insurance, with the government picking up the tab.
Indiana and North Carolina Democrats are to [...]
A same-sex marriage ban prevents governments and universities in Michigan from providing health insurance to the partners of gay workers, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
The 5-2 decision affects up to 20 universities, community colleges, school districts and governments in Michigan with policies covering at least 375 gay couples.
Gay rights advocates said the ruling was [...]
Workers with job-based coverage for their families saw earnings rise 3% from 2001 to 2005, while their health insurance premium contribution increased 30%, according to the study by researchers at the State Health Access Data Assistance Center at the University of Minnesota.
The average cost nationally of family coverage during the period increased nearly $2,500, to [...]
An important element is being overlooked in the healthcare debate between the Democratic presidential candidates: namely, whether the plans they propose are constitutional.
The largest difference between their healthcare plans is that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton would “mandate” that everyone (with limited exceptions) purchase private health insurance. Although Sen. Barack Obama’s plan also contains a mandate, [...]
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Five working-age Nevadans die each week
because they lack health insurance coverage, according to a report
released Thursday.
“The uninsured are less likely to have a usual source of care outside of emergency rooms,” said Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, a Washington, D.C.-based consumer health care group that released the report. “They [...]
CARSON CITY – The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that governments must provide a subsidy to help pay for health insurance coverage of their retired workers and retired school teachers.
The court’s decision overturned District Judge Mark Denton’s ruling that the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department does not have to subsidize health benefits for 150 retired [...]
WASHINGTON - By 2017, total health care spending will double to more than $4 trillion a year, accounting for one of every $5 the nation spends, the federal government projects.
The 6.7 percent annual increase in spending , nearly three times the rate of inflation, will be largely driven by higher prices and an increased demand [...]
