Health insurance premium costs for private-sector employees skyrocketed more than 100 percent from 1996 through 2006, according to new statistics from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The survey by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality measured insurance premium costs for private employers and their employees.
Nationally, the average premium cost [...]
The average rate of increase for Indiana health insurance premiums is declining, according to a recent survey.
The survey of 404 Hoosier employers, released by Compdata Surveys, stated the average premium increase was 7 percent for all plan types in 2008.
The survey indicated that while health insurance premiums are rising, they have been increasing at a [...]
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 [...]
A health insurance advocate group, Florida Health Insurance Web, reports more bad news for Florida residents. Florida has hit a new low, ranked close to the bottom of a new national survey on healthcare; just a spot above Oklahoma. The first-ever state-by-state health system report focused on children’s health care and finds Florida’s kids have [...]
Like many others in law enforcement, I just want the facts when trying to understand the effect of health insurance premium increases. So do those in other safety occupations such as the fire service and corrections. Not only must you get the facts, but you must also to learn options available to counter health insurance [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Washington (dbTechno) - One of the biggest topics on the minds of many Americans is health care. This has far from a quiet subject between Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Clinton has come out and promised that if she becomes president, she would place a cap on health care insurance. She revealed [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The mom and pop businesses that make up the bulk of America’s employers, key players in scuttling health reform during the Clinton years, say years of crushing costs have them backing major changes this time around.
The National Federation of Independent Business helped derail President Bill Clinton’s effort to overhaul the health insurance [...]
At half past noon two Wednesdays ago, Jase Maudsley was in the doctor’s office again, in pain again and, as usual, being a little trouper. The 18-month-old was getting all kinds of attention from the adults standing around him but not giving him the one thing he wanted [...]
