Riley To Sign Health Insurance Bill

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 [...]

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Fla. Gov Signs Health Insurance Bill

Some uninsured Florida residents may get easier access to health care coverage under legislation signed Wednesday by Gov. Charlie Crist.
The new law lets insurance companies offer scaled-back health plans without all the usually required coverages. That might make insurance available to some people for as little as $150 a month, Crist said.
Under the law, some [...]

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Report: 5 Nevadans Die Weekly for Lack of Insurance

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 [...]

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Doctor Brilliant

These days Brilliant might be approaching retirement age, but he’s set himself some new challenges, among them lowering the cost of renewable energy, spotting pandemics before they happen and creating jobs in Africa. This time around, however, he’s not going it alone. In fact, he’s got the backing of one of the most powerful companies [...]

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Push to fix health care starts

Mark the date: Efforts to reform Utah’s health-care system began today at 8 a.m., Jan. 30, 2008.
The complete overhaul of the state’s health-care service system would be a meridian in history as necessary to the well-being of the next generations of Utahns as learning how [...]

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