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Health care a political issue
Waxahachie Daily Light, TX - Nov 1, 2006 from the US Census Bureau, the Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services, the study notes, In Texas, health insurance premiums are

Lawmakers Must Give Back CHIPS To Kids
Daily News - Galveston County, TX - Nov 15, 2006 Texas must reinstate an annual certification program and require that no child s health insurance coverage be stopped without a chance for the parents to

The Nations' Capital
Indian Country Today, NY - 1 hour ago income tax in Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington and Health insurance premiums, medical expenses, student loan interest, sales tax and

Janitor s Strike Ends in Houston
Blogger News Network - 9 hours ago agreement, and stated, This is a good day for Houston, Texas, and a have agreed to offer longer hours, paid holidays, vacation time and health insurance.

Business services outfit looking to fill 100 jobs
San Antonio Express, TX - Nov 24, 2006 state's child health insurance program, but the San Antonio office is not involved with that contract. The local center, Accenture's fourth in Texas, offers

Never too late
Austin American-Statesman (subscription), TX - Nov 5, 2006 The cost for the workouts is covered by the Robertses' insurance. Twice a week, he shows up at the Texas Health & Racquet Club in San Marcos for an hourlong

Processing plants' dangers don't scare off migrants
Kentucky.com, KY - 19 hours ago workforce at some plants in Texas, Kansas and re there to deal with workplace health and safety want lower workers' compensation costs and insurance rates has

Primary health care major issue
Jasper Newsboy, USA - Oct 31, 2006 soaring and leads to a lack of available, affordable health insurance options for adds $1,551 to the average premium for private insurance in Texas.
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Drug firms spotlight seniors
Detroit News - Nov 03 10:55 PM
WARREN -- If the promise of cheaper pills doesn't sell seniors on the federal government's new prescription drug benefit program, maybe Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman will.Save to My Web

At the water cooler
Louisville Courier-Journal - Nov 05 2:48 AM
It wasn't that long ago that the possibility of Humana being bought was the hot speculation among Wall Street analysts.Save to My Web

Humana 3Q Profit Surges but Misses View
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Oct 30 3:28 AM
Humana Inc. said Monday its third-quarter profit more than tripled due to fewer expenses and higher revenue driven by increased enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans.Save to My Web

Humana partners with Memphis Chamber
bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance - Nov 02 12:43 PM
Humana Inc. has teamed with the Memphis Regional Chamber to offer health plan group coverage to small businesses that are chamber members.Save to My Web

UCN Integrates inContact with Echo Real-Time Caller Satisfaction Survey Service
CRM Today - Nov 08 12:55 AM
UCN, Inc., provider of all-in-one, off-premises contact center technology services, has announced a partnership with Echo Solutions, a division of BenchmarkPortal, Inc., to deliver post-call satisfaction surveys through inContact.Save to My Web
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Blue Cross Foundation Improves Children's Health by Creating
Yahoo! News (press release) - Oct 27, 2006 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation has awarded 13 grants to nurture the healthy growth and development of young children

Blue Cross of California Settles Patient Accusations That It
Kaiser network.org, DC - Oct 19, 2006 Blue Cross of California on Tuesday agreed to settle more than 70 lawsuits and claims filed by individual health plan members who alleged that Blue Cross

Washington Delivers Higher Medical Quality Care: Premera Blue
Business Wire (press release), CA - Nov 1, 2006 That sa key finding of the fifth annual Quality Score Card, a joint effort by leading medical groups throughout Washington and Premera Blue Cross.

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Centura Health Launch
Yahoo! News (press release) - 6 hours ago In response, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is introducing HMOSelect -- a lower-cost product suite to the Colorado Springs small group market.
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Parents fill health care gap
Salt Lake Tribune - This peer group fills a role that health care workers often cannot; while doctors are adept at answering technical questions, they aren't always handy at such things as procuring health insurance or recommending the best brand of hearing aid. A

Tennessee Holocaust And A Better Way To Go
Chattanoogan - Special interests, both profit and nonprofit, have dictated increasing health insurance premiums, patient dumping, reductions in benefits, lower reimbursements to hospitals and doctors, elimination of essential services to those with little to no

Salary aside, councilors get generous benefits
Eagle-Tribune - HAVERHILL - City councilors working about 30 hours a week for a salary of $8,000 a year make below minimum wage, one reason some councilors want a pay boost to $15,000. But the city gives councilors other benefits such as health insurance, $157-a

Ex-liver doctor convicted of bilking millions in Houston
Houston Chronicle - A former Houston physician charged with arson in a unrelated case was convicted of fraud today in a scheme that bilked millions from insurance companies. Ira Klein, 60, was convicted on 44 counts total of mail fraud and health fraud. He faces a

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Thank you PR WEB.
PRWeb - Unicare Health Insurance opens new State,now enrolling members online with the help of E-agents at Policy Store. Unicare Health Insurance now open for enrollment to Michigan residents. Unicare offers several plans in some cases much less than the top

Drug plan options expanded
WWL-TV - Five companies will offer plans: two newcomers Humana and Unicare Life & Health as well as three that are already in the market Blue Cross, UnitedHealthcare and SecureHorizons. Altogether, the companies will offer 11

Insurance struggle
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - The Bryks, who don t have any children, are paying $270 in total monthly premiums for their temporary plans through Unicare and American Community Mutual Insurance Co. Rather than a family plan, they have separate individual plans with deductibles

Medicare Beneficiaries Get Questions Answered Before 2007 Sign Up
Yahoo Finance - Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri (excluding 30 counties in the Kansas City area), Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Virginia (excluding the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.), Wisconsin; and through HealthLink and UniCare

Creighton doctors say no to private Medicare plans
TMCnet - Among the PFFS plans Creighton will not accept are Cigna Healthcare for Seniors, Humana Gold Choice, Medicare Masterpiece Plan, Quality Health Plans Inc., Secure HorizonsSecurity Choice Classic, Sterling Option 1, UMWA (United Minor Workers), Unicare

Michael Murphy Named President and General Manager
MSN MoneyCentral - Murphy joined Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in 1997. He currently serves as the vice president of sales for the consumer services division of UniCare, a WellPoint subsidiary, managing sales and sales operations nationally for the markets

Seniors get more drug plan options
Miami Herald - Unicare Life and Health Insurance will sponsor the plan in Florida, which resembles private health savings accounts that have become popular in recent years, combining high deductible health insurance with a savings account. ''These kinds of plans

Chicago Defender Million Pound Challenge
WLS - The MPC has gathered major support through partnerships with Unicare as the Founding Sponsor, AARP, Clear Channel Radio, the Chicago Park District, Illinois Department of Public Health, Salem Baptist Church, Fit Day, and a number of African American

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