Latest News in Health Insurance – Aug 12, 2009
August 12, 2009 by Webmaster
Filed under Group Health
For chronically ill workers, options protect job, health – Mercury
12 Aug 2009 at 3:09am
NEW YORK —It’s a common worry for workers coping with a chronic illness — the fear that frequent absences or poor performance could lead to being fired. The anxiety might make you drag yourself to the office even when you’re feeling terrible, or …
CML HealthCare Income Fund Appoints New Member to Board of Trustees – CNW Group
12 Aug 2009 at 5:04am
Toronto Stock Exchange Symbol: CLC.UN MISSISSAUGA, ON, Aug. 12 /CNW/ – CML HealthCare Inc. (”CML”) and CML HealthCare Income Fund (the “Fund”), (TSX: CLC.UN) today announced the appointment of Mr. Gery J. Barry to CML HealthCare’s Board of Directors …
Disability insurance can help offset potential loss of income – New Orleans T…
10 Aug 2009 at 1:13pm
I just started work at my new employer. I am in the process of electing my benefits. I can elect disability insurance, but before I do, I want to know if this is a worthwhile coverage. Managing risk is a focus for many of us today. We think about our …
Soapbox: U.S. health-care system needs major overhaul – Thecalifornian.com
12 Aug 2009 at 4:35am
The United States spends more money per capita on health care than any other country in the world. What do we have to show for it? As a nation, not much. Compared with the 30 other countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and …
Rosenberg Council to consider employee insurance program – Fort Bend Herald
10 Aug 2009 at 1:56pm
Rosenberg City Council will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Rosenberg City Hall Council Chamber to discuss employee health issues. Of the items Council plans to discuss, one is an administrative services agreement between the city and the …
Health Care Protesters Largely From Out Of District, Sign-In Sheets … – Hu…
11 Aug 2009 at 11:03am
In what became an emblematic scene, Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), faced a hostile crowd at a packed health care town hall in Michigan on Thursday. Dingell, a major sponsor of health care reform legislation, was repeatedly shouted down. At one point, a …
Insurance agents look into the future and see uncertainty and … – News-Med…
4 Aug 2009 at 9:34pm
For the tens of thousands of individual insurance agents nationwide, the idea of a health system overhaul hits close to home – and work. The changes currently under consideration could radically alter how they do business. For example, there could …
Benelli: We live and — we hope — learn – Norristown Times Herald
11 Aug 2009 at 10:51pm
Once upon a long time ago, a certain wise man was alleged to have said “Life is lived in a forward direction, even though it is best understood when viewed in a backward direction.” Those words would be very appropriate for our world of today. If …
More Answers to Your Health Reform Questions – Wall Street Journal
5 Aug 2009 at 4:53pm
While lawmakers are home for the August recess, they’re likely to get plenty of questions from constituents about the big health bills being debated in Congress. Here’s the newest batch of answers to questions we’ve received from readers about …
MetLife enters health insurance segment – Times of India
10 Aug 2009 at 6:25am
BANGALORE: MetLife India Insurance company Limited (MetLife) on Monday announced its entry into the Indian health insurance segment with the launch of ‘Met Health Care’. Met Health Care offers its customers a daily cash benefit in case of …
