Latest News in Health Insurance – May 14, 2009
May 14, 2009 by Webmaster
Filed under Group Health
Indiana teachers union’s insurance plan underfunded – WHAS 11
14 May 2009 at 5:35pm
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s largest teachers union wants to stop offering school districts its own health and long-term disability insurance in July after the state found that questionable investments landed its insurance trust in financial …
Disability Insurance Provides Critical Protection From Income Loss Due … -…
14 May 2009 at 7:55am
There is perhaps no better time for people to assess whether they are adequately protected from income loss due to accident or illness than in May, which marks National Disability Insurance Awareness Month. Unfortunately, many people mistakenly …
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc. and Its … – …
14 May 2009 at 8:23am
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a-” of Eastern Alliance Insurance Group (EAIG) and its members. EAIG consists of Eastern Alliance Insurance Company (EAIC …
Global Warming May Exceed Infections as Health Threat (Update1) – Bloomberg
14 May 2009 at 4:56am
May 14 (Bloomberg) — Global warming is the biggest public health threat of the 21st century, eclipsing infectious diseases, water shortages and poverty, a team of medical and climate-change researchers concluded. The phenomenon will be felt first in …
CorVel Announces Fiscal Year Earnings Release Webcast – Earthtimes
14 May 2009 at 9:57am
CorVel Corporation is a national provider of leading-edge services and solutions in the field of disability management. CorVel specializes in applying information technology and e-commerce applications to improve outcomes in the workers’ compensation …
The happiest taxes on earth – Marketwatch
14 May 2009 at 9:09pm
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (MarketWatch) — Northern Europeans are the happiest people on the planet, according to a new survey. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says people in Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands are the most …
Insurance and pre-existing conditions – WTHI
14 May 2009 at 5:49pm
(CNN) – Nineteen-year-old Stuart Wald is not likely to grow out of his schizophrenia, bipolar disease and attention-deficit disorder. But he will, with 100 percent certainty, grow out of the health insurance coverage he has through his father’s …
PRN Position for a Secretary in Behavioral Health/Pavilion Dept. – KBTX.com
10 May 2009 at 5:54pm
Benefits include health plan with optional insurance such as cancer insurance, vision and dental insurance; life insurance; 401K; paid days off (PDO) vacation/illness leave account; short and long term disability insurance; flexible spending accounts …
VOICES OF DISABILITY: National health care in U.S. unlikely – Oakland Press
9 May 2009 at 10:05pm
Radio commentator Rush Limbaugh and I wouldn’t get along. But I think Limbaugh, who was addicted to pain pills and was the beneficiary of very expensive cochlear implants that allow him to hear, would agree when I say it’s going to be nearly …
Woman waits for help as health worsens – Asheville Citizen-Times
9 May 2009 at 5:38am
Her husband, Tom, has bipolar disorder and can’t work, so Lunsford worked in hotel management and then in the mental health field as a medical records supervisor. But in early 2006, she was diagnosed with severe vascular disease. She was eligible for …
