Health Insurance

Health insurance reprieve granted for children (ABC 13 Texas)

State officials say that a new system for Texas’ low cost-insurance program for the working poor is unfairly denying health insurance to eligible children, so they will grant a reprieve to 28,000 children who would have lost coverage in May.

Medicare Rx

Part D deadline near, but help is on the way (Portsmouth Herald)

The deadline for signing up for the new Medicare prescription drug benefit, known as Part D, is two weeks away. It is imperative that eligible seniors sign up for one of the 40-plus plans available under this benefit by May 15.

Medicare Rx

Initial enrollment for Medicare Part D ends May 15 (The Marion Star)

The Ohio Department of Insurance encourages eligible Ohioans who have not enrolled in Medicare prescription drug coverage to do so by May 15. The “Part D by May Day” statewide consumer education campaign urges beneficiaries to enroll now to start saving money sooner and avoid the last minute rush.

Health Insurance

Lobbyists’ gifts: lavish but legal / California limits spending, yet lawmakers glean nearly $1 million in political (San Francisco Chronicle)

Corporations and trade groups treated state lawmakers, their staffs and members of the governor’s office to $940,000 in gifts last year that included rounds of golf at exclusive resorts, ski outings, hunting trips and seats to watch the Rolling Stones and…

Health Insurance

Insurance needs vary with your stage in life (Chicago Tribune)

A look at coverage for singles under 30 Bad, emotionally wrenching things happen in life, whether house fires, car accidents, health ailments or even death. That’s why we buy insurance–so a bad event doesn’t spiral into financial disaster too.

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