Businesses to fight Blagojevich health insurance plan (Herald & Review)

SPRINGFIELD - As state lawmakers leave the November election behind and set their sights on the spring legislative session in Springfield, business leaders across Illinois are lining up against a plan to give health insurance to residents that could cost state employers more than 1.5 billion.

New health insurance mandate for employers arrives with New Year (BizJournals)

One of George Pataki’s last major official acts as governor was to impose a new health insurance mandate on New York businesses.

Rotary Club speaker concerned about insurance industry (The Natchez Democrat)

NATCHEZ — The 14 months since Hurricane Katrina have been the most difficult of any during the 31 years he has served as Mississippi’s insurance commissioner, George Dale said Wednesday.

Georgia’s Peach Care Health Insurance in Cash Crunch (WCTV Tallahassee)

Georgia’s popular Peach Care health insurance program could end in less than 90 days unless Congress soon rides to the rescue. The program covers the children of some 260,000 low income families.

Pa. prepares to expand children’s health insurance (The News Journal)

HARRISBURG — Many of the children who pass through Dr. C. Eve Kimball’s examination room rely on government-subsidized children’s health insurance so their parents can afford checkups for wellness and treatment for illness. But the West Reading pediatrician also sees children without any health care coverage because their parents make too much money to qualify for government assistance, but not …

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