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Lost Your Health Insurance? Tips to Deal With It
The Columbus Dispatch has some tips for people who have been laid off and are currently uninsured. These suggestions can save you money on your health care:If your health insurance hasn't yet ran out, get any necessary tests done before it does.Ask y...
16% Of Drivers Will Be Uninsured in 2009, Predicts Insurance Research Council
In Newsday, Tom Incantalupo reported that the Insurance Research Council, and industry group, is predicting an increase in uninsured drivers for 2010. Their projection is that 16.1% of all drivers in the United States will be driving around without...
Healthy Indiana Plan Nearing Capacity for Childless Adults
One year after the state launched a state-subsidized health care program for the uninsured, many people are in danger of losing access to Indiana health insurance due to an enrollment cap. Shari Rudaskvy from the Indianapolis Star says that the He...
Uninsured % Lowest in New England States
The New England states have the highest rate of health insurance coverage in the United States, while the Southwestern part of the country has the lowest rate of coverage, according to a recent study. Only 11% of adults and 4% of children in New Engl...
North Carolina Health Insurance
A new report by Families USA, says 3 North Carolinians die each day because they don't have health insurance. The Families USA report for Health Insurance in North Carolina makes three specific points about uninsured adults: * Nearly three working-ag...
Health Insurance
Families USA recently released a report from all 50 states on the number of uninsured and the estimated number of deaths directly related to lack of health insurance.The report found that uninsured adults are 25% more likely to die prematurely than a...
The Uninsured
About 90 million Americans (not including the elderly) were at some point uninsured during 2006-2007, as detailed in a FamiliesUSA report.The majority of the uninsured did not have health insurance coverage for extensive periods. Almost two-thirds of...
Employer Sponsored Health Insurance Drops
Job-based health insurance continues to drop despite a strong economy. The State of Health Insurance in California: Findings from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey found that the reduction in employer-offered insurance coverage from 200...
