The News Review:
- Federal cash could expand insurance program for poor children
- Sparks pediatrician sues insurance provider
- Regulators close 1st Centennial Bank in California
- Insurance Dispute Legal Resources Provided by Morgan & Morgan
- Report: Michigan slides in health insurance coverage
- Road runner : Dropping car insurance an unwise way to scrimp
- bama Promotes Energy Health Insurance in Stimulus – Bloomberg
Federal cash could expand insurance program for poor children
MaineToday.com ME
House of Representatives voted 289-139 last Wednesday to expand government-sponsored insurance nationally to 4 million more children in working families with income too high to qualify for Medicaid. About 7 million children now get health care through the State Children’s Health Insurance Program known as SCHIP. Maine Democratic U.
Sparks pediatrician sues insurance provider
San Jose Mercury News USA
—A Sparks pediatrician has sued an insurance provider claiming it bilked thousands of northern Nevada doctors out of “tens of millions of dollars” by failing to pay claims and forcing them into “one-sided” contracts. Kevin Windisch filed the class-action lawsuit in U. District Court in Reno against Hometown Health Plan and Renown Health.
Regulators close 1st Centennial Bank in California
BusinessWeek
bank to fail this year. California regulators closed the Redlands-based bank and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. 1st Centennial had assets of $803. 3 million and deposits of $676. 9 million as of Jan.
Insurance Dispute Legal Resources Provided by Morgan & Morgan
Emailwire
CM January 26 2009 ) rlando FL – ForThePeople. com the website for national plaintiff’s law firm Morgan & Morgan is now offering online informational resources for individuals involved in insurance disputes. If your claim has been denied by your insurance company it is important.
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Report: Michigan slides in health insurance coverage
Detroit Free Press United States
Black and Hispanic people are disproportionally affected the report said. The number of uninsured people increased as more employers cut costly benefits or workers were laid off and lost coverage. The “Cover Michigan” report documents “a state under stress” where health insurance coverage has deteriorated since 2000 said Marianne Udow-Phillips director of the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation. The Ann Arbor company funded by the University of Michigan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to study health access and other issues in the state found:• 53.
Road runner : Dropping car insurance an unwise way to scrimp
Arizona Daily Star AZ
Though overall more people were carrying car insurance in 2007 than they were five years earlier that could be on the brink of change. The Research Council said the bad economy is expected to cause more people to drop their insurance or not to insure their vehicles in the first place. That’s a scary dangerous and costly prospect. Put aside the legal requirement to have insurance for a moment.
bama Promotes Energy Health Insurance in Stimulus – Bloomberg
Journal of Turkish Weekly Turkey
24 (Bloomberg) — President Barack bama seeking to sell his stimulus package to the public promoted plans to build up clean-energy industries expand health-insurance coverage and boost security at US ports. Video: bama Asks Lawmakers to Back Stimulus Bill AssociatedPressBarack bama picks a fight with Rush Limbaugh as bipartisan spirit.