Small Businesses Oppose Mandates for Health Plans
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The small business lobbying group that had a big part in derailing Hillary Clintonâs effort to overhaul health care in the early 1990s has staked out its position for the 2008 political season.
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The ruling was the first application of a restrictive new White House policy regarding public health insurance that has drawn ferocious criticism from Democrats.
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Democratic lawmakers will propose banning private Medicare insurance plans from door-to-door sales pitches after some seniors complained that they were pressured or misled into enrolling in the wrong plans.
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A group of the largest commercial hospital chains plans to propose that individuals be required to have basic health coverage.
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Many Valley retirees who thought they would have lifetime health care have learned the hard way that companies are cutting back or eliminating their benefits altogether.
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In the debate over what to do about the growing number of working people with little or no health insurance, no company may be taking more heat than the United States&#39; largest employer, Wal-Mart Stores.
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A study concludes the region's largest health insurer is shirking its legal obligation to support public health needs.
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Health-insurance premiums are up by double digits for the fourth straight year. And Chuck Mott, like millions of other small-business
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In Tennessee, nearly a half-million people are warned they could lose their government-supported health care. In Maine, the move is in the opposite direction - the state is expanding its
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Gov. Martin O'Malley and Democratic legislative leaders yesterday proposed providing health insurance to 100,000 poor uninsured adults in Maryland and subsidizing small businesses that offer coverage to their employees.
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The Bush administration violated the law by allowing private insurers to limit choices of some patients in a small trial program of managed health care under Medicare, congressional investigators said.
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Data and surveys indicate that businesses remain reluctant to hire full-time employees because of health insurance costs.
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The Mayo Clinic proposal doesnât advocate a government-run single-payer system, but urges private insurance companies to offer plans with many options.
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Experts say rising health insurance costs are causing problems for start-ups and keeping some would-be entrepreneurs from starting businesses.
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A Maryland family caught in the partisan crossfire over a children's health-care bill in Congress is now stepping back into the divisive debate, advocating this time for state legislation that would expand coverage for adults.
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For some, they&#39;re an innovative and necessary reform for the ailing health care industry. For others, they&#39;re potentially ruinous for Americansâ health care coverage.
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Health insurance companies are offering more Medicare HMO choices this year, but some local seniors say they aren&#39;t interested.