Free Quotes for Health Insurance Anyone Can Qualify For - PR Web (press release)

Free Quotes for Health Insurance Anyone Can Qualify For PR Web (press release), WA Online health insurance quote engine Whataquote.com adds free quotes for guaranteed issue health insurance plans for individuals who are normally considered uninsurable due to pre-existing conditions or cannot afford a major medical policy. Dallas ...
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Texas Senate approves two-year, $182.2 billion budget Dallas Morning News, TX And that's maintaining an unwanted superlative: Texas
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If you’re jobless, determine what you owe, have, need - Atlanta Journal Constitution

If you’re jobless, determine what you owe, have, need Atlanta Journal Constitution,  USA Take COBRA health coverage. COBRA is the acronym for a federal law that allows many laid-off workers to remain on an employer’s group health plan for 18 months. When you’re covered by a group health insurance plan, your employer usually pays some or ...
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State Legislature: Bill aims
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Parkland hospital agrees to split cost, help build, operate ... - Dallas Morning News

Parkland hospital agrees to split cost, help build, operate ... Dallas Morning News, TX Many of the workers have jobs that do not provide health insurance . "There's tremendous need for a clinic like this in the southern part of Dallas County," said Dr. Lauren McDonald, chairwoman of Parkland's board of directors, which approved the joint ...
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Got a question? The president's listening Newsday, NY wrote Ryan P. from Dallas
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Federal cigarette tax to go up 62 cents a pack - Dallas Morning News

WDTV Federal cigarette tax to go up 62 cents a pack Dallas Morning News, TX Congress approved the higher federal cigarette tax earlier this year to expand coverage in the Children's Health Insurance Program, which covers uninsured children in lower income families. It's expected to provide $31.5 billion in additional funding ... Up in Smoke: Fed. Taxes, Manufacturers Raise Prices NBC Dallas-Fort Worth all 83 news articles
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State fee that strip clubs pay not being spent (Dallas Morning News)

The $11.2 million that Texas gentlemen's clubs have paid the state in the last year is supposed to be funding sexual assault services for dozens of Texas counties that don't have any, along with some health insurance programs. Instead, the money is sitting in state coffers.
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Silver City's liquor license reinstated after judge's ruling WFAA, TX That money is supposed to fund sexual assault prevention and health
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CHERYL HALL - Dallas Morning News

CHERYL HALL Dallas Morning News, TX Five years ago, they opened up a factory in Xiamen, China, run by Ben Briggs, son of Dallas real estate executive Robbie Briggs. The plant is a Chinese anomaly. Barrington pays above-market wages with health insurance and maternity leave. ...
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The Obama administration has proposed cutting what the government pays private insurers to cover about one in five
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Plan might help those who lose insurance (The Charleston Gazette)

DALLAS - When Robert Barnhouse of Richardson, Texas, lost his job in October, he tried to hold onto his health insurance but quickly found he couldnt afford the $500 monthly premiums.The 61-year-old engineer dropped the coverage after one month and is now ...
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Texas regions battle for new public universities Dallas Morning News, TX ... D- Dallas , said the state is already short on pharmacists.
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DFW healthcare advocates want more money for kid programs (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

By MARIA M. PEROTIN GRAND PRAIRIE — Texas lawmakers should invest more money in children’s healthcare and make it easier for low-income families to enroll eligible youngsters in government programs. That was the message Thursday from a coalition of Metroplex leaders, who are advocating several changes that would make Medicaid and the state Children’s Health Insurance Program more accessible. ...
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Business in the Burbs: Profits soar at Universal American in 4th ... - Lower Hudson Journal news

Business in the Burbs: Profits soar at Universal American in 4th ... Lower Hudson Journal news, NY By Jay Loomis • The Journal News • February 19, 2009 Profits more than doubled at Universal American Corp. during the fourth quarter as the Rye Brook-based health insurer benefited from enrollment gains in its Medicare health insurance plans and ... Profits soar at Universal American in 4Q Business in the Burbs all 12 news articles
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Community colleges rally for more funding - News-Journal.com

Community colleges rally for more funding News-Journal.com, TX - 10 hours ago The two primary community college-related issues to be addressed during the legislative session are protecting faculty and staff health insurance coverage ...
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AUSTIN – Texas child advocates said Wednesday that the state could add 100,000 youngsters to the rolls of the Children's Health Insurance Program without a huge budget hit, now
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