Salem County employees to get compensation for opting out of health ... - Bridgeton News

SALEM -- Freeholders announced Tuesday that they are rolling out a health insurance opt-out plan for county employees, who could see a bigger paycheck while saving the taxpayers thousands. Officials said they are hoping to curb the skyrocketing costs ...

U.S. Rep. Steve Kagen, D-Appleton, to undergo new surgery; congressman ... - Post-Crescent

WASHINGTON — Rep. Steve Kagen will undergo outpatient surgery Wednesday to repair torn cartilage in his right knee. Kagen, a millionaire physician who has rejected congressional health insurance benefits, hopes to negotiate the cost of the surgery ...

Health Insurance Premiums Remain Stable - WLBZ 2

WASHINGTON (PRNewswire-USNewswire) -- Karen Ignagni, President and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans, issued a statement on new data released by CMS Tuesday showing that health spending in the United States grew at the lowest rate in a decade ...

State health plan needs bailout, premium increase - WRAL

Posted: Today at 4:29 p.m. Raleigh, N.C. — A $300 million taxpayer bailout is needed to rescue the financially troubled state employee health insurance plan, and the plan's director said state workers will need to absorb higher premiums to keep the ...

Obama Pushes States to Cover More Unemployed - Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama plans to offer states $7 billion as incentive to permanently change their unemployment-insurance laws to cover part-time workers and prevent other laid-off workers from falling through cracks in the coverage ...