CIGNA says it will lay off 1,100 - The Money Times

Philadelphia -- U.S. insurance giant CIGNA Corp. said it would eliminate about 1,100 jobs and freeze wages for salaried employees throughout 2009 due to the economy. The company said merit raises would be reserved only for hourly workers this year ...

Hospital expands insurance options - Longview News-Journal

Good Shepherd Medical Center announced Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with HealthSmart and Aetna to allow about 13,000 East Texans whose health insurance is managed by those companies to choose which Longview hospital they use without ...

No job, no health insurance: How to survive tough times - Atlanta Journal Constitution

Just two weeks after getting laid off from his job, Ashish Desai sprained his ankle and knee playing tennis. No paycheck and no health insurance meant no doctor for the Buckhead resident. Desai bandaged the injuries the best he could and left them to ...

GOP uses newly minted power to limit insurance mandates, tax cuts - Journal Record

OKLAHOMA CITY – State Sen. Glenn Coffee became the first Republican Senate president pro tempore in state history on Tuesday. Little more than an hour later, the new Republican majority used its power to grant special protections for the insurance ...

Caring for young adults - Times Union

ALBANY — Gov. David Paterson's first State of the State address will unveil a plan to expand health insurance to 31 percent of New York's uninsured: young adults who are too old for their parents' health policies. In his speech from the state ...