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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wanted: Universal Health Insurance - WRAL

Posted: Today at 12:15 p.m. If you’ve ever been laid off, you know what’s coming: first, numbness and shock, then hurt and betrayal that your hard work has amounted to nothing. Then comes the real problem: paying the family’s bills, especially ...

AHIP Statement on National Health Expenditure Data - PR Newswire

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Karen Ignagni, President and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans, issued a statement on new data released by CMS today showing that health spending in the United States grew at the lowest rate in a ...