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Archive for October, 2007

Genlyte Announces Record Third Quarter Sales of $418.8 Million and (Health Insurance News)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

MSN MoneyCentral - markets; the performance of our specialty and niche businesses; availability and cost of input materials; work interruption by union employees; increases in energy and freight costs; workers’ compensation, casualty and group health insurance costs Read More
Chico Enterprise-Record - Factors ranging from a dip in revenue […]

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Principal Financial Q3 Earnings Fall; Operating Earnings Rise, Top … - RTT News (Health Insurance News)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

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Principal Financial Q3 Earnings Fall; Operating Earnings Rise, Top …RTT News, NY - Oct 29, 200710/29/2007 6:07:38 PM Asset manager and insurer Principal Financial Group, Inc. (PFG) said Monday after the markets closed that third earnings fell from …

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Insurers put riders on corporate health coversHindu Business Line, India - Oct 28, 2007Like Mr Singh, employees would […]

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Health costs a millstone for small businesses in Pennsylvania (Health Insurance News)

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - At the turn of the millennium, he says, the employer share of health insurance costs were about 10 percent of his total overhead. Now the costs have increased by a factor of 1.5, to 15 percent of his overhead. “The cost,” he said, “has been Read More
Pawtucket Times […]

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Say yes to national health care - Baltimore Sun (Health Insurance News)

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Say yes to national health careBaltimore Sun, United States - 19 hours agoThey point to other countries, such as Canada, that have national health insurance and yet have long wait times to see doctors. But research supports the …

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PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE FUND CLERKS ON STRIKE IN BULGARIASofia Echo, Bulgaria - 12 hours agoEmployees of the National […]

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Biden discusses health care - MSNBC (Health Insurance News)

Monday, October 29th, 2007

Biden discusses health careMSNBC - Oct 25, 2007… wanting to stay involved (since 60 percent of Americans covered are covered by their business) and health insurance costs lower for the American public. …

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Promoting healthRutland Herald, VT - Oct 28, 2007Editor's note: This story is part of a fall series on health insurance costs in Vermont. For […]

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Small firms look for big savings on health benefits (Health Insurance News)

Monday, October 29th, 2007

Chicago Tribune - The non-profit organization, which provides counseling to first-time homeowners, saw a 16 percent increase in health insurance-related expenses in 2006 from 2005, said Anderson, the agency’s director of human resources. She scoured the benefits Read More
Forbes - President Bush and other critics of a $35 billion spending increase […]

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Kerry, Snowe Push Finance Committee on Small Business Health Care - Insurance News Net (press release) (Health Insurance News)

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Kerry, Snowe Push Finance Committee on Small Business Health CareInsurance News Net (press release), PA - Oct 25, 2007… owners and their employees by stabilizing and enhancing the ability of small employers to provide quality and affordable group health insurance options. …

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Schools explore new approaches to teacher health insurancePost-Bulletin, MN - Oct 23, 2007By Heather J. Carlson […]

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Perry's reversal was right move for local colleges - Conroe Courier (Health Insurance News)

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Perry's reversal was right move for local collegesConroe Courier, TX - Oct 27, 2007Perry had maintained that local colleges should pay health insurance costs for state employees paid through local funds, even though the state mandated that …

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Senate considers small biz healthcare reformCNNMoney.com - Oct 24, 2007Skyrocketing health insurance costs hurt small businesses disproportionately, […]

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PERSONAL BUSINESS — HEALTH INSURANCE (Health Insurance News)

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

BusinessWeek - Companies have long married their health-care policies to wellness programs that encourage employees to lead a healthy lifestyle–to quit smoking, eat right, and exercise more often. Increasingly, these programs give workers’ wallets a workout, too Read More
KWQC - In the Democrats’ weekly radio address, Dean says GOP leaders are […]

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Triton teachers consider ditching group health insurance - Post-Bulletin (Health Insurance News)

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

Triton teachers consider ditching group health insurancePost-Bulletin, MN - Oct 23, 2007… Teachers fed up with rising premiums and large deductibles are pitching a new idea — dumping the Triton School District's group health insurance. …

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Cash Technologies Subsidiary Signs Services and Licensing …CNNMoney.com - Oct 25, 2007LOS ANGELES, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Cash Technologies, Inc. announced […]

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