http://health.einnews.com/news/massachusetts-health-insuranceConstantly updated news and information about healthcare industry. http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182404008 8 Aug 2008 17:55 GMT ... Massachusetts faces challenges in providing access to dental ... the reports. As part of the state's health insurance law, dental benefits were restored to about ... http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182378602 8 Aug 2008 14:56 GMT ... well that ends well. Last week, the Massachusetts House of Representatives closed the books on ... municipal employees to enter into the state's health insurance and pension programs. Furthermore, my colleagues and ... http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182369661 8 Aug 2008 13:55 GMT ... bills increased by more than $200; and health insurance is up $363. Jared Bernstein of the ... simply attributable to inflation. Last year, the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center published an analysis ... http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182359780 8 Aug 2008 12:36 GMT ... the head of the economics department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. And "there is no ... $65 billion a year on a broad-based health insurance program to cover the uninsured, plus $150 ... http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182357242 8 Aug 2008 12:05 GMT ... Add in at least $400 for individual health insurance - $1,000 for a family - in ... HELOC is still intact. (Condo prices in Massachusetts are down only 2.6% year over year.) ... http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182348310 8 Aug 2008 11:17 GMT ... away the moderating influence of the Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine ... about New Englanders: 66% of Americans support health coverage for all, even if it means raising ... http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182318872 8 Aug 2008 06:17 GMT ... on the increasingly contentious issue of employee health coverage, while fellow councilor-at-large Ted Bettencourt appears ready ... for a review of the city's costly health insurance program. He hasn't gone so far as ... are tied." But wait, there's a 1993 Massachusetts Appeals Court decision involving the town of ... http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182301602 8 Aug 2008 04:38 GMT ... the search for ways to bring affordable health insurance to the nations 47 million uninsured. That ... health insurance mandates and state subsidies in Massachusetts which have led to unexpectedly large cost ... their income is being reduced for employers health plan premium contributions and what the money is ... http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182300204 8 Aug 2008 04:34 GMT ... last fiscal year than other North Central Massachusetts communities. Ashburnham's $84 million tax-exempt valuation, 11 ... decrease the town's funding share of employees' health insurance from 90 percent to 80 percent, Pacheco ... http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182290475 8 Aug 2008 02:09 GMT ... at the infirmary at the University of Massachusetts." Some people criticize Randy for his unabashedly ... said. After she retired -- with excellent health insurance benefits, thanks to her union -- her ... http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182283052 8 Aug 2008 00:49 GMT ... prohibit obesity discrimination in the workplace, and Massachusetts is looking into similar legislation. A 1999 ... University survey found that obese employees with health insurance were paid $1.20 an hour less than ... obese people. A 2004 report from a health insurer lists 29 percent of the American workforce ... http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182280940 8 Aug 2008 00:16 GMT ... in three new states as we speak; Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Connecticut. And two days ... reserves of $64.8 million, and employee group health insurance reserves of $7.1 million. As of June ... http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182279056 7 Aug 2008 23:52 GMT ... Commission Standard MS.1.20, reducing administrative waste in health insurance through accurate reporting of medical expenses ratios ... Health Affairs study, AMNews reported, compared 81 Massachusetts physician groups eligible for quality incentives with ... http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182254078 7 Aug 2008 20:35 GMT ... of Philosophy Degree at Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. John W. Morgan is president and CEO ... as the chair. Regence is the largest health insurer in the Northwest / Intermountain Region, offering ... Utah and Regence BlueShield of Idaho. Each health plan is a not-for-profit independent licensee of the ... http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182220935 7 Aug 2008 16:52 GMT ... State Watch | Shortage of Massachusetts Dentists Willing To Provide Care After Dental ... the reports. As part of the state's health insurance law, dental benefits were restored to about ...