Health Insurance for Children in 2012: eHealthInsurance Publishes Updated Data on Open Enrollment Periods and Product ...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA-- - Today eHealthInsurance , the leading online source of health insurance for individuals, families and small businesses, released an updated list of open enrollment periods for child-only ...

States are all over the map on health overhaul
A list of states and their uninsured population, grouped according to the progress they have made in establishing health insurance exchanges, a linchpin for expanding coverage under President Barack Obama's ...

State roundup: Iowa reconsiders lawmakers' benefits
Two bills introduced in the Iowa House last week would curtail benefits for lawmakers. ... House File 2118 also removes per diem and daily allowances from inclusion in lawmakers' pension calculations, but also requires members and employees of the General Assembly to pay a portion of their health-insurance premiums. That premium payment would have to be at least $100 a month.

Can Obama's health-care law force Catholics to support birth control?
Without an exemption for Catholic-linked institutions, the Obama health-care law requirement that insurance plans cover birth control would violate religious liberty, priests say.

WellCare's 'Ohana Health Plan Selected to Serve Hawaii's Quest Medicaid Program
Tampa, Florida (January 23, 2012) - WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE: WCG - News) today announced that the Hawai`i Department of Human Services awarded `Ohana Health Plan (`Ohana), a health plan offered by WellCare ...

2012 Healthcare Management Conference
Join local business and healthcare leaders for a day of dynamic discussion around the impact of the insurance mandate and healthcare reform on the Inland Northwest community. In 2014 health care reform will extend coverage to nearly 30 million uninsured people. The federal government, through the Institute of Medicine, is laying out guidelines for deciding [...]

State health care list
A list of states and their uninsured population, grouped according to the progress they have made in establishing health insurance exchanges, a linchpin for expanding coverage under President Barack Obama 's health care overhaul law.

Hale Makua, MMMC look at creating partnership
WAILUKU - Hale Makua Health Services and Maui Memorial Medical Center are exploring an innovative partnership that could bring two pillars of Maui's health care establishment long-term financial stability while better serving community needs,...

DON’T TRAMPLE ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
In winning approval of a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. health care system in 2010, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders had to placate a small but pivotal group of Democratic lawmakers: those who opposed abortion on religious grounds. These politicians were promised that decisions on federal mandates involving reproductive issues – including not just abortion but contraception ...

Straub's new heart screening aimed at women
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - February is heart disease awareness month. Heart disease and stroke are the leading cause of death for women in Hawaii. More than 47% - almost half - of all women in Hawaii are