Setting the scene for the Supreme Court’s consideration of the health law
Two state attorneys general will face off at the National Press Club on the constitutionality of the health overhaul. In other news, a Mississippi district court judge has agreed to hear a different legal challenge to the measure.
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 ...
White House Touts GOP Governors’ Support of Health Insurance Exchanges
A White House report Wednesday highlights positive remarks made by several Republican governors about setting up health insurance exchanges, a key part of the health care overhaul law.
Advocates: Mississippi needs to clear the air
TUPELO – Smoke-free air advocates hope Mississippi’s poor report card spurs action in the state Legislature. The American Lung Association gave Mississippi failing grades in tobacco control program spending, cigarette tax rate, smoke-free air laws and insurance coverage for tobacco cessation.
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.
Governors' speeches reflect states' cautious mood
Glimmers of economic optimism. Deep concerns about jobs and health care costs. These are among the recurring themes as governors across the nation deliver their annual State of the State addresses. And the speeches have this in common, too: a striking absence of grand and costly proposals.
Trustmark Voluntary Benefit Solutions Names Alexander S. Williams as Regional Sales Director, Southeast Region
LAKE FOREST, IL-- - Alex Williams, 43, joined Trustmark Voluntary Benefit Solutions as Regional Sales Director for the company's southeast region, comprising the states of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi ...
State Dept. pulls visa sponsor's designation
A company will no longer be allowed to arrange special federal visas for foreign college students to work in the United States because the State Department — acting on complaints about poor labor conditions — has revoked the organization's certification.
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated and Its Subsidiaries
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings and issuer credit ratings of the insurance subsidiaries of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated .
BROKEN BUDGETS: Governors' speeches reflect states' cautious mood
Editor's note: This story is the latest installment in a joint initiative by The Associated Press and Associated Press Media Editors on the fiscal crisis facing U.S. states and cities, how state and local governments are dealing with severe budget cuts, and how American lives will change because of it. NEW YORK — Glimmers of economic optimism. Deep concerns about jobs and health care costs ...