Kentucky’s candidates for governor both have ideas to extend insurance coverage to children in the state. Current governor Ernie Fletcher wants to help small businesses provide health insurance not only to their employees but also to their employees’ families. Nearly 81,000 children in Kentucky are currently uninsured.
Fletcher wants the current Medicaid program [...]
Entries from October 2007
October 15, 2007
A medical doctor who made health care a hallmark of his first term
October 10, 2007
Changes in health insurance coverage in the near future
Michigan teachers can expect to see big changes in their health insurance coverage in the near future. On October 1, a budget deal between the state and the Michigan Education Association outlined increases that will affect newly hired teaches and their health insurance costs while also saving taxpayers money in the long run.
According to [...]
October 10, 2007
Childrens Health Insurance Programs
President Bush’s veto of the bill to increase funding for the State Children’s Health Insurance Programs (SCHIPs) isn’t the end of the story. Washington and at least four additional states are planning to sue the administration because the president’s actions wrongly restrict the state’s ability to expand health coverage. New York, New [...]
