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NewsPoll: Employer-based coverage continues to decline
The percentage of Americans who obtain their healthcare insurance from their employers continues to drop, reaching just 44.6 percent in February, according to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. Read more...
Health jobs defy recession, grow in December
While the U.S. economy lost 85,000 jobs in December, healthcare employment continued to buck the trend and rose by 22,000 jobs, with physician-office hiring and home health services leading the way, Read more...
Cobra coverage may last longer for newly laid off workers in CA
A new bill introduced in California may add as much as nine months to Cobra insurance coverage for workers laid off from smaller companies with up to 20 employees. The federal stimulus would fuel a Read more...
Healthcare adds jobs while U.S. economy struggles
Healthcare continued to be one of the few bright spots in the U.S. job market last month, despite the rest of the economy continuing to feel pain. The overall U.S. employment rate hit its highest Read more...
MA Blue plan launches cost-cutting program
Squeezed by fallout from the faltering economy, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts has plans to make substantial operational changes designed to cut costs by millions of dollars. The BCBS Read more...
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