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• Cost of health insurance goes up 3%
  Sep 3, 2010 — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  Since then, health insurance premiums have increased 138% compared with a 31% increase in consumer prices. The cost of single coverage rose 5% to $5,049 this year. And some employers are seeing the results. Wagner Cos., a Milwaukee maker of handrails and components, said its health insurance premiums decreased this year.
• Health insurance is taking a bigger bite from workers' wallets
  Sep 3, 2010 — The Kansas City Star
  Total single coverage cost $5,049, up 5 percent. Since 2005, workers' contributions to premiums have jumped 47 percent -- about $1,300 -- while overall premiums rose 27 percent.
• Firing up the campaign trail for U.S. Senate
  Aug 29, 2010 — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  Russ Feingold (D-Wis.). And Johnson says his stated goal is to stop the "Obama agenda." It was Feingold's life ambition to get elected to office, Johnson says. If he defeats his two primary opponents -- David Westlake and Stephen Finn -- and then defeats Feingold Nov. 2, he says he will work to repeal the bill as soon as possible. Later, he said, he started Pacur, an Oshkosh plastics company, with his brother-in-law.
• Health-care reform will help young adults get coverage
  Aug 29, 2010 — Richmond Times-Dispatch
  Playing music is his job -- even if it doesn't pay much. Like many people his age, Dixon has no health insurance. Health insurance isn't on his list of priorities with $500 monthly rent, a phone bill, groceries and band costs. Routhier said he believes that everyone has a right to health care but not health insurance.
• Retail store medical clinics a bust in Madison
  Aug 26, 2010 — The Wisconsin State Journal
  Care clinics at Shopko stores near East Towne and West Towne Malls closed June 1. The clinics were franchises from Bellin Health in Green Bay, which developed the model with ShopKo about four years ago. The three Take Care Health clinics in Madison-area Walgreens (NYSE:WAG) stores closed Aug. 1, a company spokesman said Wednesday. Those clinics were in stores at 3710 E. Washington Ave. and 3700 University Ave. in Madison and at 2931 S. Fish Hatchery Road in Fitchburg. Take Care...
• Obama been tough, smart on economy
  Aug 23, 2010 — CNN
  On Wednesday former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, a likely 2012 Presidential contender, gave voice to this on the Boston Globe's editorial page. Still, Romney's notion that the Obama administration is anti-jobs and anti-growth is both wrong and misleading. Mitt Romney should join the effort, and leave behind the over-the-top hyperbole that does nothing but distract and mislead.
• A lesson in health insurance for college students
  Aug 20, 2010 — USA Today
  Others failed to cover prescription drugs or placed limits on drug coverage, Cuomo said. A college health plan should provide catastrophic coverage of at least $250,000 and ideally $500,000, Turner says. College Parents of America, a Virginia-based non-profit, recently launched GradGuard, an individual insurance plan that offers broader coverage than most college plans.
• Under 26 and uninsured? Young adults will soon have the choice of coverage from their parents' policies
  Aug 20, 2010 — The Charlotte Observer
  The first is the parent's plan must be a family plan that includes dependents. But that cost is still probably higher than you might pay through private coverage, Coletti said.It's no surprise that rates for privately purchased health insurance differ dramatically by age. For a 45-year-old woman who doesn't smoke, the cost is double, though these costs can become prohibitive with pre-existing conditions.Young adults represent the highest uninsured age group.
• New Blue Cross CEO vows to control costs
  Aug 19, 2010 — The Boston Globe
  Guzzi said Van Faasen, who did not take a salary in his temporary position, will remain in a role still to be determined.Yesterday, Blue Cross had not decided on Dreyfus's pay package. Initially, it had sought average base rate increases ranging from 10 to 19 percent. He then joined the Dukakis administration, serving in several posts, including at the Executive Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation.
• New kind of health care provider helps uninsured
  Aug 19, 2010 — Newsday
  She has signed up for the family plan at $54 a month for herself, her mother and brother, who also have no health insurance. So far, she says, she has signed on 3,000 health care providers in 30 specialties in the metropolitan area. They would pay a price lower than Transparent's monthly fees.