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That group of consumers has been growing, as the recession has created more uninsured Americans looking for ways to protect themselves and their families.Now, Illinois consumers will get a glimpse into just how wide-ranging rate increases among individual health plans can be. The data, obtained by the Tribune, also provide a window into the overall trend of premium increases at large and small employers. The individual insurance market is relatively small compared with consumers who get their insurance through their employers, but it has become the fastest-growing group in this economy, in which about one in 10 are unemployed. The individual market also has spawned a national debate after a California health insurer raised premiums for this group by up to 40 percent, triggering probes by state regulators and the Obama administration.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield Individual Health Insurance Plans in Illinois ... MarketWatch (press release) table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNEiON646q8lPR57CbxJm225QeFT3wamp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/blue-cross-and-blue-shield-individual-health-insurance-plans-in-illinois-texas-and-oklahoma-available-through-ehealthinsurancecom-2012-01-30?reflink%3DMW_news_stmpbBlue Cross and Blue Shield bIndividual Health Insurance/b Plans in bIllinois/b b/b/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fMarketWatch (press release)/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1The company is now offering Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of bIllinois/b and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma bhealth insurance/b plans on eHealthInsurance.com. bIndividuals/b and families will be able to get free quotes, b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dmiaqrSBZys7anMamp;ned=usnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |
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State reviews health insurance hikes, lacks authority to halt them Austin American-Statesman table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNG7Wx5zT7BzOJrxnOu_pAWdZNXVfQamp;url=http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/state-reviews-health-insurance-hikes-lacks-authority-to-2152412.htmlbState reviews bhealth insurance/b hikes, lacks authority to halt them/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fAustin American-Statesman/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1Since September, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known to critics as Obamacare, has compelled bhealth insurance/b companies to inform state and federal insurance regulators when they want to increase rates for bindividual/b or b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dD9AhwBiyIkYUZMamp;ned=usnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |
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More college students seek mental health care Capital Times (blog) table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNG8nAxHMpQogrF9oj-O40y90YT_Dgamp;url=http://www.wisconsinwatch.org/2012/02/05/gaps-persist-in-campus-mental-health-services/img src=//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/8rvfVnt6yOee8M/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2WisconsinWatch.org/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNHwqZKK88dUueTyMwZeRF7aTYO7egamp;url=http://host.madison.com/news/local/health_med_fit/more-college-students-seek-mental-health-care/article_991169d4-50c5-11e1-99ec-0019bb2963f4.htmlbMore college students seek mental bhealth care/b/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fCapital Times (blog)/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1b/b seeking intensive counseling and psychiatric bcare/b, which college mental bhealth/b centers often lack resources to provide. The problem has been underscored by mass shootings by troubled students at Virginia Tech and Northern bIllinois/b universities./fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNEKY_HXKKUkXBgqrn0ujTIp7c_DCQamp;url=http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/amid-surge-in-demand-uw-students-combat-mental-health-stigmas/article_84f099e8-4fb7-11e1-9855-001871e3ce6c.htmlAmid surge in demand, UW students combat mental bhealth/b stigmas/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrLa Crosse Tribune/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNG8nAxHMpQogrF9oj-O40y90YT_Dgamp;url=http://www.wisconsinwatch.org/2012/02/05/gaps-persist-in-campus-mental-health-services/Gaps persist in campus mental bhealth/b services/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrWisconsinWatch.org/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d-GR04QcUssk52MllOpC3PQtrP6uMamp;ned=usnobrball 6 news articlesnbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |
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Hospitals mine their patients records in search of customers Gant Daily table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNGEbWAjOGwv0BYCJMUXnZEYF3l5qwamp;url=http://gantdaily.com/2012/02/06/hospitals-mine-their-patients-records-in-search-of-customers/bHospitals mine their patients#39; records in search of customers/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fGant Daily/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1Hospitals say they are promoting needed services, such as cancer screenings and cholesterol tests, but they often use the data to target patients with bprivate health insurance/b, which typically pay higher rates than government coverage./fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d_Bf365tfzMFc4Mamp;ned=usnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |