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Year-end insurance challenge (NorthJersey.com)


Year-end insurance challenge (NorthJersey.com)
At businesses across the country, health-care costs get an added focus in the last months of the year. Companies that offer workers a variety of health insurance choices hold what are called open enrollment periods, allowing employees to change their benefits or sign up for special savings accounts.

Delta Dental names Denti-Cal exec (Sacramento Business Journal)
Delta Dental of California, the state's largest dental plan, has named Garrett Leaf vice president of Denti-Cal, the nation's largest dental benefits program for eligible Medicaid beneficiaries.

Science is for girls, too (The Olympian)
OLYMPIA -- About 250 middle school girls trudged in the rain across a community college campus Saturday to learn how fun science and math can be.

Insurers Invited to Bid on New Dental and Vision Benefits (Washington Post)
Efforts are underway to set up a program offering enhanced dental and vision benefits to federal employees and retirees. Congressional staff members plan to meet with federal law enforcement groups this month or in early December to discuss government-wide changes in pay and benefits for officers....

Overwhelmed By Uninsured (RedNova)
By BARBARA FERRY, PHOTO BY NATALIE GUILLEN LA FAMILIA MEDICAL CENTER Clinic sees growing flock of low-income patients lacking coverage Uninsured: 70 percent of La Familia patients lack health-care coverage La Familia's main building on Alto Street, on the west side of Santa Fe, is a cross between a busy medical clinic and a hard-hat zone these days.

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