A little 'All Kids'
A little 'All Kids' Q and A (Southern Illinoisan)
SPRINGFIELD - Lawmakers have approved Gov. Rod Blagojevich's "All Kids" plan, which is meant to guarantee every child in Illinois receives health care.
Critics say new law benefits AEA firm formed by Hubbert (Tuscaloosa News)
A new state law requiring school systems to offer all employees tax-free savings accounts for medical and child-care needs is giving an unfair advantage to a company created by Paul Hubbert and owned by the Alabama Education Association, competitors told The Birmingham News.
New dental surgery plan delights townsfolk (Powys Country Times)
A PLANNING application for a new dental surgery in Machynlleth has been submitted, to the delight of local health officials. The application for the surgery, before the Montgomeryshire planning committee, is to convert a Welsh Development Agency (WDA) factory into a dental practice.
Salary bumps are only part of story (St. Cloud Times)
Elected St. Cloud officials will get a pay increase next year, but the benefits they receive are already impressive, if less well known. All are eligible for medical and dental insurance, a pension plan and reimbursements for official travel.
Minneapolis Community and Technical College and Delta Dental Form Program Partnership (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Delta Dental Plan of Minnesota, the largest provider of dental benefits in the Upper Midwest, and Minneapolis Community
Today's trick-or-treaters are tomorrow's orthodontic patients (NorthJersey.com)
Halloween is Larry Lieberman's loneliest day. But come Tuesday, the cheerful 61-year-old will be the most popular guy in Saddle Brook.
Patients to lose NHS dental care (The Vale Advertiser)
THOUSANDS more patients are to lose their NHS places as the county's dental crisis deepens. This week, dentists from the Connah's Quay Dental Surgery announced the practice will go private in February.
Aflac begins sales pitch for new policies on its sales force (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)
Aflac took a new approach to releasing its newest insurance products this past July. Before they began selling them to customers, the supplemental insurance company began a sales pitch to its own sales people.
T-Mobile plans bring attention to northwest (Springfield Business Journal)
Job seekers aren t the only ones attracted to T-Mobile USA s new customer service call center in Springfield. Within a day of the Oct. 24 announcement to bring the center to Airport Plaza, retailers were signing on for the northwest Springfield development.
$155M to shorten medical waiting lists (CBC Manitoba)
The NDP government has unveiled a five-point plan to shorten waiting lists for surgery, treatment and diagnostic testing in the province. Health Minister Tim Sale says the $155 million plan will target cancer, cardiac, diagnostic imaging, joint replacement, and cataract surgery.