| 12/24/2000 Sleuths scope out benefits
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – If George Crowling put pencil to paper, his job description would read something like this: fortune-teller, penny-pincher, paper pusher and private detective. Health plans a challenge for GTE
IRVING – Finding a quality health plan isn't easy for GTE Corp. – especially in the region that contains 13,500 workers and its former headquarters. Behind-scenes look shows how firm chose health plans
With a healthy outlook and an unusually heavy workload, Bill Gilmore briefly scanned his medical benefits package this fall before deciding to stick with his current carrier, Cigna Healthcare. 10/15/2000 Experiments shifting decisions on health-care plans to workers
MINNEAPOLIS – The state that helped launch HMOs is now watching two experiments that could transform how patients receive and pay for medical care. Both projects try to shift responsibility for health-care decisions to workers and eliminate managed-care companies as negotiators, rule makers and second-guessers. 05/14/2000 Insurance grew from a luxury to entitlement
AVONDALE, La. - With war breaking out around the globe, a tiny shipyard on the
west bank of the Mississippi River desperately needed workers to build tugboats
and cargo vessels for the military.
Drowning in expenses
Nearly six decades after introducing health benefits to the nation, employers are struggling to keep the system afloat amid waves of cost increases and the threat of legal liability. 04/02/2000 Reporter Charles Ornstein talks about America's health insurance crisis Premiums put squeeze on workers
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - At dawn on New Year's Day, Lisa Tyler and members of her union local grabbed their bullhorns and placards and headed for the main lodge in Virginia's restored colonial capital. Bridging Benefit Gaps
Although the vast majority of Americans receive health insurance through their employers, by no means is the quality of coverage the same. Texas trying to pass more costs to state workers
Fancy Koonsman began working in state government 15 years ago because she considered the health insurance benefits to be far superior to what she could find in the private sector. Health insurance quiz |
