Partners of 74 gay or unmarried Franklin County employees will start the new year with a new perk: health insurance. Commissioners voted in August to join the trend of private businesses and government agencies offering the benefit. The cost to the county’s health plan in 2010 will be $638,250.

Tim Sproul, Director of the Harrison County Conservation Board and a member of the county insurance committee, updated the Board of Supervisors Dec. 10, on the Nov. 24 meeting held with Silverstone Group. The county has contracted with Silverstone Group for several years to negotiate renewals of health insurance.

Today, eHealthInsurance.com, the leading online source of health insurance for individuals, families and small businesses, released data comparing non-group health insurance premiums for policies available at eHealth in the state of Florida, and subsidized COBRA premiums for people in Florida.

U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman has taken in millions of dollars in campaign contributions from the insurance and health industry he s now accused of protecting from meaningful health care reform.

Tim Sproul, Director of the Harrison County Conservation Board and a member of the county insurance committee, updated the Board of Supervisors Dec. 10, on the Nov. 24 meeting held with Silverstone Group. The county has contracted with Silverstone Group for several years to negotiate renewals of health insurance.

LAKE MINNETONKA — Supporters of a single-payer government health care system are protesting on Lake Minnetonka on Saturday. The Universal Health Care Action Network is gathering demonstrators on the ice outside the home of Stephen Hemsley, president and chief executive of UnitedHealth Group.

LAKE MINNETONKA, Minn. – Supporters of a single-payer government health care system are protesting on Lake Minnetonka today. The Universal Health Care Action Network is gathering demonstrators on the ice outside the home of Stephen Hemsley, president and chief executive of UnitedHealth Group.

All Scottie Marzonie was hoping for was that he could get health insurance in time to at least go skiing before the snow hit and his 18-hour days as a taxi driver kicked in.

The life and health insurance industry welcomes today’s agreement by the Finance Ministers in Whitehorse to study a range of possible retirement savings options, including giving financial institutions greater leeway to operate group retirement plans.

WASHINGTON – The liberal group MoveOn.org is opposing the Senate health care bill and urging Democrats to block it. In a letter to members Friday, MoveOn.org complained that the legislation has no government-run insurance option and no expansion of Medicare.