Headline News Archive
2008
January
30
- Precios de viviendas van en picada. Brutal y extensa como un desastre natural, la racha de embargos de viviendas en el país aumentó 79% el año pasado en relación
- Cámara Baja aprueba plan económico. La Cámara Baja del Congreso aprobó ayer por abrumadora mayoría un plan de estímulo económico de 146,000 millones de dólares, pero
29
- Fracasa reforma para la salud. La reforma de salud que pretendía hacer obligatorio el seguro médico en California y dar cobertura al 70% de los 6.5 millones de no asegurados
28
- California Governor's health plan in trouble. It has been a January to forget for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California. Since the beginning of the year, the governor, who handily won re-election
26
- Hispanic homeownership could fall during crisis. Hispanic homeownership topped 50 percent in recent years but is in danger of declining during this housing crisis, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso
24
- More employers drop health care plans. Nick Trikolas plans to drop health insurance for his employees and give them money to buy their own coverage. He says doing so will put
21
- Pet health insurance gains popularity. At a time when employers are scaling back on costly health benefits, pet insurance is gaining popularity as an employee benefit. Veterinary Pet Insurance, the
17
- State health care plans hit U.S. law. Several states and communities are moving to provide universal health coverage for their residents, but a federal law is blocking their efforts. Many of the
2007
December
28
- Companies can drop older retirees' health benefits. Companies can scale back their retiree health care coverage once their former employees qualify for Medicare, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has affirmed. The ruling,
November
12
- Reclame su seguro de incendio. Si tu hogar fue dañado por los recientes incendios en California, exígele a tu compañía de seguros que cumpla. Tú pagaste puntualmente
11
- Collecting insurance after a disaster. In the aftermath of Southern California's devastating wildfires, you might be thinking more about your insurance. If your house is damaged or destroyed, what can
08
- Free 'VINCheck' for unrecovered stolen vehicles. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) is launching a free service to help inform car buyers that the vehicle they want to purchase may be
07
- Autos robados: evite sorpresas al comprar. El buro nacional contra el crimen de seguros lanzó otra herramienta para que los consumidores se aseguren que el auto que están por comprar
October
26
- Insurers taking risk out of the equation. You buy a Band-Aid. You get a scrape. You use your Band-Aid. And the next time you go to the drugstore, you're told that you
25
- Children's health bill reemerges in House. Just one week after failing to override President Bush's veto, House Democrats will put a new version of their $35 billion expansion of the State Children's
24
- Insurance claims could haunt houses. If past history is any measure, many homeowners affected by the wildfires burning throughout Southern California will find that claims they submit to insurers will
- Mexicanos en EE.UU.: ahorros en seguro médico. Los mexicanos residentes en Estados Unidos pueden comprar un seguro de cobertura médica en México a precios mucho más económicos que
16
- Home Insurers Canceling in East. It is 1,200 miles from the coastline where Hurricane Katrina touched land two years ago to the neat colonial-style home here where James Gray, a retired
September
28
- Los 5 nuncas de la banca en Internet. El realizar las transacciones bancarias por Internet tiene muchas ventajas, porque toma menos tiempo que ir a la sucursal y tiene menos riesgos para la
26
- House passes kid's insurance bill. A major expansion of government health insurance to nearly 4 million children passed the House of Representatives Tuesday, but without enough Republican support to overcome President
- Más costos de salud recaerán en los trabajadores. Las primas de cuidado de salud de los empleadores y sus trabajadores subieron más del doble del índice de inflación en 2007 y se
12
- Employer paid health care costs rise (Chinese). 【美聯社十一日電】據凱撒家庭基金會11日發表的調查報告說,今年職工及他們的僱主支付的健保費平均上漲6.1%,超過通貨膨脹率和薪資增長率,佔家庭預算的較大部分。
- Employer-paid health insurance costs slow. The cost of employer-provided health insurance rose 6.1 percent this year, the smallest jump since 1999 but still well above the increase in wages and consumer prices,
09
- California's ambitious health plan fails. After losing much of August to a budget impasse, state lawmakers and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have been unable to reach agreement on a proposal to
05
- Limited health policies vex some buyers. Sales agents peddling health insurance through Mega Life or Mid-West National told customers the coverage was affordable and good. What they often didn't say, according
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