Coverage After Cobra
A growing number of the unemployed are exhausting their extended Cobra health-insurance subsidies. There’s a slim chance that Congress could extend the subsidy again this fall, but most experts reckon it’s unlikely.

MAXIMUS Launches Solutions to Help States Develop Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs
RESTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MAXIMUS, a leading provider of government services worldwide, has launched its Meaningful Use Solutions to help states develop and implement their Electronic Health Record incentive programs.

TRUTH TEST: Conservative group attacks Markey
KUSA – Throughout the election season, 9NEWS holds those who air political commercials on our stations accountable for what they say. The following “Truth Test” analyzes an ad paid for by Americans for Prosperity (www.ammericansforprosperity.org), a group that advocates for limited government.

First Edition: August 19, 2010
In the news today, modest premium increases are ahead for Medicare drug plans while a survey finds that huge employers expect health cost hikes in 2011.

High-risk health plot near for Californians
California will open a new high-risk health insurance plot in September for people who have medical conditions that make it hard, if not impossible, to obtain coverage.