New Jersey Health Insurance:
New Jersey affordable health insurance information. Coverage updates and health insurance news from New Jersey. Family, children, individual, small business and group health insurance plans and coverage from New Jersey.
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Sep 16th, 2009
Governor Jon S. Corzine announced that the number of New Jerseyans without health insurance has decreased by more than 11%, or 147,000 individuals, the second largest reduction in the nation between 2007 and 2008.
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Sep 16th, 2009
Governor Jon S. Corzine held a teleconference call with leaders of community groups, health centers and faith-based groups that serve minority and multicultural populations to discuss efforts to enroll more children in NJ FamilyCare and to reduce health disparities.
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Apr 16th, 2009
New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine (D) on Wednesday announced that a new one-page "Express Lane" application for the state's FamilyCare program will be mailed to families who indicated on their state tax forms that they have eligible children who are without health insurance coverage.
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Jan 7th, 2009
New Jersey has received approval from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to consolidate three Medicaid-supported home and community-based service programs currently operated by DHSS into a single program known as Global Options (GO) for Long Term Care.
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Nov 4th, 2008
New Jersey Assembly member Paul Moriarty introduced a bill that would prohibit New Jersey hospitals from being reimbursed for follow-up care of serious medical errors.
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Aug 19th, 2008
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, New Jersey's largest health insurer, on Friday filed to become a publicly held for-profit company, which could potentially provide the state $1 billion to spend on health care.
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Jul 7th, 2008
New Jersey "faces a nasty culmination of health care crises" amid a falling economy, which likely will lead to an increase in the number of uninsured residents and place a greater burden on hospitals in the state.
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Apr 30th, 2008
Proposed Medicaid copayments for prescription drugs and some hospital visits raise a valid concern that low-income, uninsured residents would forgo medical care.
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Jan 4th, 2008
New Jersey more than tripled Medicaid reimbursements for physicians who treat beneficiaries younger than age 21.
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Dec 20th, 2007
New Jersey Governor announced agreement that will allow families with incomes greater than 350% of the federal poverty level to purchase health insurance for their children at significantly lower rates.