More than 1,000 BUT members lose medical insurance
MORE than 1,000 members of the Bahamas Union of Teachers lost their medical insurance cover last night, BUT President Belinda Wilson has confirmed.
Nearly 2 million Californians lost their health insurance during 2008 and 2009 -- years characterized by a deep recession and mass layoffs -- bringing the total number of uninsured in the state to more than 8 million, according to new estimates from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.