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Montana inks small business insurance contract. Utah bill to do so fails

The state sealed a deal with Montana’s largest health insurer Thursday to offer affordable group coverage to small businesses that enroll in a new insurance pool.

The pool is part of a $13 million state program called "Insure Montana" and is designed to help Montanans who lack health insurance. One in five state residents do not have coverage, and about half of that population works for a small business, State Auditor John Morrison said.

"It’s bad for their health and bad for everyone’s pocketbooks," he said.

By SARAH COOKE
Associated Press

Full Story: http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/19/build/state/55-insurance.inc

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Bill to help small businesses offer insurance is ditched

By Kirsten Stewart and Linda Fantin
The Salt Lake Tribune

Creating high-paying jobs tops Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.’s agenda for 2006.

And yet there will be no relief this year for small businesses struggling to offer health insurance to their workers. In fact, a bill aimed at doing just that, one championed by the governor’s economic development advisors, was gutted days before Tuesday’s State-of-the-State address, disappointing health care reformists who were hoping Huntsman would plug the idea in his speech.

Full Story: http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_3415897

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