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Insurance costs RISE with flood map changes

Changes to existing Juneau-area flood zones will mean 160 of Juneau's waterfront property owners may have a more difficult time financing a home because they have to buy flood insurance.

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-03-27/insurance-costs-rise-flood-map-changes
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NMS-Juneau Pioneer Home renewed for SHARP

...significant incidents will result in enforcement action.Companies that partner with AKOSH and achieve SHARP status are likely to experience fewer workplace accidents and reduced workers' compensation insurance costs, according to the DLWD.

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-02-06/nms-juneau-pioneer-home-renewed-sharp
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Mayoral and assembly candidate forum

...any agency or business or non-profit where personnel costs aren't your highest cost. We have issues with health insurance costs with retirement costs, even employees that you might lay off. I think those are issues that drive our costs. We need...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-09-28/mayoral-and-assembly-candidate-forum
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Enough about the 'T-word' - health care ruling is good for businesses

...promote competition in the insurance marketplace - the public option. That would have reduced the growth of health insurance costs for my employees even more.Still, there is good news in the health reform law: Continued benefits for young adults...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-07-02/enough-about-t-word-health-care-rulin
Opinion
Alaska editorial: Balancing care: Going Outside could harm local institutions

...Medical facilities and the people who work in health care are part of the fabric of our society.The ever-rising insurance costs faced by governments and private companies are a serious issue, but so is the financial health of medical facilities...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-07-27/alaska-editorial-balancing-care-going
Opinion
Governor Parnell plays politics on state health exchange decision

...this was originally a Republican idea to use components of the marketplace to create more competition to drive down insurance costs. President Obama not only accepted but promoted the concept of a health insurance exchange as a key component of...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-07-29/governor-parnell-plays-politics-state
Opinion
Small company owners react to the election results

...time since starting his business 19 years ago, Nick Balletta is deciding how it will deal with ballooning health insurance costs. He may stop providing it."We've never thought about cutting it before," says Balletta.TalkPoint, a New...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2012-11-08/small-company-owners-react-election-r
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BRH moves closer to preparing for FY13

...probably largely part of a national decline, as more patients are spending more either in higher deductibles or for insurance costs, so people are making less use of health care facilities.The full board meets at 5:15 p.m. today in the hospital's...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-03-27/brh-moves-closer-preparing-fy13
Local
A back-to-normal economy

...heard strong comments to the effect of 'my company won't hire a single additional worker until we know what health insurance costs are going to be.'" President Obama's appointees to the National Labor Relations Board are attempting to foist unions...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-08-15/back-normal-economy
Opinion
Did health law bring economic doldrums?

...heard strong comments to the effect of 'my company won't hire a single additional worker until we know what health insurance costs are going to be.'" Surveys bear out these warnings. In a recent poll one-third of small business owners identified...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-08-22/did-health-law-bring-economic-doldrum
Opinion

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