Ethan Allen Faces Insurance Problem (R News)
The owner of the Ethan Allen toiur boat company said that he may not have proper insurance. That means the families of the 20 elderly tourists who died will have to pay for funeral costs and those who were hurt will have to pay their own medical bills.

Petaluma doctors plan new insurance (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
By JOSE L. SANCHEZ JR. THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Sixty doctors who practice at Petaluma Valley Hospital are working to create a new health insurance plan they say would provide a South County alternative to giant Kaiser Permanente and other health plans.

Hospital workers begin strike (Stamford Advocate)
STAMFORD -- Marching to drum beats and waving solidarity flags, hospital union workers appealed for affordable health care and job security yesterday in kicking off their three-day strike at Stamford Hospital.