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Calif. Governor Vetoes Strict Anti-Rescissions Bill
In a win for health insurance companies, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that would have required proof that a policyholder intended to deceive before an insurer could retroactively cancel a policy. The bill would have p... -
N.Y. Insurance Company Ends Program Rather Than Pay Out Big
Ian Pearl has fought for his life every day of his 37 years. Confined to a wheelchair and hooked to a breathing tube, the muscular dystrophy victim refuses to give up. But his insurance company already has. Legally barred from discriminating... -
Kaiser Permanente Highlights Best Practices for Keeping Employees Healthy at National Business Group
Kaiser Permanente and Avivia Health co-sponsored a plenary session today at the National Business Group on Health's 23rd National Conference on Health, Productivity and Human Capital, highlighting effective strategies employers can use to p... -
External Evidence-Based Reviews Keep Healthcare System Vital
IROs exist to help the integrity of the healthcare system says NAIRO (www.nairo.org), a trade organization of independent review organizations (IROs). As an objective participant in the healthcare process, IRO physicians can deliver determi... -
P/C Insurers Weigh in on Bills to Eliminate Health Insurers Antitrust Exemption
Property/casualty organizations have gathered forces to send a critical letter to judiciary-committee lawmakers in the House and Senate, arguing against legislative efforts to eliminate antitrust exemptions for a different sector of the ins... -
Foot soldiers square off in health-care battle
With a balmy fall breeze, blue skies overhead, and a nicely coalescing crowd of Center City lunchgoers, protesters, television camera crews, and reporters, it couldn't have been a nicer day to get locked up. Well, maybe getting locked up Tue... -
Landrieu: Health Costs Are Crushing Small Businesses
WASHINGTON - The following op-ed was published today in the Wall Street Journal by U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair, Mary L. Landrieu, D-La. Newspapers and online news sites are invited to reprint it: Healt... -
Milam to discuss health care issues
The president of the Illinois State Medical Society will be updating Jefferson and Hamilton County Medical Society members on the progress of the national health care reform next week. Dr. James Milam, who will be in the King City Thursday,... -
Hare talks health care reform with seniors
Greg Wilburn, 58, is a school bus driver; his wife Linda, 57, is a part-time cashier at Bergner's. They're semi-retired and pay $500 a month for their health insurance, which has an annual deductible of $5,100. That's $11,200 they must pay... -
UT-Houston poll finds add-ons that would help health bill deal
A compromise on health care reform could be achieved if two specific changes were to be made in the Senate Finance Committee bill, according to a University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston poll. The poll found that support for the... -
Citing 'Significant' U.S. Share Base, Aviva to List on NYSE
Pointing to its significant U.S. shareholder base of more than 20% of its total shareholders, U.K.-based insurer Aviva plc announced it will list on the New York Stock Exchange. The move, which will take effect on Oct. 20, will also strength... -
Key Health Care Vote Set for Tuesday
The Senate Finance Committee will vote on its long-awaited health care bill next Tuesday, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced on the Senate floor Thursday. On Wednesday, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that the amended... -
CARDIN CALLS FOR GENDER EQUITY IN HEALTH CARE REFORM, APPLAUDS WOMEN SENATORS FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP ON
CARDIN CALLS FOR GENDER EQUITY IN HEALTH CARE REFORM, APPLAUDS WOMEN SENATORS FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), today voiced his support for reform legislation aimed at ending the bi... -
Mandated health insurance threatens freedom, privacy
Politicians, lobbyists and activists have made all sorts of claims about the health care reform plans now taking shape in Washington. What many of these claims indicate is that they haven't read or don't understand the legislation. But it i... -
Anti-immigrant sentiment on health care shouldn't be heeded
Democrats should stop pandering to the anti-immigrant crowd on health care. Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus, D-Mont., is trying to impose additional paperwork on Americans seeking health insurance. He is also trying to effectively... -
Our Health: Acupuncture, herbology linked
Mary Tobin is comfortable talking about how she became a specialist in Oriental medicine. That's what the State of California calls someone licensed in acupuncture, she said. And in my opinion it's a systemic approach to health and wellness... -
Mayor: Immigrants Would Overwhelm Health Care System
Oct. 2--Offering health insurance to legal immigrants, as the president proposes, will lead to more immigration and more strain on health providers, Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta said. Imagine how many will come to American if they can get fre... -
California Life Insurer Seized by State After Years of Losses
Citing continued operating losses, the California Department of Insurance took over Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co. and ordered it to discontinue selling new policies immediately. Golden State management did not oppose the conservati... -
Who Is Looking Out For Women's Health?
The adage that the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world has not been manifest in discussions of health care reform. For all we say about caring for women and children, women get the short end of the stick where medical... -
Sen. Bob Casey To "Fight Hard" For Some Health Care Changes
Oct. 2--U.S. Sen. Bob Casey promised Thursday to fight hard for a government-run public option to compete with private health insurance plans as Congress works on health care reform. Speaking to a conference call of supporters of two liberal...
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Tap Retirement Funds Penalty-Fr
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Health Plans awaiting verdict i
(BestWire Services Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Health plans expect to hear a final decision on 6 April... -
Getting Older, but working long
Copyright: The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind. Source: News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne, IN) Wordcount:... -
High-Deductible Health Plans Of
Study finds that high-deductible health plans are increasingly used by healthy people who are unlikely... -
Milliman Survey Says Dominate V
Copyright: PR Newswire Source: PR Newswire Wordcount: 753 SEATTLE, March 31 / PRNewswire / - Milliman... -
Aetna’s CEO Williams Tops Ind
HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aetna's (NYSE: AET) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ronald A.... -
Investment Fund Files Suit MBIA
The Delaware Chancery Court is requested to cancel an agreement facilitated by the New York State Insurance... -
Axa Event Panelists Express Hop
Investors, financial-services companies and policymakers face plenty of uncertainties, given the unusual... -
UnitedHealth Lands $21.8B Milit
UnitedHealth Group revenue from government programs is about to get much bigger. The Minnetonka health... -
Beacon's Fixed Annuity Premium
Results Set a Record for the Fourth Consecutive Quarter Evanston, IL, May 27, 2009 U.S. sales of fixed...
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Aetna CEO Ronald A. Williams' 2
Apr. 23--Aetna Inc. Chief Executive Ronald A. Williams got $3.14 million in compensation for 2008 and... -
UnitedHealth, Aetna Win TRICARE
WASHINGTON, Jul 14, 2009 (A. M. Best via COMTEX)--UnitedHealth Group Inc. Aetna Inc. were awarded contracts... -
Seniors Defend Targeted Health
WASHINGTON -- One of the largest spending cuts Congress could rely on to pay for an overhaul of the nation's... -
Class-Action Suit Says Nationwi
A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed against Nationwide Life Insurance Co. alleging the company... -
NAIC Members: Prescription For
Lost in the din of this summers health care debates is one important fact: there is a strong consensus... -
What is the Actual Number of Am
CNN has a fascinating post today on a question I've pondered in this space in the past: How many Americans... -
Mass Health Course at: As Obama
Copyright: The Philadelphia Inquirer Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, The Wordcount: 1578 Mar. 31--BOSTON... -
HealthMarkets, Subsidiaries Ban
HealthMarkets Inc. and two subsidiaries have settled a lawsuit by the Massachusetts attorney general that... -
Pennsylvania Governor Rendell s
Three bills are part of the Governor's order for Pennsylvania Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, July 1 / PRNewswire-USNewswire... -
Ingenix Acquires AIM Healthcare
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ingenix, a leading health information, technology... -
MetLife maintains SEC indexed a
20 March 2009 By Steven A. Morelli, editor MetLife asked to file a brief in support of the Securities... -
Blue Cross and Blue Shield High
Copyright 2009 Targeted News Service LLCAll Rights Reserved Targeted News Service April 22, 2009 Wednesday...
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