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Freelancers Union health insurance model is New York State Law
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Based on a health insurance model pioneered by Freelancers Union, New York State has enacted a law that will create a demonstration program to provide independent workers - a third of the country's workforce - wi...
Brad O'Leary: New Poll: Health Care Issues Loom Large for 2010 Elections
Recently the O'Leary Report newsletter teamed up with Zogby International to poll voters in competitive House and Senate 2010 elections on various health care reform issues. The results show that incumbent senators and representatives may w...
NCPA Urges Senators to Reduce Health Care Costs by Supporting Transparency Requirements for Pharmacy Benefit Managers
The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) today praised U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) for authoring an amendment to lower health care costs by adopting common-sense disclosure requirements for any pharmacy benefit manager (PBM...
John Kline Discusses Health Care Reform at Town Hall Meeting With 900 Minnesotans
BURNSVILLE - In the wake of the President's remarks on health care reform to a rare joint session of Congress, Congressman John Kline hosted a live town hall meeting Friday attended by approximately 900 Minnesotans at the Lakeville South Hi...
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Pa. Insurers Appreciate Push for Standardized Reporting
According to the NCQA, all six conditions account for up to 60 percent of all direct medical expenses. The Plan will also share the results of their internal quality reports with various groups, such as, Mr. Evans noted, employer groups and...
CMS Boosts Medicaid for Texas Druggists
The Texas pharmacy industry is still celebrating a major victory after a federal agency agreed last week to help fund an increase in the amount drug stores are paid to fill Medicaid prescriptions. The decision by the Centers for Medicare an...
Problems with Managed Health Care in Texas Lead to Sanctions
The state has levied more than $1.2 million in sanctions against the three contractors providing managed healthcare services for low-income residents in Tarrant County for failing to meet performance standards for paying and handling claims...
Health Care Debate Energizes Seniors
Across the country, amid the heat swell of the ongoing health care debate, many of the nation's gray panthers have a new fire growing in their bellies, attending town halls, writing letters, and shifting the balance of political power as po...
Obama: Requiring Insurance Isn't Same As Tax Hike
WASHINGTON -- President Obama, during an unprecedented presidential talk show blitz Sunday on topics ranging from Afghanistan to race relations, said requiring Americans to buy health insurance does not amount to a tax hike. Over the course...
Honest Debate Needed On Health Care Reform
If there was a part of President Obamas health care reform address last week to a joint session of Congress that wed unequivocally endorse it was his denunciation of the scare tactics used by some reform opponents. One such piece of misinfo...
Retirement Plans for Employees of Tax-Exempt Organizations
This article is intended to familiarize tax-exempt organizations and their advisors with the retirement plans available for employees. These include: tax-qualified retirement plans, tax-deferred annuities, simplified employee pensions, and...
America's Act: Making Work for their Families
The America's Healthy Future Act Making Health Care Work for American Women and their Families Today's health care system does not work for women and their families. Unfair insurance industry practices and roadblocks to accessing preventive...
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Twelve nights ago, President Obama showcased the best of political poise and pose: He reaffirmed the moral purpose of health-care reform and at the same time committed to a civil debate on best practices. His graceful diplomacy was welcome...
Lack of health insurance associated with 45,000 deaths per year, Harvard study finds
A new Harvard study released last week found that an estimated 45,000 deaths each year are associated with a lack of health insurance coverage--a finding that is likely to bolster the case for health insurance reform currently being debated...
Fact Sheet: New Study Shows 45,000 People Die Each Year Because They Lack Health Insurance
HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI September 18, 2009 NEW STUDY SHOWS 45,000 PEOPLE DIE EACH YEAR BECAUSE THEY LACK HEALTH INSURANCE According to a new Harvard study released yesterday, an estimated 45,000 people in the United States die every year...
DAILY MYTHBUSTER: Health Insurance Reform - This Week in Mythbusting
HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI September 18, 2009 Health Insurance Reform This Week in Mythbusting Health insurance reform opponents continue to spread myths about components of America's Affordable Health Choices Act. But the mythbusters fough...
Switzerland and Netherlands Provide Models for Reforming Unsustainable Canadian Health Care
The cost of the Canadian health care system is spiraling out of control and Canadians will continue to face lengthy wait times and limited access to new medicines and medical technology unless governments liberalize the health care system a...
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Health Insurance Tips Whether you are single, married, or have children, it is imperative for people to have health insurance. This coverage is used daily by millions of people around the world. Most people obtain their health insurance cov...
Verisk Health's D2Explorer Product Helps Benefit-Management Company Cut Cost
Verisk Health, Inc., a global provider of healthcare data analytics, announced that Core Management Resource Group (CMRG), a benefit-management company for self-funded health insurance programs, successfully implemented care management inte...
New Poll Shows Values Voters in Lockstep on the 'Moral Implications' of Health Care Reform
The current health care debate may divide many Americans and congress, but not values voters, who tend to agree on many key health care reform issues. A recent Zogby International/O'Leary Report Poll shows that a strong majority of American...
BestDay Video for Friday, Sept. 18: International Medical Tourism Expects Healthy Increase
BestDay Video for Friday, Sept. 18: Senior associate editor Lori Chordas explores a Deloitte consumer survey showing international medical tourism is estimated to become a $13.9 billion business by 2011. John Weber hosts. Recent episodes of...
Conyers, Johnson, DeGette Introduce Legislation to End Antitrust Exemption for Health Insurers
Contact: Jonathan Godfrey (Conyers) 202-226-6888, Andy Phelan (Johnson) 770-987-2291, Kristofer Eisenla (DeGette) 202-225-4431 Conyers, Johnson, DeGette Introduce Legislation to End Antitrust Exemption for Health Insurers House Judiciary Co...
Health insurance to be mandatory for East Carolina U. students
When the 2010 fall semester arrives, students will be doing more than just preparing for the beginning of classes. They will also be considering health insurance options. Beginning in fall 2010, all students who wish to attend East Carolina...
News Analysis: "Exchange of interests" in U.S. health care reform a dangerous approach
U.S. President Barack Obama came to Washington with a vision to change U.S. politics, which have been entrenched with special interests for centuries. However, in order to advance his health care reform plan, he has been cutting deals with...
Health Care Proposal Mandates Coverage, Drops Public Option
The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee unveiled a summary of his long-awaited health care reform bill Wednesday, setting the stage for a legislative showdown on President Obama's top domestic priority. The bill crafted by Sen. Max Bauc...
Is Health Care Reform Constitutional?
Federal Powers: Where in the U.S. Constitution does it say the government can force people to buy health insurance ? And by what authority does it prohibit the purchasing of insurance across state lines? A key part of the administration's p...
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Pa. House Sends Health Insurance Bill To Senate
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