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Commissioner of Insurance Urges Health Carriers to Plan for H1N1 Vaccinations
The coming influenza season is expected to be challenging, especially due to the potential for pandemic H1N1 influenza A to cause widespread disease. Because coordinated efforts by all sectors will help to minimize the impact of influenza on... -
Health Reform Could Get You Hired
In the debate over healthcare reform, references to outcomes mostly have to do with patients. But the impending overhaul of the health insurance system may lead to very different outcomes in employment. That's because health insurance cover... -
Medibank eyes prevention as a cure for stretched budgets
Medibank Private plans to expand its operations in the health care management field. The Australian Government-owned health insurer has made two acquisitions over the last year and plans to make more. A priority is the expansion of its Tota... -
Suitable Study: Health Care Insurance Costs Soaring
Connecticut employers have seen their health insurance premium costs rise 135 percent over the past decade, the fourth-highest increase in the nation, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation report being highlighted by the White House as... -
Biden Backs Commissioners' Role in Health Reform, Cites White House Report on Premiums
Vice President Joe Biden told state insurance commissioners they will continue to play a critical role in consumer protection and industry oversight under any national health care reform legislation. In remarks at the National Association o... -
CMS - the first traditional premium finance conference in Las Vegas as an overwhelming success
Recently CMS - Succession Capital hosted the first ever Traditional Premium Financing Conference in Las Vegas. The premium financing marketplace has changed over the course of the last few years, states Julian Movsesian, President of CMS -... -
Vice President Joe Biden Addresses NAIC On Health Care Reform
Addressing a standing room only audience, Vice President Joe Biden discussed the Administrations health care proposal and the need to create a level playing field in the insurance industry. Calling the national dialogue a legitimate debate,... -
NAMIC Calls for Focused Financial Services Regulatory Reform
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) called on members of the House Financial Services Committee to target the regulatory failures that led to the financial crisis as they take up financial services regulatory refo... -
BlueCross, Cigna Back To Slow Health Care Baucus Legislation
U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus' decision to eliminate a public option from a health care overhaul doesn't mean insurers such as Chattanooga-based BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee now are clamoring to get aboard the bill.... -
GOP Raps MNE to stifle insurers on Medicare
WASHINGTON_Republican legislators criticized Obama Tuesday for saying the health insurance companies to stop warning elderly clients they will lose benefits of health care legislation, which some likened to a gag order. At least one leading... -
Florida residents are fleeing to other countries, and millions lack health insurance
ORLANDO, Fla. _ Reflecting hard economic times, census figures this week show that there's an exodus of people leaving Florida, that a sizable segment of the state's population lacks health insurance and that many families live in multigene... -
Senate Committee Finally Digs Into Health Reform Language
The Senate Finance Committee -- the final of five congressional committees that must pass a health reform bill -- has started marking up the proposal presented by Sen. Max Baucus, its chairman. Baucus, D-Mont, tried to produce a bipartisan... -
Millions of Uninsured Americans Need Healthcare Reform
Following is an op-ed by Dr. Henrie M. Treadwell, director of Community Voices: The uproar at this summer's raucous town hall meetings, Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst in Congress and the endless debate over whether some opposition to healthcare... -
Proud owners of companies, changes in health insurance
ON HAPPINESS: Business owners are the happiest Americans, according to a recent survey. Those working in manufacturing are the least satisfied. The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index found that business owners scored highest, with 72.5, in... -
American Pulse: 4 in 5 Americans say Recession Not Over, Healthcare Reform more socialist than capita
An overwhelming majority of Americans appear to disagree with Fed Chairman Bernanke's statement that the recession is 'likely over' as 78% say it isn't, according to the latest American Pulse Survey of 6,976 Americans. 76% of Democrats, 84%... -
Health insurer WellPoint May Cut Jobs and more
INDIANAPOLIS_Health insurer WellPoint said Tuesday it may trim some more jobs as part of a push to become more efficient next year. The Indianapolis-based insurer said in an e-mailed statement it reviews the size and skill of its workforce... -
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
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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Tap Retirement Funds Penalty-Fr
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Getting Older, but working long
Copyright: The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind. Source: News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne, IN) Wordcount:... -
Health Plans awaiting verdict i
(BestWire Services Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Health plans expect to hear a final decision on 6 April... -
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... -
UnitedHealth Lands $21.8B Milit
UnitedHealth Group revenue from government programs is about to get much bigger. The Minnetonka health... -
Axa Event Panelists Express Hop
Investors, financial-services companies and policymakers face plenty of uncertainties, given the unusual... -
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... -
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... -
HealthMarkets, Subsidiaries Ban
HealthMarkets Inc. and two subsidiaries have settled a lawsuit by the Massachusetts attorney general that... -
Ingenix Acquires AIM Healthcare
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ingenix, a leading health information, technology... -
Economy-Driven Furloughs May Im
To deal with the economic downturn without laying off workers, some employers have instituted voluntary... -
8 Steps For Measuring The Cost
Even before the current economic crisis, evidence indicated that close to 70 million American workers... -
Mass Health Course at: As Obama
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NAIC Members: Prescription For
Lost in the din of this summers health care debates is one important fact: there is a strong consensus... -
TriZetto Survey: Use of health
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - A growing number of health plans believe that the transition...
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