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Healthcare Debate Still Dominating Washington
With the Senate Finance Committee voting to approve its version of healthcare legislation last week, the time has come for congressional leaders in both chambers to begin the difficult task of reconciling it with the several other reform bil... -
House Republicans Offer Health Overhaul Plan
House Republicans unveiled their health reform proposal Tuesday night. Their alternative health care bill would reward states for reducing the number of uninsured, limit damages in medical malpractice lawsuits and allow small businesses to b... -
Insurers' Pricing Practices Targeted By Senate Health Committee
Senate health committee Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, asked four of the nations largest health insurers - Aetna, Humana, Wellpoint and UnitedHealth - to explain their pricing policies after small-business owners testified Tuesday that insuran... -
Tax Credit for 'Black Liquor' Targeted in House Health Bill
House Democratic tax writers switched up a key offset in the manager's amendment to the health care overhaul bill, including new language that would prevent paper producers from claiming a tax credit for the production of black liquor, a wo... -
How To Pay For Employees' Health Care?; Proposals To Give Tax Credits Backed By Smaller Non-profits
The health care reform proposals making their way through Congress stand to have effects on non-profits that reach beyond those organizations directly involved in providing health care. One top concern for smaller non-profits is figuring ou... -
Adding to debt burden with more public health care is 'insanity'
A few weeks ago, Dick Donnelly wrote about a difficult personal situation (the death of his wife) that was eased somewhat by the $800,000 medical bills being taken care of by his two government plans, Medicare and Tricare (letter, Sept. 27,... -
EDITORIAL: Small business, big bills
Because they lack the bargaining power of a large company, small businesses have a tough time offering employee health insurance. Yet under the state's health reform law, many small operations -- those with 11 or more full-time equivalents -... -
Rockefeller says insurers spending on selves: Rockefeller says health care industry spends less on me
Sen. Jay Rockefeller this week hurled another in a series of accusations at the nation's health insurance companies. In a 16-page letter to the head of the CIGNA, one of the nation's largest health insurance providers, Rockefeller described... -
South Jersey Healthcare Standardizes on Mimosa archiving solution for eDiscovery unified content sear
Mimosa Systems, the leader in next-generation email archiving, file archiving, and SharePoint archiving solutions, today announced that South Jersey Healthcare (SJH), has selected the Mimosa NearPoint(TM) archiving solution for data protect... -
Ping An Health Eyeing High-end Medical Insurance
Ping An Health Insurance Company of China, Ltd. currently focuses on high-end medical insurance only, revealed an insider. Instead of selling related products by itself, the health insurance unit of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China... -
Would Health Reform Bill Help Florida?
Florida lawmakers have been wary of federal health reform in part because ituses Medicaid to covermany of the uninsured. They say the program is already busting the budget. But an expert on Medicaid policy says the expansion would be good f... -
Health care tax could hit home: Proposal for high-cost plans may adversely affect region
Missing from the sweeping health care reform bill unveiled last week by House Democrats was the Senate Finance Committee's proposal to tax high-cost insurance plans. That proposal is widely seen as a small step toward ending one of the ineq... -
NA standing committee reflects public concerns over delay in fulfilment of life policies by State Lif
National Assemblys Standing Committee on Commerce at a meeting on Wednesday chaired by Engineer Khurram Dastagir Khan reflected public concerns over delays in fulfilment of Life Policies by State Life. The committee recommended State Life sh... -
Tri-Town Health on a mission
Lee, Lenox and Stockbridge want to be known for healthy living, as well as culture and beauty. The Tri-Town Health Department has begun a two-year study to improve the wellness of residents in those three communities. The project is being fu... -
HEALTH CARE REFORM: Insurers issue warnings: Critics see higher premiums if House bill passes
The House dubbed its new health insurance reform bill the Affordable Health Care for America Act. For insurance executives, though, calling the 1,990-page, $1 trillion act affordable is, well, ironic. Sort of like nicknaming a 400-pound Tea... -
EDITORIAL:Public option:cf,gtm Sen.Bill Nelson should play key role in healthcare reform
The public option in the proposed overhaul of the nation's healthcare system was considered a poison pill that would kill serious reform. Now a hybrid proposal has surfaced that merits attention. There's good reason to support it -- no sign... -
BRIEF:Lack of insurance a health hazardous
Being uninsured can be disastrous for your health, particularly for those with a chronic illness such as high blood pressure or high cholesterol, according to a Harvard study published in October. The study found that half of all uninsured p... -
What if a Provider questions my insurance?
The doctors and hospitals included in the Aetna PPO are familiar with your insurance plan. However, you should always take your insurance ID card with you. Questions can be quickly answered by calling The Chickering Group customer service ce... -
many House liberals look ready to accept a compromise health care bill
They may not love him, but many House liberals have looked ready to accept a bill compromise health care , putting the Democratic leadership on track to deliver on the president's call for Barack Obama for review. After claiming for months,... -
Newest health care issue: long-term care: Voluntary insurance program suggested, but details are not
Health insurance covers treatment for the spinal cord disorder that has confined Amy Hunovice to a wheelchair. But Hunovice, who has no use of her legs and limited use of her arms, has to pay a home health care worker $13 an hour herself fo...
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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... -
Much to consider about COBRA su
THERE ARE SEVERAL pros and cons for Congress to weigh when it considers extending the law that temporarily... -
New York State Health Plans to
Affinity Health Plan, AmeriChoice by United HealthCare, Fidelis Care New York, Health Plus PHSP, Hudson...
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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... -
TriZetto Survey: Use of health
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - A growing number of health plans believe that the transition... -
Mass Health Course at: As Obama
Copyright: The Philadelphia Inquirer Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, The Wordcount: 1578 Mar. 31--BOSTON... -
NAIC Members: Prescription For
Lost in the din of this summers health care debates is one important fact: there is a strong consensus...
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