Senate Health Bill to See First Test With Procedural Vote: U.S. Senators will cast their first vote on the chamber's health care plan Nov. 21, on a procedural matter that may determine if the legislation will move ...
Date: 11/20/2009 Source: BestWire
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CBO: Senate Health Plan to Cost $848 Billion, Shave Deficit by $130 Billion: U.S. Senate Democrats announced health care legislation that would cost $848 billion over 10 years and reduce the federal budget deficit by $130 billion over ...
Date: 11/19/2009 Source: BestWire
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States' Role in Health Reform Open for Debate in Senate: The role of state regulators remains in question as the U.S. Senate prepares to begin debate on its version of landmark health care reform ...
Date: 11/16/2009 Source: BestWire
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Judge Tosses PacifiCare Complaint, Sends $1.3 Billion Case Back to Hearing: A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has thrown out a lawsuit by PacifiCare Life & Health Insurance Co. aimed at ending a California Department of Insurance ...
Date: 11/12/2009 Source: BestWire
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Health Action Heads to U.S. Senate After House Backs Bill: Action on health insurance reform shifted back to the U.S. Senate after the House of Representatives narrowly approved a comprehensive health care ...
Date: 11/9/2009 Source: BestWire
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Vote Scheduled on Democratic Health Plan; GOP Alternative Unveiled: The U.S. House of Representatives has scheduled a Nov. 7 vote on the Democratic plan for health care reform, two days after the American Medical Association ...
Date: 11/6/2009 Source: BestWire
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U.S. Senator Criticizes Health Insurers' Medical Loss Ratios: The U.S. health insurance industry, and one company in particular, Cigna Corp., are coming under fire again. This time the scrutiny is on companies' medical ...
Date: 11/3/2009 Source: BestWire
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Nonprofit Blue Plans May Be Hiking Premiums After Big Hits to Capital in 2008: Capital and surplus for the top 25 U.S. health writers -- comprised mainly of nonprofit Blue Cross Blue Shield companies -- declined 11.6% to $46.1 billion at ...
Date: 11/2/2009 Source: BestWire
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GAO Upholds Humana Military Healthcare's Protest of TRICARE Contract Award: The U.S. Government Accountability Office has upheld Humana Military Healthcare Services' protest of the Department of Defense's award of the ...
Date: 10/30/2009 Source: BestWire
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Rockhill Underwriting's New Health Care Underwriting Division to Focus on LTC: Rockhill Underwriting Management LLC said it has established a new underwriting division focused on serving specific segments of the health care industry. Rob ...
Date: 10/26/2009 Source: BestWire
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Minnesota Governor Proposes Interstate Health Compact: Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is pitching the idea of a 50-state health insurance compact in a letter to his fellow governors.
Pawlenty said such an ...
Date: 10/22/2009 Source: BestWire
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A.M. Best to Present at Healthcare Financial Management Association Luncheon: Representatives from A.M. Best Co. will be speaking at the Southern California Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s CFO/controller ...
Date: 10/19/2009 Source: BestWire
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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 ...
Date: 10/13/2009 Source: BestWire
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Industry Eyes Plan for Government-Run Long-Term Care Insurance in US Health Reform: Buried within U.S. health reform legislation being debated in Congress is a provision to create a government-run long-term care insurance plan the private ...
Date: 10/12/2009 Source: BestWire
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U.S. Health Plans Developing Web Portal to Reduce Paperwork, Save Money: Two trade groups for U.S. health insurers are sponsoring a project to assess how to offer physicians access to multiple health plans through a single Web ...
Date: 10/9/2009 Source: BestWire
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Maine Insurer Appeals Regulator-Set Rates: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield is suing to appeal a decision by the Maine Bureau of Insurance to approve a lower-than-requested rate increase for its individual ...
Date: 10/7/2009 Source: BestWire
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White House Considers COBRA Extension: President Barack Obama is considering a further extension of subsidies for COBRA health insurance coverage, a White House spokesman said.
Press ...
Date: 10/6/2009 Source: BestWire
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Consumer Representatives to Senate: Don't Give NAIC Health Authority: A group of National Association of Insurance Commissioners-delegated consumer representatives are opposing a designated federal role for the organization in ...
Date: 9/30/2009 Source: BestWire
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Update: 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 ...
Date: 9/23/2009 Source: BestWire
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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 ...
Date: 9/22/2009 Source: BestWire
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