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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Report: UK Medical Insurance Sector 'Steadfast' Despite Recession: The U.K. market for private medical insurance "remained steadfast" in 2008, despite a growing recession, according to London-based research firm Laing & ...
Date: 11/4/2009 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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Georgia Fines UnitedHealthcare, Sister Companies $750,000 for Prompt-Payment Violations: Georgia insurance regulators have fined UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co. and affiliate companies a combined $750,000 for delaying payments on thousands of health ...
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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One for the Ages:
Whether you call them millennials or Generation Y, individuals born between 1978 and 1993 are a powerful consumer force. They represent more than 75 million ...
Date: 11/1/2009 Source: Best's Review
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One for the Ages: Losing Eyeballs:
Television--traditionally the workhorse of broad-market advertising--is changing, too. When asked which competitive challenges they expect to be most ...
Date: 11/1/2009 Source: Best's Review
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CBO: House Bill Insures 36 Million, but 15 Million of Those Would Be on Medicaid: The Congressional Budget Office issued an analysis of the House of Representatives health reform bill -- newly announced by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi ...
Date: 10/30/2009 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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Antitrust Repeal Included in House Health Bill: The newly announced health reform bill in the House of Representatives includes a provision to strip the antitrust exemption from health and medical liability ...
Date: 10/29/2009 Source: BestWire
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UniCare to Exit Illinois and Texas Commercial Health Insurance Markets: Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. said that its UniCare subsidiaries will be exiting the commercial health insurance market in Illinois and ...
Date: 10/29/2009 Source: BestWire
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House Speaker Launches Compromise Health Reform Bill With Public Option: The House of Representatives now has a compromise health reform bill to consider, with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announcing the merger of the House's ...
Date: 10/29/2009 Source: BestWire
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Court Advances Autism-Treatment Lawsuit Against California Regulator: A lawsuit claiming the California Department of Managed Care improperly allowed health insurers to decline payment for autism treatments will proceed to trial ...
Date: 10/28/2009 Source: BestWire
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New York Names Creators of Independent Database for Out-of-Network Payments: FAIR Health Inc. and a research consortium at Syracuse University will develop an independent database to determine reimbursement rates for out-of-network ...
Date: 10/28/2009 Source: BestWire
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Senate Majority Leader Puts Public Option in Chamber's Health Reform Bill: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the health care reform bill he'll put on the Senate floor includes a version of the public option that the insurance ...
Date: 10/26/2009 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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CBO: Effects of Repealing Insurers' Antitrust Exemption Minimal: The Congressional Budget Office has analyzed the legislative effort to repeal health insurers' antitrust exemption, and the office concluded that it would ...
Date: 10/26/2009 Source: BestWire
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Serious Threat to Insurers' Antitrust Exemption Emerges: At the same time that health insurance groups received a backlash of heavy criticism from Democratic lawmakers for releasing reports that health reform efforts ...
Date: 10/26/2009 Source: BestWire
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Blue Shield of California Ousted from State's High-Risk Pool Because of High Premiums: Blue Shield of California has been kicked out of the Major Risk Medical Insurance Program, the state's high-risk health insurance pool, because its premiums ...
Date: 10/23/2009 Source: BestWire
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Mass. Gov. Wants to Expand Power of Regulators to Review Health Premiums: Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has proposed reforms that include expanding the authority of state insurance regulators by allowing review of health insurance ...
Date: 10/23/2009 Source: BestWire
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