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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
Health Net Latest Target of Data-Breach Probe by Conn. Attorney General: Health Net is the latest target of a data breach investigation by Connecticut's attorney general, who says the health insurer lost the health, personal and ...
Date: 11/20/2009    Source: BestWire
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
Aetna Cutting About 625 Jobs; More Cuts to Come Next Year: Aetna Inc. is cutting about 625 jobs companywide and plans a similar amount of work force reductions next year as it continues to shed health plan enrollment ...
Date: 11/19/2009    Source: BestWire
House Reform Bill Would Add 12.7M to Insurance Rolls, Report Says: A new report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services predicts that the version of health reform passed recently by the U.S. House of ...
Date: 11/17/2009    Source: BestWire
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
More Insurers Expect to Profit From Pet Health Business: Several insurance companies are entering the pet health insurance business -- even those well known for insuring the health of the human species -- as an area ...
Date: 11/16/2009    Source: BestWire
With CMS Sanctions Lifted, WellCare Can Start Marketing Medicare Plans Again: The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has lifted sanctions against WellCare Health Plans Inc., which means the health insurer can resume ...
Date: 11/13/2009    Source: BestWire
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
Connecticut A.G. Investigating Anthem Blue Cross Data Breach: Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is facing a data breach investigation by Connecticut's attorney general, who alleges the health insurer waited two months to ...
Date: 11/10/2009    Source: BestWire
GAO Upholds Health Net's Protest of TRICARE Contract Award: The U.S. Government Accountability Office has upheld Health Net Federal Services' protest of the Department of Defense's award of the multibillion-dollar north ...
Date: 11/9/2009    Source: BestWire
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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