Health Insurance – Page 43 – Healthy Skeptic

Jun 04 2010

CIAB

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CIAB: Group health insurance rates for small and midsize employers are surging for 2011 renewals, according to a survey by the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers.

Jun 03 2010

Boston Globe

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The state’s two largest health insurers again are seeking double-digit increases in the rates charged to small businesses and individuals

Jun 02 2010

Washington Post

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“The medical loss ratio and rebate program . . . have the potential to destabilize the marketplace and significantly limit consumer choices if the definitions and calculations are too restrictive,” according to NAIC President

Jun 01 2010

StreetInsider.com

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Centene Corporation’s South Carolina subsidiary, Absolute Total Care, has completed the purchase of Columbia-based Carolina Crescent Health Plan (CCHP), the state’s largest non-profit Medicaid managed care organization

May 29 2010

2010 Potpourri XIX

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Summer is starting and you are just laying around at the beach or the lake, eager to get a few missed health care tidbits. Here they are! Telemedicine, health reform,…

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May 27 2010

Reuters

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A Kaiser study found that through 2019, federal spending on Medicaid will increase by at least $443.5 billion while states will see an increase of only $21.1 billion

May 27 2010

National Institute for Health Care Reform

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National Institute for Health Care Reform: Health Coverage for the High-Risk Uninsured: Policy Options for Design of the Temporary High-Risk Pool

May 26 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Thirty-five percent of surveyed employees said they would consider dropping their employer-provided health insurance if they become eligible to purchase similar plans for a lower cost.

May 26 2010

Who Uses the Emergency Room

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One alleged benefit of health reform would be less use of the emergency room by uninsured persons who had no other way to access care. A recent report from the…

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May 25 2010

CommonwealthFund

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CommonwealthFund: Young adults between the ages of 19 and 29 represent one of the largest segments of the uninsured; approximately 13.7 million were uninsured in 2008.

May 25 2010

Reuters

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State insurance regulators say they will need more time to produce their recommendation on an issue at the center of the debate over how U.S. health insurance companies spend their customers’ dollars.

May 24 2010

Kaiser Health News

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On the table: two proposals to extend — once again — subsidies for COBRA health insurance and a “fix” of Medicare payments to doctors.

May 24 2010

Washington Post

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Now that Congress has imposed new requirements on health insurance plans, regulators are trying to resolve another big question: Which plans must comply with the requirements?

May 21 2010

AP News

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Lawmakers have agreed on legislation to extend expanded jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed through the end of the year

May 18 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Among the first to feel the effects of the nation’s health-care system overhaul are insurance salespeople, whose commissions for selling policies to individuals and small groups are themselves getting overhauled

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