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Apr 16 2010

Employee Benefit Trends

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MetLife publishes its annual Study of Employee Benefits Trends, revealing that employers are concerned with cost control and employee retention and workers value their benefits and are particularly concerned about…

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Apr 14 2010

New York Times

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Insurance commissioner will not comply with a federal request to create a state pool for high-risk insurance plans, opening a new front in the resistance to the new federal health care law

Apr 10 2010

2010 Potpourri XII

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The latest collection of health care tidbits, including telemedicine, physician attitudes, medication adherence, retail clinics, physician value to hospitals and CDHPs.

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Apr 09 2010

Wall Street Journal

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This week it became impossible in Massachusetts for small businesses and individuals to buy health-care coverage after Governor Deval Patrick imposed price controls on premiums

Apr 09 2010

Washington Post

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Office of Personnel Management: “We expect you to provide benefits for preventive care, immunizations, and screenings with no enrollee cost sharing”

Apr 09 2010

What! Massachusetts Again? Yep, With a Side of Maine and New York

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States that supposedly led the way on health care reform are finding out it was the bleeding edge that they were on. Insurers are always the easy target, but bashing…

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Apr 07 2010

Bloomberg

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Health overhaul calls for $130 billion in Medicare Advantage cuts, which covers 11 million people – insurers will offset some of the expense by raising premiums on customers

Apr 03 2010

2010 Potpourri XI

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This week's collection includes obesity, clinical trials results, how hospitals make money from physicians, strategic implications of reform, what reform is likely to do to young people's insurance premiums and…

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Apr 02 2010

Wall Street Journal

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As insurers wrestle with the changes coming from the federal health overhaul in Washington, they also face challenges at the state level from regulators seeking to head off big premium hikes.

Apr 02 2010

New York Times

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With the encouragement of Gov. Deval L. Patrick, Massachusetts insurance regulators took the extraordinary step Thursday of rejecting nearly 9 out of 10 rate increases requested by the state’s health insurers.

Apr 02 2010

Washington Post

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In about six months, the new law will allow at least 2 million young adults to be covered under their parents’ policies. These are the “millennials,” those who came of age in the new century and now are struggling to get on their feet

Apr 01 2010

Washington Times

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Economists not connected with either political party expect the new law add to the reluctance of millions of businesses to take on new workers because they must provide costly and comprehensive medical benefits that previously were optional.

Mar 30 2010

Washington Post

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Under the health care overhaul, young adults who buy their own insurance will carry a heavier burden of the medical costs of older Americans

Mar 25 2010

Bloomberg

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The retiree drug subsidy is paid to companies that provide coverage for prescriptions to former workers who would otherwise be on Medicare Part D plan. Under prior law, the payment was tax-exempt – the new law requires companies to immediately account for the present value of this tax increase

Mar 22 2010

Wall Street Journal

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After more than a year battling Democratic health-overhaul proposals, insurers face changes that will reshape their market. But they also realize it could have been worse.

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