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PPACA: NAIC Task Force OKs Model
By staff WriterThe Regulatory Framework Task Force at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has endorsed a preexisting conditions exclusions model.
November 22, 2010
Humana's Well Dine delivers millionth mealSince 2006, more than 81,000 Humana Medicare Advantage members have taken part in the company's Well Dine program, in which nutritious meals are delivered to members' homes following discharge from a medical facility.
November 22, 2010
Follow the Money: Bankrolling the NAICThe NAIC is a growing, almost 140 year-old, $75 million-a-year plus organization that NPR recently called an "obscure group" on a Morning Edition show about implementing health care.
November 22, 2010
Who's Watching the NAIC Henhouse?Recent deliberations of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners on health care reform have rekindled an old question:
November 21, 2010
A Flawed but Diligent WatchdogNational Underwriter's reporting on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners this issue shows an organization devoted to the public interest but often torn by demands of the industry it regulates.
November 21, 2010
Schiff Speaks OutIn the view of David Schiff, the feisty editor/writer of the Insurance Observer, the publication that gave the insurance industry fits from 1989 to 2007,
November 21, 2010
Follow the Money: Bankrolling the NAICThe NAIC is a growing, almost 140 year-old, $75 million-a-year plus organization that NPR recently called an "obscure group" on a Morning Edition show about implementing health care.
November 21, 2010
Who's Watching the NAIC Henhouse?Recent deliberations of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners on health care reform have rekindled an old question: