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Humana Adds Puerto Rico Medicaid Contracts
By staff WriterHumana Inc. (HUM) announced it has been awarded three contracts with the Puerto Rico Health Insurance Administration.
September 01, 2010
Insurance Update: Is It Really a CLASS Act?Long-term care (LTC) insurance can be a tough sell to a limited market. Policies are often viewed as expensive thanks to well-publicized "average" costs, particularly...
September 01, 2010
HSA and FSA Users Access Care More Often, Report ShowsNational attention to consumer-directed health care increased following the enactment of the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, which established tax-advantaged health savings accounts.
September 01, 2010
Medicare: An Analysis of Spending and Future BudgetMedicare accounts for 23 percent of total national health care spending. Medicare represents nearly one-third (30 percent) of total national spending on hospital care and 20 percent of total spending on physician services.
September 01, 2010
FAQ: Medicare Beneficiary NumbersWhat do the letters at the end of a person's Medicare number mean?
September 01, 2010
Does It Really Matter Who the Defendant Is?Almost as soon as the health reform legislation was passed, opponents mobilized to see where the weaknesses were and call the new law into question. ...
September 01, 2010
Does It Really Matter Who the Defendant Is?Almost as soon as the health reform legislation was passed, opponents mobilized to see where the weaknesses were and call the new law into question. ...
September 01, 2010
Private Fatbody, Reporting for Duty!I came across two bits of interest on the Web yesterday that tied together our obesity epidemic with national security.The first was this bit of ...