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GAO: HRA Option Attracted Healthier Workers
By Staff WriterU.S. Government Accountability Office officials say they found workers who signed up for the health reimbursement arrangement option at two large employers were probably healthier than other employees.
August 16, 2010
Site aids in selection of supplemental Medicare plansInsurance referral site www.GoMedicare.com has added a new Medicare information center to assist seniors in their search for Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement and Medicare Part D plans.
August 16, 2010
GAO: HRA Option Attracted Healthier WorkersU.S. Government Accountability Office officials say they found workers who signed up for the health reimbursement arrangement option at two large employers were probably healthier than other employees.
August 16, 2010
PPACA: NAIC Adds Medical Loss Ratio Changes to BlanksMembers of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners today voted to approve a medical loss ratio blanks proposal.
August 16, 2010
Potter to NAIC: Be a Hero to ConsumersA consumer watchdog told insurance commissioners here that consumers are looking to state regulators to protect them from health care companies' tendency to put shareholders first.
August 16, 2010
Protesters Mock Loss Ratio LobbyistsActivists angry about lobbyist efforts to influence states' implementation of the Affordable Care Act have been out in force here at the summer meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
August 13, 2010
White House to NAIC: Never MindPresident Obama has changed his schedule and now has no plans to appear at the summer meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
August 13, 2010
Benefits Council Schedules MeetingsThe Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans plans to start 3 days of meetings in Washington Aug. 31.