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Pete Stark Blasts Health Insurer Profits
By Allison BellEarnings are up at Aetna Inc. and WellPoint Inc., and that has outraged a key congressional leader.
July 28, 2010
American General's new LTCI product approved for sale in CaliforniaAmerican General Life Companies (American General), Houston, has announced today that its new long-term care insurance product, American General LTC, has been approved for sale in California.
July 28, 2010
Plan N seems to be company favorite in new med supp offeringsBy now you are probably aware that all Medicare Supplement plans underwent a change effective June 1, at which time a new series of plans called "Modernized Medicare Supplement" plans were introduced.
July 28, 2010
Pete Stark Blasts Health Insurer ProfitsEarnings are up at Aetna Inc. and WellPoint Inc., and that has outraged a key congressional leader.
July 28, 2010
LTCI guru to speak at Senior Market Advisor ExpoPhyllis Shelton has been added as a speaker at the 10th Annual Senior Market Advisor Expo (SMAX), taking place August 25-27, 2010 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
July 28, 2010
Big, brotherProvisions included in the 2009 economic stimulus law require that all Americans' health information be maintained in an electronic format by 2014.
July 28, 2010
Will health care reform exclude agents from the deal?In an online article in the blog Politico, writer Jennifer Haberkorn notes that many lawmakers who voted against the Democrats' health care reform overhaul are now pushing the government to help insurance agents.
July 28, 2010
Big, brotherProvisions included in the 2009 economic stimulus law require that all Americans' health information be maintained in an electronic format by 2014.