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Weighing The Pros and Cons Of The Disability Claim Buyout
By Arthur L. FriesCompanies that sell disability income insurance policies sometimes offer a "settlement" or "buyout" paid as a lump sum when a client enters a claim. While ...
January 20, 2008
Feds Struggle To Fix Disability Determination ProcessThe Social Security Administration is suspending much of a disability claim reform effort it has been testing in Boston.The Boston pilot program, launched in 2006, ...
January 18, 2008
GAO: Controlling Entitlements Takes Bipartisan ConsensusReducing the exposure of the U.S. government to future Social Security and Medicare liabilities will take great political leadership.David Walker, comptroller general of the United ...
January 18, 2008
GAO: Controlling Entitlements Takes Bipartisan ConsensusReducing the exposure of the U.S. government to future Social Security and Medicare liabilities will take great political leadership.David Walker, comptroller general of the United ...
January 18, 2008
Granite State To Shut Down Start-UpA Merrimack County, N.H., state court will be supervising the liquidation of a small New Hampshire health insurer, officials say.The New Hampshire Insurance Department placed ...
January 17, 2008
Garden State Leader Signs Prosthesis BillNew Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine has signed a bill that will require state-regulated health insurers in the state to cover the cost of providing artificial ...
January 17, 2008
Dialysis Provider Sues CarrierNational Alliance L.L.C. is objecting to a large health carrier's reimbursement rules.Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, Atlanta, a unit of WellPoint Inc., Indianapolis, ...
January 17, 2008
Dialysis Provider Sues CarrierNational Alliance L.L.C. is objecting to a large health carrier's reimbursement rules.Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, Atlanta, a unit of WellPoint Inc., Indianapolis, ...