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New Safe Harbor Limits Supplemental Health Underwriting
By Staff WriterThe Employee Benefits Security Administration has issued a batch of guidance that could affect companies that sell supplemental health insurance benefits.Daniel Maguire, director of health ...
December 10, 2007
Reinsurer Finds Growth In Dread Disease MarketIn-force critical illness premium revenue may be about 20% higher this year than it was in 2006, and the number of policies or certificates in ...
December 10, 2007
Kaiser Analysts Find Increase In Medicare Rx Cost SharingAbout 50% of national Medicare drug plans have increased the amount enrollees pay for brand-name drugs.Analysts at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Menlo Park, ...
December 10, 2007
Kaiser Analysts Find Increase In Medicare Rx Cost SharingAbout 50% of national Medicare drug plans have increased the amount enrollees pay for brand-name drugs.Analysts at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Menlo Park, ...
December 09, 2007
Baucus To Start Medicare Talks With HouseSenate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont, says he intends to begin negotiating with the House on Medicare legislation despite veto threats from the Bush ...
December 09, 2007
Nursing Home Costs Rose 3% In '07The average cost of nursing home care was up nearly 3% this year over 2006, while home health care costs rose 12%, a study by ...
December 09, 2007
Baucus To Start Medicare Talks With HouseSenate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont, says he intends to begin negotiating with the House on Medicare legislation despite veto threats from the Bush ...
December 09, 2007
Congressional Testimony Warrants Transparency, Insurers Tell NAICLegislators, insurers and consumer advocates urged the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to advance policies of openness and transparency, during the NAIC's winter meeting here.A ...