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Health insurance news and analysis, with coverage of general health insurance trends, major medical insurance, disability insurance, dental insurance, vision plans, telemedicine plans, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, short-term health insurance, the Affordable Care Act public exchange program, and more.
Dems: We Won't Kill Medicare Advantage
By Arthur D. PostalDemocrats in Congress merely want to make Medicare Advantage more efficient, not eliminate the program, according to Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif.Stark, the chairman of the ...
March 21, 2007
Second Panel OKs Genetic Testing MeasureMembers of the House Ways and Means Committee today voted unanimously to approve H.R. 493, a bill that would ban discrimination based on genetic testing.The ...
March 21, 2007
Tennessee Blue Clot Program Slashes Care CostsBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Tennessee is expanding a pilot medical care improvement program that cut the cost of treating 440 patients by $1.2 ...
March 21, 2007
Aetna Makes EAPs Standard For Small Health GroupsA large managed care company is now providing employee assistance plan services for all group health customers.Aetna Inc., Hartford, says EAP services will be a ...
March 21, 2007
Aetna Makes EAPs Standard For Small Health GroupsA large managed care company is now providing employee assistance plan services for all group health customers.Aetna Inc., Hartford, says EAP services will be a ...
March 21, 2007
Tennessee Blue Clot Program Slashes Care CostsBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Tennessee is expanding a pilot medical care improvement program that cut the cost of treating 440 patients by $1.2 ...
March 20, 2007
Consumer Group Praises Stark And Wyden Health ProposalsResearchers at the Commonwealth Fund say either expanding Medicare or having consumers buy private health coverage through state insurance exchanges could be an efficient way ...
March 20, 2007
AHIP Marshals Surveys Against Medicare Advantage CutsBoth consumers and doctors fear the effects of cuts in federal support for the Medicare Advantage program, according to the largest trade group for U.S. ...