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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.
Veto Threat Over Medicare Cuts
By Matt BradyWashingtonA proposal to eliminate a fund for regional preferred provider organizations participating in the Medicare Advantage program has touched off a conflict between the ...
October 27, 2005
Bay State Bank Buys Insurance AgenciesBerkshire Hills Bancorp Inc. has acquired 2 local insurance agencies.[@@]Berkshire Hills, Pittsfield, Mass., bought Onofrey Insurance and Financial Services Inc., Springfield, Mass., an agency ...
October 27, 2005
Growing Choices Present Challenge In Voluntary Market: StudyL42Worksite_Conning_tt--Slug--go page xx, with --xxx linesBanner: WORKSITE SALESInsurers and producers selling voluntary employee benefits need to find ways to help employees understand an increasing ...
October 27, 2005
Industry Feels Intense Alarm Over Sweeping Ta Reform ProposalsWashingtonTax reform proposals that would strip away many of the tax advantages of life and health products are being greeted with dismay by industry ...
October 26, 2005
Insurer Announces Voluntary STD SaleColonial Supplemental Insurance is offering easy underwriting on individual short-term disability products for some midsize employers between now and Dec. 31.[@@]Colonial Supplement, Columbia, S.C., ...
October 26, 2005
WellPoint Medical Costs StabilizeA cooling in health care price inflation helped earnings at WellPoint Inc. during the third quarter.[@@]WellPoint, Indianapolis, is reporting $641 million in net income ...
October 26, 2005
Seniors Spurn Medicare Drug PlansMost older U.S. residents have heard of the new Medicare Part D prescription drug program, but few know much about the program or plan ...
October 26, 2005
Tar Heel State Plan Epands Claims Analysis AccessBlue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is giving all self-insured employer health plan groups access to a Web-based claim analysis system.[@@]Plan managers ...