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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.
Aon Hires 3 Senior Vice Presidents
By Staff WriterAon Corp. has added a health care consultant and 2 health care brokerage executives.[@@]Aon, Chicago, has hired Henry Van Dellen to be a senior ...
September 19, 2005
NAIC Epects Drop In Database FeesThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners is allowing for a 3.6% increase in spending in its proposed 2006 budget.[@@]In the budget draft, NAIC officials ...
September 19, 2005
Aetna To Offer HRAs And HSAs To More Federal WorkersNU Online News Service, Sept. 19, 2005, 5:23 p.m. EDTThe federal government is giving more employees access to 2 account-based plans from Aetna Inc.[@@]The ...
September 19, 2005
Lawmaker%3A Spend Drug Funding On Gulf CoastCongress could come up with some money for rebuilding communities hit by Hurricane Katrina by postponing the rollout of the new Medicare prescription drug ...
September 19, 2005
Feds Etend Health Benefit Deadlines For Katrina VictimsThe U. S. Department of Labor and the Internal Revenue Service have extended health plan coverage decision deadlines for survivors of Hurricane Katrina.[@@]The Labor ...
September 18, 2005
Hillary LearnsIf nothing else, you have to give Sen. Hillary Clinton credit for having the courage to revisit an issue that has dogged her for well ...
September 16, 2005
The Updated Katrina Contribution ListHere is a partial description of life and health insurance community responses to Katrina.[@@]- The Texas Association of Health Underwriters, Duncanville, Texas, has announced ...
September 15, 2005
Blackstone To Take UICI Off MarketA publicly traded specialty health insurer is going private.[@@]The Blackstone Group, New York, has organized a consortium that will spend more than $1 billion ...