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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.
Study: Private Insurers Pay For Most Weight-Control Surgery
By Allison BellPrivate U.S. health insurers paid about $777 million for "bariatric" surgical procedures in 2002, up from $117 million in 1998.Although the mean cost of ...
June 29, 2005
Educated Women Buy More Individual Health Coverage, Survey SaysThe majority of women who buy individual health insurance policies are healthy, well-educated women between the ages of 45 and 64.Researchers have published those ...
June 28, 2005
Law OKs HMO BargainingLaw OKs HMO BargainingU.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, introduced legislation Monday to ensure the rights of medical professionals to bargain as a group with ...
June 28, 2005
Survey: Health Costs Worry Older AmericansMost young retirees and near retirees are willing to set aside a portion of their earnings in a special account to save for future ...
June 27, 2005
California Eecutive Joins Provider Network FirmMultiPlan Inc. has hired Steven Duncanson to be its West Coast sales manager.[@@]MultiPlan, New York, is a large provider network company.Duncanson, who will be ...
June 27, 2005
Shelley To Lead American Community HSA EffortAmerican Community Mutual Insurance Company has hired L. Craig Shelley to be the senior vice president in charge of its consumer choice division.[@@]American Community, ...
June 24, 2005
CIGNA Hires Health Net VeteranCIGNA HealthCare has hired Julie Stadlbauer to be senior vice president for national accounts for Western markets.[@@]Stadlbauer previously was the vice president of special ...
June 24, 2005
Health Carrier Revamps PortalGreat-West Healthcare has redesigned its member Web site.[@@]The Greenwood Village, Colo., health carrier says the new design should give members the ability to perform ...