Health Insurance
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.
WellPoint Acquires Golden West Dental
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, Dec. 6, 5:25 p.m. -- WellPoint Health Networks Inc., Thousand Oaks, Calif., says it has signed a definitive agreement to ...
December 04, 2002
Horizon Acquires University Health MembersNU Online News Service, Dec. 4, 11:11 a.m. -- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Newark, N.J., has acquired the commercial point-of-service ...
December 04, 2002
Health Net To Upgrade Some Medicare HMO BenefitsNU Online News Service, Dec. 4, 9:29 a.m. -- Health Net Inc., Woodland Hills, Calif., says its California unit is seeking approval to make ...
December 04, 2002
Many CalPERS Families Have To Switch PlansNU Online News Service, Dec. 4, 9:01 a.m. -- The California Public Employees' Retirement System, Sacramento, Calif., says 170,000 families are shifting from one ...
December 04, 2002
Magellan Names Shulman CEONU Online News Service, Dec. 4, 4:10 p.m. -- Magellan Health Services Inc., Columbia, Md., a cash-strapped company that manages mental health care for ...
December 04, 2002
Conning: Health Increases Could Draw InterventionNU Online News Service, Dec. 4, 10:29 a.m. -- Increases in prices and profits at managed care companies could lead to government intervention, according ...
December 04, 2002
California Blue Chair Calls For Universal Health CoverageNU Online News Service, Dec. 4, 9:13 a.m. -- Bruce Bodaken, the chairman of Blue Shield of California, San Francisco, a large nonprofit managed ...
December 03, 2002
LabOne Acquires Kansas LabNU Online News Service, Dec. 3, 4:45 p.m. -- LabOne Inc., Lenexa, Kan., has acquired Central Plains Laboratories, Hays, Kan., from Hays Medical Center, ...