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Life insurance options after a breast cancer diagnosis (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
By thinkadvisorDue to advances in the treatment of breast cancer, MassMutual recently announced that it's changing its underwriting guidelines for breast cancer patients…
September 29, 2011
NAIC Waiting for CMS Antifraud GuidanceThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are still in the preliminary stages of developing antifraud measures required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.
September 29, 2011
NAIC Panel Thinks InternationallyAn arm of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has agreed to add a discussion of the differences between the U.S. approach to corporate governance regulation and various international approaches to a key draft document.
September 29, 2011
The Broccoli Case: Obama Administration, PPACA Opponents Ask Supreme Court to RuleThe U.S. Department of Justice and groups that want to block implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 are calling for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether the act is constitutional.
September 29, 2011
Kaiser-HRET: Employer-Based LTC ShrankSmall employers may be much less likely to offer long term care insurance benefits this year than they were in 2007.
September 28, 2011
PPACA: HHS Seeks Carriers for Primary Care Investment ProjectThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services wants to try teaming up with public and private health plans to invest in modernizing primary care medical practices.
September 28, 2011
Why 3 in 4 need moreHere's how you can use the 3in4 Need More campaign, sponsored by the 3in4 Need More Association, to educate clients about the need for LTC planning.