Health Insurance
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FAQ: Nonrenewal Letters During the Medicare SNP Period
By staff WriterAn agent asks, "Do we need a letter of 'nonrenewal' from the Medicare Advantage plan when we enroll a Medicare customer during the SNP Period?
March 06, 2011
PPACA: Lindeen Fights for Authority to Implement Individual Coverage MandateThe Montana Insurance Commissioner Monica Lindeen is trying to persuade lawmakers in her state to let her continue to implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act health insurance ownership mandate provision.
March 06, 2011
PPACA: Kentucky Issues Child-Only Coverage AdviceThe Kentucky Department of Insurance has given insurers more information about how it wants them to interpret a November 2010 order governing sales of child-only health insurance.
March 06, 2011
Potomac DiaryPop quiz: who would you Say is really running the Democrats these days? Nancy Pelosi? Harry Reid? Hillary Clinton? Barack Obama?
March 06, 2011
A Pound of CureThere is nothing wrong whatsoever with the health care system in the United States, except for two things: the pricing model and the supply model.
March 04, 2011
New York Health Care Fraud: No One Did ItThe New York State Insurance Department says "no fault" claims accounted for most of the cases of suspected health care fraud reported to the state in 2010.
March 04, 2011
Marino Takes Reins at New Jersey BlueRobert Marino has succeeded William Marino as president and chief executive officer of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey.
March 04, 2011
PPACA: Commissioners Not Sure Where to Set Rate Review TriggerState insurance commissioners disagree about how high a proposed health insurance rate increase ought to be before it gets the attention of federal regulators.