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PPACA: HHS Spends $46 Million on Premium Reviews
By Trevor ThomasThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is sending $46 million to 45 states and the District of Columbia to improve oversight of health care insurance premium increases.
August 17, 2010
Intel and GE: New health care ventureTechnology behemoth Intel has partnered with GE Healthcare Systems to form a joint venture designed to develop new models of health care delivery and bring new technologies to seniors and the chronically ill.
August 16, 2010
Protesters Mock Loss Ratio LobbyistsActivists angry about lobbyist efforts to influence states' implementation of the Affordable Care Act have been out in force here at the summer meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
August 16, 2010
PPACA Work Dominates NAIC MeetingAffordable Care Act implementation dominated the opening session of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners summer meeting.
August 16, 2010
GAO: HRA Option Attracted Healthier WorkersU.S. Government Accountability Office officials say they found workers who signed up for the health reimbursement arrangement option at two large employers were probably healthier than other employees.
August 16, 2010
Potter to NAIC: Be a Hero to ConsumersA consumer watchdog told insurance commissioners here that consumers are looking to state regulators to protect them from health care companies' tendency to put shareholders first.
August 16, 2010
PPACA Work Dominates NAIC MeetingAffordable Care Act implementation dominated the opening session of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners summer meeting.
August 16, 2010
Site aids in selection of supplemental Medicare plansInsurance referral site www.GoMedicare.com has added a new Medicare information center to assist seniors in their search for Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement and Medicare Part D plans.