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Retirees Unsure of Medicare's Future
By staff WriterRetirees covered by Medicare are confident that Medicare will be available for the rest of their lives but are less confident that it will be there for their children, according to a new survey.
June 25, 2010
LTC Network Endorses CarrierThe National LTC Network has added Mutual of Omaha as an endorsed long term care insurance carrier.
June 25, 2010
Retirees Unsure of Medicare's FutureRetirees covered by Medicare are confident that Medicare will be available for the rest of their lives but are less confident that it will be there for their children, according to a new survey.
June 25, 2010
Financial Bill Heads to Floor of CongressHouse and Senate negotiators completed work early Friday on sweeping financial services legislation that includes a provision that could ultimately impose a fiduciary standard on sales of investment products.
June 25, 2010
Aetna Pulls California Rate HikeAetna Inc. has withdrawn a rate filing in California that would have increased individual health care insurance rates for 65,000 customers by an average of 19% percent.
June 25, 2010
Most Health Plans Don't Have Mental Parity: ExpertActuaries have been testing employer-sponsored health plans for mental health parity and have found that most of them are failing, according to Sara Teppema, staff fellow for Society of Actuaries.
June 25, 2010
Financial Bill Heads to Floor of CongressHouse and Senate negotiators completed work early Friday on sweeping financial services legislation that includes a provision that could ultimately impose a fiduciary standard on sales of investment products.
June 25, 2010
Health Care Reform: Obama's Warnings to Carriers, EmployersSo it appears that President Obama is taking some steps to make sure carriers and employers don't use the oncoming health care reform as an ...