Health Insurance
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IRS: Young Adult Coverage Extension Benefits Are Tax-Free
By Allison BellEmployees need not pay extra taxes if they keep children under 27 years of age insured using employer-sponsored health benefits programs.
April 25, 2010
State Regulator Shares Thoughts On PPACA QuestionsA Minnesota insurance regulator has given colleagues ideas about how they might answer federal agencies' questions about health insurance rate review oversight.
April 23, 2010
PPACA: Facility Executives Are NervousMany health care facility executives who have a strong opinion about the new federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act think PPACA will hurt health care facilities.
April 23, 2010
Sebelius, Pelosi React To Rescission StoryTop officials have blasted a large health insurer in response to what the insurer says is a press report that misrepresents one of its fraud-detection programs.
April 23, 2010
PPACA: Facility Executives Are NervousMany health care facility executives who have a strong opinion about the new federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act think PPACA will hurt health care facilities.
April 23, 2010
Earnings: StanCorp, UnitedHealthThe first life and health insurers to report first-quarter earnings reported profits.
April 23, 2010
Earnings: StanCorp, UnitedHealthThe first life and health insurers to report first-quarter earnings reported profits.
April 23, 2010
Sebelius, Pelosi React To Rescission StoryTop officials have blasted a large health insurer in response to what the insurer says is a press report that misrepresents one of its fraud-detection programs.