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NCOIL State Legislators Act On Balance Billing
By Allison BellState legislators are trying to push for some bottom-up health finance reform: Protecting insured patients from unpleasant hospital physician billing surprises.
February 02, 2010
Editor's Blog: Silence Is Not SafeSince Massachusetts sent Scott Brown to the Senate, people have quieted down about health reform. But Steve Piontek reminds readers that the system is still crumbling.
February 02, 2010
Increases in copays decrease seniors' access to care$14.38 - Mean copay for primary care in plans that increased payments for ambulatory care, up from $7.83 in the year before the copay increased.
February 02, 2010
NAIC Disagrees With Geithner And Paulson On AIGState insurance regulators say they could have protected the insurance company subsidiaries of American International Group Inc. (NYSE:AIG) even if the parent company had collapsed.
February 02, 2010
PPO Group Promotes New Approach To SurgeryA surgical equipment maker is helping the American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations promote PPO support of minimally invasive surgical procedures.
February 02, 2010
States Step in On Health ReformPresident Obama's push for a health care overhaul has stalled, thanks largely to the election of Republican Senator Scott Brown. But just because Obama has slowed down doesn't mean that the states have.
February 02, 2010
NCOIL State Legislators Act On Balance BillingState legislators are trying to push for some bottom-up health finance reform: Protecting insured patients from unpleasant hospital physician billing surprises.
February 02, 2010
NAIC Disagrees With Geithner And Paulson On AIGState insurance regulators say they could have protected the insurance company subsidiaries of American International Group Inc. (NYSE:AIG) even if the parent company had collapsed.