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CBO: Senate Health Bill Might Not Do Much To Pay For Medicare
By Allison BellThe Senate health bill might make the Medicare trust fund look better without adding significantly to the resources available for keeping Medicare solvent.
January 22, 2010
Earnings: UnitedHealthUnitedHealth Group Inc. kicked off the fourth-quarter 2009 earnings season by reporting an increase in revenue and net income.
January 22, 2010
Support Rises For Antitrust Immunity RepealThere is growing bipartisan support for repealing the McCarran-Ferguson Act's antitrust exemption for health insurers as a way to help control health care costs, a healthcare analyst and lawyer said today.
January 22, 2010
2 In House Back Fed-AIG Probe By GAOTwo members of the House are supporting a sweeping Government Accountability Office study of the Federal Reserve Board's role in American International Group's decision to make whole its bank trading partners.
January 22, 2010
Earnings: UnitedHealthUnitedHealth Group Inc. kicked off the fourth-quarter 2009 earnings season by reporting an increase in revenue and net income.
January 22, 2010
Hancock Beefs Up Group LTC Sales AidsJohn Hancock Financial is providing brokers and consultants with a new interactive Web site to help them market long term care insurance plans to small- and medium-sized businesses
January 22, 2010
Services Link Employees To LTC AidA company providing long term care information and assistance is collaborating with a legal service to offer employees help in protecting seniors in their care.
January 22, 2010
Support Rises For Antitrust Immunity RepealThere is growing bipartisan support for repealing the McCarran-Ferguson Act's antitrust exemption for health insurers as a way to help control health care costs, a healthcare analyst and lawyer said today.