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Assurant Health Adds Advocacy Feature
By Staff WriterA health insurer says it will be offering new plan members a service that tries to help patients cope with health care system bureaucracy.Assurant Health, ...
June 29, 2008
Senate Weighs Endorsing House Bill To Slash Medicare AdvantageThe Senate at press time on June 26 was debating whether to accept earlier legislation passed by the House with a veto-proof margin which would ...
June 29, 2008
Senate Weighs Endorsing House Bill To Slash Medicare AdvantageThe Senate at press time on June 26 was debating whether to accept earlier legislation passed by the House with a veto-proof margin which would ...
June 29, 2008
On Walkers And WheelchairsAt a hearing on the Medicare Advantage program in February, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said, "It's time ...
June 29, 2008
On Walkers And WheelchairsAt a hearing on the Medicare Advantage program in February, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said, "It's time ...
June 27, 2008
New Jersey Nonprofit Might ConvertA Garden State newspaper is reporting that a large, nonprofit health insurer is looking into the possibility of changing charters.Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of ...
June 27, 2008
GAO: 2005 Medicare Plan Costs Were LowMedical costs were lower than carriers expected and administrative costs higher during the first year of Medicare Advantage plan operations.James Cosgrove, a director at the ...
June 27, 2008
Senate Blocks Medicare Funding BillSupporters of a major Medicare program bill today failed to get the votes they needed in the Senate to push the bill to the Senate ...