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Former Insurance Exec Eyes Profit Cap Pledge
By Staff WriterWendell Potter, a former health insurance company public relations manager who is now a harsh critic of health insurers, says he has questions about a health insurer's promise to limit the amount of net income it keeps.
June 09, 2011
Picking Cherries in the Age of PPACAHealth insurers can use many subtle strategies to avoid enrolling consumers they would rather not serve, even if new federal laws ban medical underwriting and keep insurers from basing rates on enrollees' health status.
June 08, 2011
DeParle: Employers Will Still Offer Coverage in 2014A White House health insurance advisor says reports that the Affordable Care Act will kill off group health plans are greatly exaggerated.
June 08, 2011
Survey: Rising Health Rates Hit HomeInsurance industry employers' own health coverage costs are about 9.7% higher this year than they were in 2010.
June 08, 2011
Editor's Blog: An Odd StoryA recent slice-of-life story in the New York Times looks like just another cheap shot, and an imaginary one at that.
June 08, 2011
California Blue Shield Agrees to Net Income LimitBlue Shield of California, a nonprofit health insurer, says it will try to limit its annual net income to 2% of revenue.
June 08, 2011
MDRT Speaker: To Close Fast, Go SlowAdvisors may be able to shorten the time it takes to close on a sale by taking their time.
June 08, 2011
Former EBSA Chief: Rewrite Fiduciary DraftBradford Campbell, the former head of the Employee Benefits Security Administration, says the U.S. Department of Labor should overhaul its retirement plan fiduciary definition proposal.