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Preventable risks cut 4 to 5 years from boomer lives
By Danielle AndrusA recent study in PLoS Medicine, an open-access medical journal published by the Public Library of Science, found that four preventable risk factors for chronic...
May 06, 2010
IRS Starts Implementing Small Group Tax CreditThe Internal Revenue Service has come out with a table that small employers can use to calculate the small employer health insurance credit for the 2010 taxable year.
May 06, 2010
Trade Groups Ask Senate To Reject Merkley AmendmentEight insurance industry groups are teaming up to oppose efforts by Sen. Jeffrey Merkley to weaken a proposed Office of National Insurance.
May 06, 2010
New York May Ban Annuity Death Benefit Bonus RecaptureThe New York State Insurance Department has drafted a circular letter that could change the way the state treats annuity death benefits.
May 06, 2010
Oregon Health Carrier Closer To Scooping Up NeighborPacificSource Charitable Foundation Inc., which operates as PacificSource Health Plans, plans to complete a previously announced acquisition of Clear One Health Plans Inc. May 21.
May 06, 2010
Think Tank Explains ACA Effects On Medicare, Medicare AdvantageAnalysts at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation have written several new guides describing the effects of the new federal health system change laws on Medicare.
May 06, 2010
New study tracks usage of long term care insuranceThe American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance has come out with a consumer guide, which offers new data on the duration of LTCI claims.
May 06, 2010
Panel Considers Health Price Disclosure ProposalsMaking doctors and hospitals publish their prices could help consumers shop for care but also could help providers increase their prices.