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Baucus Plows Ahead With Medicare Advantage Talks
By Arthur D. PostalSenate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont, says he intends to begin negotiating with the House on Medicare legislation despite a veto threat from the ...
December 05, 2007
NAIC OKs Budget, Elects OfficersMembers of the plenary of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, a body that includes all voting NAIC members, voted unanimously Tuesday to pass the ...
December 05, 2007
Analyst: Large Firms Watch For Signal To Drop CoverageBig employers might race to shut down health insurance benefits if other large employers begin to do so.Paul Fronstin, a director at the Employee Benefit ...
December 05, 2007
MassMutual Backs Retirement DocMassachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company will be the only national sponsor of a 2-hour PBS documentary that will look at the financial challenges facing the ...
December 05, 2007
FRC: International Funds Lead In OctoberInvestors withdrew $5.3 billion more from domestic stock mutual funds in October than they put into the funds.The $5.3 billion net outflow compares with a ...
December 05, 2007
Stark Blasts Bush Stand On Medicare Advantage OversightRep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., has criticized Bush administration opposition to efforts to give states authority over Medicare Advantage plan marketing practices.Stark, chairman of the House ...
December 04, 2007
High Court Move Lets States Regulate Life SettlementsThe U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a case that could have challenged the extent to which states can regulate life settlements.The court's move ...
December 04, 2007
Empire State Protests Hospital Admission Notice RuleThe New York State Insurance Department says a carrier wants to require hospitals to alert it within 24 hours after member patients have been admitted.The ...