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NewsMinn. legislature considers vouchers for coverage
Minnesota lawmakers in both chambers are debating bills that would have the state's low-income residents purchase healthcare insurance with vouchers, reports the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. If signed Read more...
Proposed ACA rule: Insurers face tighter rate review
The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed a new Affordable Care Act regulation to protect consumers from sky-high rate increases like the Anthem Blue Cross' 39 percent rate hike that Read more...
Younger Americans will see big jump in health premium increases
Americans under the age of 35 can expect their individual health insurance premiums to rise by about 17 percent, or roughly $42 per month, by 2014, according to a RAND Health analysis for the Read more...
Health reform could bring premium increases, layoffs, analysts warn
Expect enormous increases in healthcare premiums and sizable layoffs at health insurance companies, some analysts predict. A provision in the healthcare reform legislation signed into law by Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: WellPoint's Braly calls raised premiums 'prudent'
WellPoint president Angela Braly told a Congressional committee yesterday that the recent rise in premium hikes by Anthem Blue Cross, a WellPoint subsidiary, was not something she or the company Read more...
Will health reform disappoint the public?
In theory, President Obama will look like a hero to health reform supporters if the final bill satisfies supporters. In practice, however, the public may end up being disappointed by the realities of Read more...
Critics continue to take aim at AHIP's study
American's Health Insurance Plans' scathing report, which claims that the new health care reform legislation could increase premiums by 18 percent more over the next decade, continues to act as a Read more...
Employer-sponsored healthcare premiums could double in 10 years
A recent report produced by the Commonwealth Fund found that over the past decade, insurance premiums have been growing much more quickly than income in the United States, so much so that Read more...
PA malpractice suit levels fall
New data released by state officials has shown that Pennsylvania has had a 41 percent drop in medical malpractice suits since early in the decade. Armed with these numbers, Gov. Ed Rendell is now Read more...
South FL is capital for MDs without malpractice insurance
Thanks in part to a state law letting physicians go without malpractice insurance, South Florida has become the nation's capital for doctors who have chosen to "go bare," experts say. Almost Read more...
| Press ReleasesMedMal Direct Insurance Company’s Financial Stability Rating® of A, Exceptional Reaffirmed by Demotech, Inc.JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Jacksonville-based MedMal Direct Insurance Company’s Financial Stability Rating® (FSR) of A, Exceptional, has been reaffirmed by Demotech, Inc. This level of FSR Read more >> MedMal Direct Insurance Company Launches MedMal Direct UniversityJACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Jacksonville-based MedMal Direct Insurance Company (“MedMal Direct”) announces the launch of MedMal Direct University. MedMal Direct provides all of its insureds Read more >> FreedomWorks Urges Senators to Support the McConnell Amendment to Repeal ObamacareWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, the Senate will vote on the “McConnell Amendment” calling for the full repeal of Obamacare. The legislation, passed in the House by an overwhelming bipartisan Read more >> Secretary Sebelius to Release New Report on How the Affordable Care Act Will Lower Insurance Premiums for Families and EmpWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On Friday, January 28 at 11:00 A.M. (ET), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will join California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Read more >> Secretary Sebelius to Release New Report on How the Affordable Care Act Will Lower Insurance Premiums for Families and EmpWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On Friday, January 28 at 11:00 A.M. (ET), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will join California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Read more >> |
