InsureBlog (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
If you are looking to buy Aetna health insurance, you don't have to be Michael Jackson to justify a look into your prescription drug history. Reports are circulating that the King of Pop's death has caused the DEA to take a look into his prescription drug activity . The L.A. County Coroner's Office confiscated a number of controlled substances from Jackson's rented Holmby Hills mansion Monday as part...
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
Last week's top five guru bargain stocks were Apollo Group Inc. ( APOL ), TIME WARNER CABLE INC ( TWC ), Hess Corp. ( HES ), Pepco Holdings Inc. ( POM ), and Aetna Inc. ( AET ). According to GuruFocus updates , these stocks have declined the most since Gurus have bought. Apollo Group Inc. ( APOL ): Down 13% Since Kenneth Fisher Bought In the Quarter Ended on 2009-03-31 Kenneth Fisher initiated holdings...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
The Iowa Republican is seeking details about insurance the company sold to a man in Texas that left him owing nearly $200,000 in medical bills.
Buffett Junior - Investment Blog (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
Filed under: Amer Intl Group (AIG) Some days you know you have a winner, and some days you know you have a loser. Just like the loss of 473,000 jobs to 9.5% unemployment in June, today started as a losing day and ended up as a losing day. It feels as though the “lagging indicator” aspect [...] Related posts: Closing Bell: When complacency becomes concerning (AET, AIG, JBLU, TIVO, VLO) Filed...
Madville Times (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
PP notes that Tea Party organizers expect 10,000 people to join them in Sioux Falls to protest the " socialized Obama administration ." (Maybe some of those doom criers would like to donate money to support the Karl Mundt Debate Tournament: Senator Mundt was big on the Red Scare , too.) As we wait to hear an independent Tea Party headcount at the end of the day (maybe KSFY will send an intern...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--More than 300 members of Bishop Eddie L. Long’s Atlanta congregation at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church participated in diabetes screenings, and another 120 attended information
Montclair Socioblog (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
July 1, 2009 Posted by Jay Livingston The Socioblog is pleased that the New York Times picked up on yesterday’s blog post and ran with its own horror story about private health insurance (in this case, Aetna). The Times also quotes from Wendell Potter, the former Cigna exec who testified before Congress a week ago about private health care insurance. Insured but Unprotected, and Driven Bankrupt...
Corrente (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
Times : An estimated three-quarters of people who are pushed into personal bankruptcy by medical problems actually had insurance when they got sick or were injured. Many health policy experts say simply giving everyone an insurance card will not be enough to fix what is wrong with the system. “Underinsurance is the great hidden risk of the American health care system,” said Elizabeth Warren...
Zandar Versus The Stupid (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
While Congress argues about the cost of insuring the tens of millions of Americans who have no health coverage, it pays to remember the true cost of health care in this country for those who are insured. Tens of millions more Americans are underinsured: they indeed have health insurance but that insurance is simply not enough to cover a major illness . One of them is Lawrence Yurdin, a 64-year-old...
Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
Another Side Of The Crisis by digby I've written a few posts about this aspect of the health care crisis and it's a serious problem for a lot of people in the individual insurance market. This story in the NY Times lays out the problem in all its ugliness: people are basically buying worthless insurance and paying high premiums for it: Health insurance is supposed to offer protection — both...
The RBC (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
The more the health care debate is over the details of the new plan, the better things are for the obstructionists. The more the debate is over how terrible things are right now, the better things are for the reformers. The NYT is doing a series on how terrible things are right now; Tuesday's installment is about a guy who went bankrupt because his health insurance policy, which on its face claimed...
Brain Shavings (Free subscription) | 30/06/2009
Courtesy of Tom Blumer: Questions for those advocating the "public plan" option in Obamacare: Will the "public plan" pay income and other taxes like the companies who run private plans must? (Example: Aetna alone incurred $790 million in income tax expenses in calendar 2008, and over $3.5 billion in the past four years. The company's most recent 10-K [PDF] indicates that this expense...
The San Antonio Business Journal (Free subscription) | 30/06/2009
Aetna Sign Group, a locally based sign manufacturer, received the Frank Paige Award during the Texas Sign Manufacturers Association recent annual convention at The Westin La Cantera Resort in San Antonio.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 29/06/2009
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aetna (NYSE: AET) announced today it has reached agreement on a one-year contract renewal with Memorial Hospital, continuing a long-term relationship with the Jacksonville hospital.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 29/06/2009
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aetna (NYSE: AET) announced today it has reached agreement on a one-year contract renewal with Memorial Hospital, continuing a long-term relationship with the Jacksonville hospital.
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