If they're already admitting to causing deaths, why should they care about a little girl's hearing? What more do we have to do to fight back against these horror stories ? What will it take to get these insurance companies to see the inherent immorality of focusing on the bottom line to the exclusion of all else? Think Progress: One of the worst abuses of the private health insurance industry is its...
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California now provides what it calls the nation's "first interactive, consumer-friendly PPO Report Card," one to four-star rating of five of the six preferred provider organizations in the state. Issued by California Department of Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, the online ranking gave the highest marks this year, only three stars-or "good"-to CIGNA, Health Net of California,...
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29475.html Oh boy. It’s times like these that make me glad I’m a Liberal blogger. Just to catch the Right Wing in one of their moments of unparalleled hypocrisy is something I truly savor. Like a Sugar Cane blunt packed with Alaskan Thunderfuck, it is sweet to both pallet and soul alike. And the truth marches on…. Politico drops the ball...
OptionMonster submits: We are seeing only slight movement to Sabrient’s Sector Detector ETF rankings, as Healthcare, InfoTech, and Consumer Staples continue to lead, while Materials sinks further into the cellar and remains the fundamentally most overvalued sector. Latest rankings: This week, SectorCast-ETF indicates that Healthcare ( XLV ) remains solidly in front on a forward-looking basis,...
The economy is having it’s toll on everyone. Aetna has won some and lost some in the corporate bidding battles as employers have been one of their key targets. Bank of America and Tri-Care have been 2 of their recent awarded contracts. What else does this mean potentially, more automation and less potential individuals to speak with. All companies are streamlining their operations to incorporate...
Republican Party Drops Employee Insurance Plan Allowing Rare Abortion Coverage Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- With members of its party unanimously opposing abortion funding in the government-run health care bill in the House, the national Republican Party has moved to drop an employee insurance plan that allows coverage of abortion. The news web site Politico uncovered the aspect of the plan in...
Did you know the Republican National Committee offered its employees health insurance that covered abortions? Neither did the Republican National Committee . Their health policy had covered abortions since 1991... until last Friday, when Chairman Michael Steele realized the GOP needed a Stupak Amendment of its own. The RNC is thus opting out of coverage for a legal, Constitutionally protected medical...
I'll warn you up front this is a pure politics post. If you don't like them, just move along...... .....but....if you've ever had sex, you might wanna stick around. Or if you're one of those capitalistic types who doesn't think the government has the right to tell private companies what to do, you might wanna stick around as well. I mean, that's one of the things you teabaggers had your boxers in a...
I personally have been selling the Cigna individual health insurance plans for about a year as they just came out. I had always though of Cigna as a good company who could be trusted. I mean their rates are incredibly low firstly, and secondly they pay their brokers (like me) very low commissions. As an [...]
Politico recently reported an inconvenient fact about the Republican National Committee's health care coverage for its employees: the policy, purchased from Cigna, included abortion. Now they're altering the plan, according to Michael Steele, RNC chair (left): "Money from our loyal donors should not be used for this purpose," Chairman Michael Steele said in a statement. "I don't know...
Remember how the RNC had to do an about face after the fact that their health insurance plan included abortion coverage? Guess what else their insurer, CIGNA, covers. Yup, "death panels." But ThinkProgress has noticed that Cigna, the RNC’s health insurance provider, also urges beneficiaries to think about end-of-life services. Cigna’s website has a page called "Care at the...
"Goldman Sachs recently did a report analyzing the impact of health reform on Cigna Aetna WellPoint , UnitedHealth and Humana . While the study concludes that insurers would profit from undermining health care reform, the report also ...
BLOOMFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For an unprecedented fifth year in a row, readers of Business Insurance once again have named CIGNA's Employee Assistance Program (EAP) the best in the industry. CIGNA (NYSE:CI) competed for the top spot among the nation’s largest providers of Employee Assistance Programs for the publication's "Readers Choice Awards," and was recognized for its long-term...
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