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VitaBeat (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Some of the largest health insurance companies in Massachusetts say they plan to cover visits to retail health clinics that will open in CVS and Walgreens drugstores late this year. The announcement follows the signing of contracts by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan with CVS Caremark, Woonsocket, R.I. Company, which runs more than 6,000 drug stores nationwide. CVS will also open 28...
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Health Insurance (Free subscription) | yesterday
Amerigroup to settle Illinois suit, to take Q2 charge - ReutersBANGALORE (Reuters) - Health insurer Amerigroup Corp (AGP.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) said it reached a deal in principle to settle a civil litigation relating to certain marketing practices of its former Illinois health plan, and Torchmark 2Q [...]
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Medical,Health News and Articles (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Tuesday signed legislation (AB 1150) that prohibits health insurance companies from rewarding employees who cancel or limit an enrollee’s coverage, the Los Angeles Times reports. The measure was introduced by Assembly member Ted Lieu (D) after the Times reported that insurer Health Net based employee bonuses in part on [...]
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BlackPoliticsontheWeb.com (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
- The CoverMe Foundation, a national non-profit organization, has announced it will offer a free comprehensive program that helps locate health care coverage available to the uninsured and underserved groups such as the elderly, disabled and pregnant women. The CoverMe Foundation wants to help improve the quality of life for all Americans nationwide, particularly African-Americans. The number [...]...
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Medical,Health News and Articles (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Proponents of the Massachusetts health insurance law “underestimated costs and overestimated revenue,” which has “obliged the state to spend more to subsidize insurance” to keep the “law’s promises,” Alan Sager and Deborah Socolar, directors of the Health Reform Program at the Boston University School of Public Health, write in a Boston Globe opinion piece. The [...]
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Top News Cast - World (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
By C. Ray Sondeo Medical care in the US is generally not affordable by all. It is not possible to bare the expenses on our own. This makes it important to have visitors health insurance. USA visitor medical insurance is a short term medical insurance which provides with coverage of 0 days to three years. The USA visitor medical insurance plan covers you with in/ out patients, doctor's visit payments,...
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Guide Bulgaria (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Private health insurance options are still not connecting with the Bulgarian consumer as indicated by data of the local financial regulator showing a 3% year-on-year decline in January-May premiums. The 274,000 Bulgarians with private health plans gener...
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On Our Radar Today (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Excerpt: "Governor Deval Patrick's proposal to ask businesses, insurers, and hospitals to kick in about $100 million to close a gap in funding for the state's landmark health insurance law is threatening to fracture the fragile coalition whose support was instrumental in passing the measure." (authored by The Boston Globe)
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Okdork.com (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
This is not a sexy post about marketing or product but something I was hoping to share with anyone starting or looking to start a start-up. We are a small team of 3 working on our new project and my mom kept bugging me to get health insurance for riding my motorcycle. I frankly never [...]
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Rock The Truth (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Yeah, I'm against it now, especially if it is going to depend on the whim of these leeches. " consumers were already asked to pay more this year in higher health insurance premiums and copayments, and that it is only fair to ask other members of the coalition that originally supported the state's two-year-old law to contribute more." "Coalition fights fee plan for insurers; Urges alternative of mandatory...
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Mine Your Own Business (Free subscription) | yesterday
The National Federation of Independent Business recently polled 3,530 of their closest friends asking them to identify their biggest concerns. Their top ten choices were: Cost of health insurance Cost of fuel Federal taxes on business income Property taxes Tax...
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D-Day (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here are just a few stories I've collected over merely the past week, the little outrages that aren't as substantial as, say, killing over a million Iraqis in an unnecessary war or leaving 47 million without health insurance or torturing prisoners at Guantanamo. But they provide shocks to the conscience nonetheless. • The Department of Labor is rushing to make rules that would make it tougher for the...
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The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jill Stanek confirms it for the millionth time with a rant about how Fiorina’s comments about health insurance are about a radical “pro-abort” agenda. Because Fiorina thinks contraceptives ought to be covered by health insurance Fiorina is helping “pro-aborts.”
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RealClearPolitics (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON -- I'm not one to take lightly the loss of 12,000 jobs, especially when they come with good benefits such as health insurance and vacations for part-timers. Still, I'm finding it hard to suppress a bit of smugness over the downsizing of Starbucks, the ubiquitous coffee chain that put the word "latte" on everyone's lips. By next week, the first of 600 stores Starbucks intends to close will...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
The Foraker Group, an organization that supports not-for-profit organizations in Alaska, on Thursday announced that it will offer health insurance to employees of private, not-for-profit organizations in the state, the Anchorage Daily News reports. The coverage will be offered through
