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GOP Mulls Health Care Tacks
Posted on June 22, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsRoll Call, By Daniel Newhauser – June 6, 2012: With rumors swirling that the Supreme Court could issue a ruling as soon as next week on President Barack Obama’s health care law, Republicans, along with Mitt Romney’s campaign, are gaming out their plans in case the entire law, or part of it, is found unconstitutional. […]
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How SCOTUS Could Help Congress Save Billions
Posted on June 21, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsPolitico, By Jonathan Allen – June 6, 2012: Congress could stumble into a big pile of cash from an unlikely source: the Supreme Court. The justices will deliver their landmark ruling on the 2010 health care law this month, and the government is in line to reap hundreds of billions of dollars in savings — […]
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Subsidies A Key to Success of California Health Exchange
Posted on June 21, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsCapital Public Radio, By Pauline Bartolone – June 3, 2012: As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to rule on President Obama’s health care law, Californians may wonder how the ruling will affect them. The director of a key component of California’s implementation effort says he’s sleeping well at night. The federal health law directs the […]
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Health Care Task Force Starts Up
Posted on June 20, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsCalifornia Healthline, By David Gorn – June 12, 2012: This is not your usual task force, according to Diana Dooley, secretary of the state Health and Human Services department. This one, she said, is less interested in the ideal and more focused on producing real-world results. The idea is to figure out which programs across […]
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House Passes the Health Care Cost Reduction Act
Posted on June 19, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsNational Association of Health Underwriters – June 11, 2012: On Thursday, June 7, the U.S. House of Representatives voted for the 30th time to repeal or defund part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) with the passage with H.R. 436, the Health Care Cost Reduction Act, which repeals the medical device tax […]
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Insurers Say: With or Without You, PPACA
Posted on June 18, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsNational Association of Health Underwriters – June 11, 2012: No matter what happens with the Supreme Court ruling, the nation’s largest single private insurer, United Health Group, announced it will keep offering some of the law’s most popular insurance market reforms to its customers. Aetna and Humana both made a similar announcements. Effective today, all […]
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Leapfrog Gives 41% of Calif. Hospitals ‘C’ or Lower in Patient Safety
Posted on June 18, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsCalifornia Healthline – June 7, 2012: More than 40% of hospitals in California received a grade of C or lower in a new national report card on patient safety released Wednesday by the Leapfrog Group, the Los Angeles Times reports. Report Card Details The Leapfrog Group said it released its first-ever hospital patient safety scores […]
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California Health Insurers Propose Raising Rates for Small Firms
Posted on June 18, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsLos Angeles Times, By Chad Terhune – June 12, 2012: Proposed increases of more than 10% in small-business health insurance rates that are going into effect in July or August have drawn scrutiny from state regulators. Some California health insurers are proposing to raise small-business rates more than 10% next month, drawing scrutiny from state […]
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Employers Want to Continue Health Coverage—But Is Today’s Model Sustainable?
Posted on June 15, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsBusiness Wire – June 4, 2012: Oliver Wyman Survey Suggests That Employer-Sponsored Insurance Won’t Fade Away, but Is on the Verge of a Major Transformation. Even if the Supreme Court upholds the Affordable Care Act, an overwhelming majority of employers want to keep providing health benefits for their employees. But most feel the cost is […]
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What to Expect When Buying Life Insurance: Part Three
Posted on June 14, 2012 by Administrator in Insurance ArticlesContinued from Part Two… An insurer will classify an applicant as super preferred, preferred, standard plus, standard or substandard. Super preferred and preferred applicants are the healthiest and pose the lowest mortality risks; they qualify for the lowest rates available. Standard risks present average risk for their age and gender; they will pay an […]
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