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The latest information relating to the health insurance industry.
Conservatives Plan New Parliamentary Tactic to Achieve Full Repeal of Health Reform
Becker's Hospital Review reports: "Conservative activists and healthcare experts, who anticipate a GOP takeover of the White House and Senate, are forming an alternative plan to President Obama's healthcare reform law in preparation for a full repeal, according to an...
10 tips for getting your health insurance claims paid
Image by Elix Perth via FlickrFOX Business reports: "Medical claims specialist Becky Stephenson remembers a client who became seriously ill, went to the emergency room and was admitted to the hospital. Fortunately, he had health insurance and a card in his wallet to...
Free-Market Alternatives to Health Reform Work: Study
A new study by the Rand Corp. shows that free-market alternatives to President Barack Obama’s health reform may have an impact on bringing health costs down. Patients who are under doctors’ care often have little or no control over their health care costs. But a new...
Health Law to Be Revised by Ending a Program
The New York Times reports: "WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced Friday that it was scrapping a long-term care insurance program created by the new health care law because it was too costly and would not work. Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and...
Offering Costa Rican Dental Care as a No-Cost Employee Benefit
During "Open Enrollment", many companies are offering fewer employee benefits to cut costs. But employers or employee benefit advisors can offer a no-cost dental plan option through Costa Rican Dental Care to help their employees save thousands of dollars on major...
Report: Even with a job, insurance is no longer a sure thing
USA Today reports: "Employer-based health insurance is quickly becoming a thing of the past for millions of American workers, a new report says. Workers are losing jobs that offer health insurance and getting part-time or contract jobs that make finding affordable...
Medi-Scare: The Sequel
Benifits Pro reports: "Like the villain in a bad slasher flick, Congress will be back to take another stab at Medicare cuts. The nation’s Medicare program may have been the single most-debated program during the recent Congressional talks about our national debt...
Institute of Medicine Issues Recommendations on Essential Health Benefits
News from the Blues reports: "The Institute of Medicine (IOM) today publicly released its final report titled “Essential Health Benefits: Balancing Coverage and Cost.” This report details the findings and recommendations of the IOM regarding the benefits that most new...
Health-care law benefits must be limited to ensure affordability, panel says
The Washington Post reports: "An advisory panel of experts on Thursday recommended that the Obama administration emphasize affordability over breadth of coverage when it comes to implementing a key insurance provision of the 2010 health-care law. Obama officials...
Ryan expects health reform to cause cost “death spiral”
CBS reports: Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, a key voice in the GOP on the issue of health care, said Thursday he expects the Supreme Court to strike down a key element of President Obama's health care reforms -- the "individual mandate," which requires every American to...