Archive for August, 2011

Proposal Would Aid Deciphering of Benefits

Sunday, August 28th, 2011

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration proposed new rules on Wednesday that would require health insurance companies and employers to provide information to policyholders and employees describing health benefits, coverage and costs in plain English. Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, said the new “summary of benefits …
this is so true

Medicare costs rise at slowest pace in 6 years-S&P

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Growth in hospital revenue from Medicare patients was roughly one-third the rate seen from patients on private health insurance during the past year, according to data from Standard & Poor’s. Medicare revenue rose 2.5 percent per patient in the year before June, the slowest …
oh i can’t beleive it

Medicare costs rise at slowest pace in 6 years-S&P

Friday, August 19th, 2011

WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Growth in hospital revenue from Medicare patients was roughly one-third the rate seen from patients on private health insurance during the past year, according to data from Standard & Poor’s. Medicare revenue rose 2.5 percent per patient in the year before June, the slowest …
maybe this will change things

Federal grants awarded for health insurance exchanges

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

The Obama administration has awarded more than $185 million in grants to 13 states and the District of Columbia to help establish new state-based health insurance marketplaces where consumers can shop for insurance starting in 2014, a key benefit of the new healthcare law. These Internet-based exchanges, designed to …
how doe this impact my state

U.S. appeals court rules against health care reform law

Saturday, August 13th, 2011

ATLANTA (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court ruled Friday that a key provision in the health care reform law requiring Americans to enroll in a health care plan or face a penalty was unconstitutional, a blow to the White House. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in …
so interesting

Walgreen Co. plans to sell health insurance

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

Walgreen Co., the nation’s largest drugstore chain, is planning to start selling health insurance to customers this fall. The Deerfield-based company will sell health insurance products with different price ranges and coverage levels from coast-to-coast through a private health insurance exchange, according to people familiar with the matter. …
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Senate leaders agree on new approach to Health Coverage Tax Credit

Sunday, August 7th, 2011

WASHINGTON—Senate Democratic and Republican leaders agreed on a new approach to consider legislation to increase federal health insurance premium subsidies for employees who lose their jobs due to foreign competition and older retirees in failed pension plans. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., previously proposed, with support from …
can believe what i am reading, so unfair

Opposing the Health Law, Florida Refuses Millions

Thursday, August 4th, 2011

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – When it comes to pursuing federal largess, most of the states that oppose the 2010 health care law have refused to let either principle or politics block their paths to the trough. If Washington is doling out dollars, Republican governors and legislators typically figure they might as …
this is bogus, who would think