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Limited growth, impact of reform drag on insurers: A.M. Best
“As a result of healthcare reform, smaller individual and group carriers may consider exiting the market, the company said. “Those that stay in the market may have to change their business plan/strategies in order to continue to operate profitably in the new environment. This could include revisiting their product portfolios and considering potential partnerships/alliances,”... »
Massive Egg Recall Doesn’t Include Indiana…So Far
“The eggs are sold under a variety of differente brand names including: Albertson, Boomsma’s, Dutch Farms, Farm Fresh, Hillandale, Kemps, Lucerne, Lund, Mountain Dairy, Ralph’s, Shoreland, Sunshine and Trafficanda. The Eggs cartons also contain Julian Dates ranging from 136 to 223 and plant numbers 1026, 1413, and 1946 , which can be found on the... »
Andy Griffith’s new role: pitching health care law
“Polls show that seniors are more skeptical of the health care law than younger people because Medicare cuts provide much of the financing to expand coverage for the uninsured. Medicare says the national ad is not political, but part of its outreach to educate seniors about new benefits available next year.”… These ads are not... »
“We’re Going To Have a Public Option”
“Reid’s general comments reflected the same overall message to progressives that President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered earlier today. It essentially boils down to: We’ve done a lot of stuff, but we still have a lot of unfinished business, so campaign for us again.”… Please Nevada and San Francisco, elect their challengers.... »
Germany Considers Tax on the Obese
“Marco Wanderwitz, a conservative member of parliament for the German state of Saxony, said it is unfair and unsustainable for the taxpayer to carry the entire cost of treating obesity-related illnesses in the public health system. “I think that it would be sensible if those who deliberately lead unhealthy lives would be held financially... »
Britain Plans to Decentralize National Health Care
“The plan would also require all National Health Service hospitals to become “foundation trusts,” enterprises that are independent of health service control and accountable to an independent regulator some hospitals currently operate in this fashion. This would result in a further loss of jobs, health care unions say, and also open the door to... »
Some insurers stop writing new coverage for kids
“Some major health insurance companies will no longer issue certain types of policies for children, an unintended consequence of President Barack Obamas health care overhaul law, state officials said Friday.”… Of course. As all of you know, we’ve been discussing unintended consequences and the utter destruction of the US Health Care market for some... »
Changing Tune, Administration Defends Insurance Mandate as a Tax
“When Congress required most Americans to obtain health insurance or pay a penalty, Democrats denied that they were creating a new tax. But in court, the Obama administration and its allies now defend the requirement as an exercise of the government’s “power to lay and collect taxes.” And that power, they say, is even more... »
Obama Administration Approves First Direct Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Through New High-Risk Insurance Pools
“In a May 13 letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Boehner asked if her department has provided guidance to the states on how to implement the president’s Executive Order on abortion funding. Boehner also asked Sebelius if the new federal high-risk pools would exclude abortion coverage.”… Fools. Executive Orders are not... »
Doctors Threaten to Pull Out of Texas Medicaid
“About 3.3 million poor and disabled Texans depend on Medicaid for health care, but less than a third of the state's 48,700 practicing doctors accept patients covered by the federal program, according to Texas Health and Human Services Commission. And some doctors who do participate in the program limit the number and kind of... »
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