Obamacare Foes Make Final Push To Stop Health Law's Implementation
Less than eight weeks before the official launch of the new health care marketplaces, the Obama administration is ramping up efforts to encourage people to sign up. But some opponents want young people...
View ArticleSept. 18 Virtual Conference: Experts to Provide Last-Minute Advice on...
Featuring some of the nation’s most knowledgeable exchange experts — including current and former government officials — Atlantic Information Services’s upcoming Sept. 18 virtual conference is designed...
View ArticleAetna pulls out of Ohio insurance marketplace
Aetna has reversed course on plans to participate in Ohio’s federally-mandated health insurance exchange next year. The company told the state late last week it was withdrawing its plans from...
View ArticleIdaho gets $20.3 million grant for health exchange
The state of Idaho has just received a $20.3 million federal grant to help craft its own health insurance exchange. Reported by Miami Herald 3 hours ago.
View ArticleZane Benefits Publishes New Information on How to Offer Better Health Insurance
Employers need control of cost of benefits; employees need access to the best health care. Park City, Utah (PRWEB) August 08, 2013 Today, Zane Benefits, the online alternative to group health...
View ArticleState health exchange asks for $55 million grant for jobs, costs
Minnesota's health insurance exchange has asked for a $55 million federal grant to cover next year's costs. The Star Tribune reports that the MNsure board (made up of area executives, entrepreneurs and...
View ArticleObamaCare Unlikely to Secure Americans' Private Information
ObamaCare requires that the government know Americans’ financial, medical, and employment information. This data should be private, yet the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of...
View ArticleCost for companies using NM insurance exchange set at 50 percent
New Mexico companies that want to buy insurance for their employees on the state’s health insurance exchange will have to pay 50 percent of the cost of the policies and ensure that at least half of...
View ArticleDo you understand health insurance? Most people don't.
Clear your desk of your favorite health policy reads: This is a Wonkblog Pop Quiz. You didn't know those happened? Well, that's pretty much the point. A little while back, a health-care economist at...
View ArticleAllsup Observes National Health Center Week Aug. 11-17
Dedicated health professionals help people with limited funds to access medical care—a necessity when seeking Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, Allsup reports. Belleville, IL (PRWEB)...
View ArticleLoma Linda University Health to Receive $990,000 Grant from Covered...
Loma Linda University Health (LLUH), in partnership with Community Clinic Association of San Bernardino County, is one of 48 lead organizations receiving grant awards totaling $37 million from Covered...
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Major Health Insurers Abandon ObamaCare Exchanges
Anthem Blue Cross, Aetna, United Health Group, and Humana have all decided against participating in various states' ObamaCare health insurance exchanges. The exchanges, which are scheduled to begin...
View ArticleObamacare Indecision Leaves College Instructors In Limbo
Adjunct college instructors are caught in purgatory as their employers, which have increasingly relied on them as a cheap source of labor, decide if they will restrict the hours the instructors are...
View ArticleCovered California backs dental plans for 2014, eyes future changes
Amid criticism from the state insurance commissioner and some children's advocates, California's health insurance exchange is moving ahead with a controversial approach to children's dental coverage...
View Article3 insurance companies to pay $1M settlement in Mo.
Three health insurance companies that issue policies for Assurant Health have agreed to pay $1 million for violating Missouri laws on handling claims. Reported by Miami Herald 4 hours ago.
View ArticleTAT Invites Media to Experience Health & Wellness Specialties
Journalists from around the world received a special treat recently when they took part in an event showcasing Thailand’s thriving health and wellness industry. Bangkok, Thailand (PRWEB) August 09,...
View ArticleZane Benefits Publishes New Information on HRA Timing Rules
Five Q&As for Small Businesses on HRA Timing Considerations Park City, Utah (PRWEB) August 09, 2013 Today, Zane Benefits, the number one online small business health benefits solution, published...
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Towers Watson Signs Agreement With Federal Government to Facilitate Public...
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Towers Watson (NYSE, NASDAQ: TW), a global professional services company, today announced that it has signed a web broker entity agreement with the Centers for Medicare...
View ArticleObamacare supporters challenge tea party congressman at town hall
Supporters of the Affordable Care Act — also known as Obamacare — attended a town hall meeting held by five-term Republican congressman Rep. Patrick McHenry (NC) on Thursday. According to Think...
View ArticleChurch Insurance Negatively Affected By Partisan Fighting Which Blocks...
(RNS) An effort to tweak President Obama’s health care reform bill to fill a gap for church health insurance plans could fail because of Republicans’ insistence on repealing the law. Without a fix,...
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