Major insurance groups call part of health bill ‘unworkable’
By ALAN FRAM, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Jul 15, 2017, 11:21 AM ET Two of the insurance industry's most powerful organizations say a crucial provision in the Senate Republican health…
By ALAN FRAM, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Jul 15, 2017, 11:21 AM ET Two of the insurance industry's most powerful organizations say a crucial provision in the Senate Republican health…
Lawmakers are so focused on ensuring people have access to health insurance that they've completely overlooked the root causes of medical care inflation. Sean Williams (TMFUltraLong) Jul 8, 2017 at…
Washington Post- By Alexis Pozen June 30, 2017 Alexis Pozen is a professor of Health Economics at CUNY School of Public Health and a co-author of the textbook "Navigating Health Insurance.…
FierceHealthcare- by Leslie Small | Jun 16, 2017 4:48pm Nearly a year and a half after it was hit with government sanctions, Cigna has gotten the green light to resume selling…
by Insurance Business 06 Jun 2017 Healthcare claims that breach the million-dollar mark continue to rise, according to Sun Life’s latest catastrophic claims report covering data from 2013-2016. Among other…
Bloomberg- by John Lauerman and David Welch- June 1, 2017, 8:17 AM PDT There are two groups Community Health Systems Inc. can’t push too far: the doctors at its hospitals, and…
CBS News- AP / May 26, 2017, 7:44 AM WASHINGTON -- A growing number of Americans age 40 and older think Medicare should cover the costs of long-term care for older…
Axios- Bob Herman- May 17 The Department of Justice is intervening in a second whistleblower lawsuit that alleges UnitedHealth Group, the largest health insurance and services company in the country, has…
NY Times- By THOMAS KAPLAN and ROBERT PEAR MAY 4, 2017 WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday narrowly approved legislation to repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act,…
BY LAUREN CLASON, THE HILL EXTRA - 04/13/17 03:00 PM EDT A far-reaching Medicare payment proposal cleared a crucial hurdle this week, as the federal health program seeks to reward…