Continued health insurance bill after divorce gets OK
By The Associated Press
UnionLeader.com
June 7, 2007
The (New Hampshire) House voted yesterday to extend health insurance coverage to people
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Continued health insurance bill after divorce gets OK
By The Associated Press
UnionLeader.com
June 7, 2007
The (New Hampshire) House voted yesterday to extend health insurance coverage to people
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WellPoint dividend is questioned
By Lisa Girion
Los Angeles Times
May 26, 2007
State regulators are investigating whether a $950-million dividend Blue Cross of California sent to its Indianapolis-based
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WellPoint dividend is questioned
By Lisa Girion
Los Angeles Times
May 26, 2007
State regulators are investigating whether a $950-million dividend Blue Cross of California sent to its Indianapolis-based
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Disease Management: Panacea, Another False Hope, or Something in Between?
By John P. Geyman, MD
Annals of Family Medicine
May/June 2007
This article could not be timelier. In response
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Setting A Standard Of Affordability For Health Insurance Coverage
by Linda J. Blumberg, John Holahan, Jack Hadley, and Katharine Nordahl
Health Affairs
June 4, 2007
Although there is no
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Blue Cross funding campaign against governor's health reform
By Laura Kurtzman
The Mercury News
May 24, 2007
California's largest health insurer has set aside $2 million for what is
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New Study Shows That Employees Lack Competency, Comfort, Understanding and Satisfaction With Account-Based Health Plans
Towers Perrin
May 22, 2007
Despite the short-term financial savings achieved by some
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AMA calls for financial neutrality in Medicare Advantage
American Medical Association
May 22, 2007
A new American Medical Association (AMA) survey, released today, paints a bleak picture of
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Next Steps For Tennessee: A Conversation With Gov. Phil Bredesen
By Alan Weil
Health Affairs
May 22, 2007
The SCHIP enrollment lessons are quite clear. If we really do
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Indiana passes health reforms, Medicaid pay boost for doctors
By Doug Trapp
American Medical News
May 21, 207
Indiana lawmakers approved a $206 million boost in the state's cigarette
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Academy in Action eNewsletter
California Academy of Family Physicians
May 15, 2007
As a reader of Academy in Action, you likely know that we have been conducting a
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Gulp! Regence rate boost averages 19 percent for individual plans
By Kyung M. Song
The Seattle Times
May 16, 2007
Regence BlueShield on Tuesday began notifying 137,000 individual-plan customers