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Health insurers weather storms heading into 2010Rising unemployment, swine flu and the threat of health care reform all ganged up on managed care companies in the third quarter and could hurt their performance heading into 2010.
Topix.net Friday, November 06, 2009Insurer Cigna's 3Q profit grows 92%Managed care company Cigna Corp.'s third-quarter profit soared 92 percent, as improving equity markets spurred a big turnaround in a discontinued business that hurt the insurer last year.
Topix.net Friday, November 06, 2009Insider: Health Care Reform Bill Would Restrict Health Insurers? CompensationA provision in America?s Healthy Future Act, passed by the Senate Finance Committee on Oct. 13, would limit deductible compensation for health insurers. If the provision makes it into the final legislation, it will establish a special rule under section 162(m) to cut the deductible compensation limit in half ? from $1 million to $500,000 ? for ?covered health insurance providers.? The provision is targeted at the health insurance industry ? employers with self-insured plans are excluded. [UNITED STATES]
Watson Wyatt Friday, November 06, 2009Health insurers weather stormsRising unemployment, swine flu and the threat of health care reform all ganged up on managed care companies in the third quarter and could hurt their performance heading into 2010.
Topix.net Friday, November 06, 2009LETTERS: Nursery did the right thing with laborersI live about a mile from a Star Nursery in the northwest valley. I drive by it several times a day.
Topix.net Friday, November 06, 2009Flashback - Nov. 1999-2003Nov. 4, 1999 Strengthen fiscal discipline-Teno Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio issued fresh instructions to Cabinet officials to tighten public spending during a meeting he convened yesterday to assess the financial condition of the government amid the absence of a fiscal budget for year 2000.
Topix.net Friday, November 06, 2009Obama, House Dems press for health care votesPresident Barack Obama and House Democrats scrambled on Thursday to secure the votes to pass a historic health care overhaul initiative, working to ease disagreements with rank-and-file lawmakers over abortion and illegal immigrants.
Topix.net Friday, November 06, 2009Insider: Mental Health Parity: What Employers Need to KnowAfter more than a decade of discussion, Congress has finally enacted legislation mandating full parity for mental health and substance abuse benefits. The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) became law on Oct. 3, 2008, as part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act. The law, which generally becomes effective in 2010, affects insured and self-insured group health plans provided by employers. [UNITED STATES]
Watson Wyatt Friday, November 06, 2009House Dems say Sat. vote on health care may slipHouse Democrats acknowledged they don't yet have the votes to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system, and signaled they may push back the vote until Sunday or early next week.
Topix.net Friday, November 06, 2009Insurance policy for HIV patientsNEW INITIATIVE: Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development D. Purandeswari at the launch of group health insurance policy for PLHIV in Visakhapatnam on Friday.
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