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March 31, 2007

Retired firefighters win appeal in lawsuit over health insurance benefits

The Urban County Government must provide health insurance benefits for all retirees, even those who try to regain the benefit after opting out of it years earlier, the Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled

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Posted by Ryan at 04:05 PM

New WA law expands equality of mental health insurance coverage

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Private health insurance policies for individuals and small companies in Washington will now be required to offer coverage for mental health treatment equal to their medical

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Posted by Ken at 01:11 PM

March 30, 2007

Health Insurance Claims Settled in Conn.

Three subsidiaries of a Milwaukee-based insurance holding company have agreed to restitution and a corrective action plan after the state determined that medical claims were wrongfully denied, state Insurance Commissioner Susan Cogswell announced

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Posted by Sean at 01:47 PM

Health insurers agree to merge

PHILADELPHIA Pennsylvania s two largest health insurers on Wednesday agreed to merge, a marriage that had been in the works for years and gives the two nonprofits control over most of the state s health insurance

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Posted by Mel at 10:34 AM

March 29, 2007

AHIP Collaborates with Centers for Disease Control On Pandemic Planning Tool for Health Insurance Plans

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released and posted to the government's pandemic flu web site (http://www.pandemicflu.gov) a new planning tool for health insurers that it developed in collaboration with America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) and its member

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Posted by Bob at 12:16 PM

Chamber supports small business health insurance and a new Opelika High

Whether it s an unforeseen accident, a long-term illness, a common cold or just a routine health check-up, the clerk who guards the doctor s door or mans the double doors of an emergency room will invariably ask, "Do you have

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Posted by Murray at 10:13 AM

March 28, 2007

Pa. lawmakers air concerns about payroll tax for health insurance

HARRISBURG -- Republican lawmakers expressed reservations yesterday about imposing a new business payroll tax to help expand state-subsidized health insurance in the first public hearing on Gov. Ed Rendell's plan to make health care cheaper and more

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Posted by Lorren at 05:58 PM

March 27, 2007

Insurance Inequality: Mental Health Coverage Lagging: A Congressional Hearing on a Proposal to End the Disparity is ...

By Ginnie Graham, Tulsa World, Okla. Mar. 26--A congressional hearing on a proposal to end the disparity is scheduled for this week in Tulsa. John Hair always thought the health insurance policies he bought were enough to cover the needs of his family and

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Posted by Bob at 05:57 PM