Latest News in Health Insurance – April 01, 2009
April 1, 2009 by Webmaster
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Fayetteville firefighters battle for insurance payments – Syracuse Post-Standard
30 Mar 2009 at 4:52am
Fayetteville, NY — Fayetteville’s paid firefighters are battling the village over whether it should pay for their health insurance while they are out on disability. The firefighters’ union says the village always did so until last April, when it …
Health Insurance Discussion – Chronicle
30 Mar 2009 at 5:35am
8-9 a.m. the Chamber will be hosting a health care round table at Windham Community Hospital to discuss businesses’ current health care concerns and what the Chamber can do to improve its health care programs for local businesses. The Chamber …
More Americans “Live to Work” Than “Work to Live” CIGNA Survey Shows … – CNBC
26 Mar 2009 at 10:05am
PHILADELPHIA, Mar 26, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Would you quit your job if you won the lottery? With the U.S. economy ailing and companies laying off millions of Americans who are anxiously searching for employment, a new CIGNA survey shows that for …
Pa. Suit Targets Mortgage Disability Insurance – Street.Com
31 Mar 2009 at 1:40pm
More on Earnings Conn. Town Sues Madoff, Hedge Funds Over Losses Dominion Virginia Power Proposes 6.9 Percent Hike Sealy 1Q Profit Slumps 71 Percent As Sales Fall Northeast Utilities CEO Had $6.2M In Compensation Rental Car Companies Reduce Fleet …
Organ Rewards in Singapore – Slate
31 Mar 2009 at 9:30am
Two days ago, I mentioned Frances Kissling’s proposal to reward organ donors by offering them “comprehensive long-term health insurance” as well as “life and disability insurance.” Kissling framed the offer not as an incentive but as “the basic …
1 Apr 2009 at 12:03am
Dubai: The insurance market in the Middle East will continue to see growth in certain sectors, especially co-operative insurance or Takaful, which is Sharia-compliant, and personal lines such as life and health insurance, according to analysts at …
Humana appoints new executives for commercial and Medicare operations – Insur…
31 Mar 2009 at 5:08pm
The two new leaders will serve the company’s central and northern Illinois market operations. The announcement comes as a result of Humana’s May 2008 acquisition of OSF HealthPlans from OSF Saint Francis. Both Ms Berry and Mr Westreich are based in …
Florida Governor Crist Announces Cover Florida Health Care Enrollment … – …
23 Mar 2009 at 5:53pm
March 24, 2009 — TALLAHASSEE – Florida Governor Charlie Crist today announced the initial results of the first two months of enrollment in Cover Florida Health Care plans. He also encouraged businesses, health care providers and other …
Support mental-health parity for all – Des Moines Register
29 Mar 2009 at 3:56am
Will the state Legislature step up to the challenge of broad-based mental-health and substance-abuse parity? Studies by the Congressional Budget Office and the Rand Corporation have shown that when people have broad-based mental-health and substance …
Aetna Reaches Agreement with Lee Memorial Health System – Earthtimes
27 Mar 2009 at 5:03am
FORT MYERS, Fla. – (Business Wire) Aetna (NYSE: ΑET) announced today that it has reached agreement with Lee Memorial Health System (LMHS) on a new three-year contract that provides access for Aetna’s Medicare Advantage members to LMHS facilities …
