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A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun.
The government-chartered company that insures the pensions of one in seven Americans said Friday that its deficit this year nearly doubled to $22 billion.
A chagrined GOP Chairman Michael Steele has told Republican National Committee staff to immediately stop providing RNC employees with insurance for elective abortions — an option that Republicans strongly oppose as Democrats try to pass a health care overhaul bill.
Republican legislators are trying to muster support for a bill that would repeal new minimum car insurance levels in Wisconsin.
The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. on Monday posted a third-quarter profit, reversing a year-ago loss, as it paid out fewer storm claims and had no investment losses to report.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is one in an occasional Associated Press series on their use and potential risks.
State-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has won approval to raise rates by an average of 5.4 percent for homeowner coverage that includes hurricane damage, except in high-risk coastal areas where premiums will be revised later.
Three former executives of insurance broker Marsh Inc. were acquitted Monday of bid-rigging, price-fixing and other charges following an 11-month trial in Manhattan.
As the mother of a toddler who survives only because of the breathing tubes up his nose, the feeding tube in his gut, and the expertise of doctors in three cities, Courtney Elliott is keenly aware of the high costs of medical care — in every sense of the word.
In the health care debate, Democrats and their allies have gone after insurance companies as rapacious profiteers making "immoral" and "obscene" returns while "the bodies pile up."
As insurance companies begin mailing notices to Wisconsin customers telling them that their auto premiums are likely to increase soon, state politicians are scrambling to avoid the blame.
If and when Congress gets around to passing a bill to overhaul the health care system, the price tag will be in the hundreds of billions of dollars. Where is all that money going to go?
Quick quiz: What do these enterprises have in common? Farm and construction machinery, Tupperware, the railroads, Hershey sweets, Yum food brands and Yahoo? Answer: They're all more profitable than the health insurance industry.
Health insurers insist they're still committed to getting a health care overhaul bill passed this year. But all around Washington, people are wondering if — or when — the industry will change its mind and try to kill it.
Florida insurance regulators are failing in their duties if they don't make the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. raise property insurance rates by 10 percent across the board, a business group lobbyist said Tuesday.
If the stock market and weather are any indication, third-quarter earnings reports from insurers will look a lot better than they did a year ago.
With annual “open enrollment” season approaching for choosing health care options, get ready to pay more. No matter what happens with national health care reform, employers already are shifting part of the rising cost of care to employees.
A Colorado insurance company is changing its attitude about fat babies.
Police have arrested seven protesters during a sit-in for single-payer universal health insurance in Chicago.
Next week, the Senate Finance Committee will likely approve a bill designed to overhaul insurance, putting Congress another step closer to restructuring the nation's health care system.
The Congressional Budget Office is the non-partisan budget estimator for Congress. It calculates how much each piece of proposed legislation would cost the taxpayers.
Workers who have employer-sponsored health insurance may be surprised to learn how much more they’ll have to dish out for health care next year.
State-by-state breakdown of the percentage of uninsured residents in 2008, according to Census figures released this week.
Where someone lives makes a difference in whether or not that person has health insurance.
David Bush had a sweeping view of the Chattahoochee River from his backyard. And when he returned to his house Tuesday, the surging river was in his front yard, too.
Smiling on Facebook costs Canadian her insuranceFacebook can be a double-edged sword, a Canadian woman learned when an insurance company cut her health benefits, claiming she was healthy after seeing pictures of her smiling in bikini at the beach.
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Family man in bizarre sex game death - Life insurance wont be paid out A German family man died after a bizarre sex game - and his life insurance company has refused to pay out.
No women will get abortion coverage: Such is the prediction made by a report analyzing the long-term impact of Stupak-Pitts Based on how the insurance industry "adjusts its products over time to conform to the regulatory environment in which it operates," the report concludes that Stupak-Pitts would "have an industry-wide effect." In short, it wouldn't just impact plans purchased through the new healt …
Freelancers Vs. ObamaCareOne-size-fits-all insurance reform could stamp out innovation that's already providing coverage and controlling costs.
Confessions of a credit card telemarketer - The Red Tape Chronicles - msnbc.com"I hate flat-out lying to someone, but that's exactly what we do, 150 calls a day. I have seen so many people ripped off that I had to attempt to let people know." "Honestly, the little old ladies are the people who buy the most."
The Most Important Health Care Reform Provision You've Never Heard Of Once the bill is enacted, all health insurance plans would be required to spend at least 85 cents of every dollar paid in premiums each year to providing actual health care.
Insurers dropping Chinese drywall policiesJames and Maria Ivory's dreams of a relaxing retirement on Florida's Gulf Coast were put on hold when they discovered their new home had been built with Chinese drywall that emits sulfuric fumes and corrodes pipes.
The Lingering Preference for Ideology Over Fact While President Obama and congressional Democrats have haltingly advanced legislation aimed at reshaping the health insurance landscape, Republicans have dug in their heels, spouting bromides about tax cuts and the need for change, but opposing substantive steps of any kind, and …
GOP 's Abortion Coverage in Current Party Insurance is Abandoned...to Avert Further HypocrisyThe GOP is doing its darndest to quickly move on from an embarrassing revelation -- that even as congressional Republicans insist that the health care overhaul does not cover abortions, the national party's own health plan covers elective procedures. More Articles
Glenn Beck claims health care bill includes insurance for dogs (Truth-O-Meter: Pants on fire!)"Do you know in the health care bill, we're now offering insurance for dogs," Beck said. "Do I need to say any more?"
Keep Abortion OutThe bill is a big-government dream come true: expanding entitlements, fattening the federal government, and making the middle class dependent on politicians for access to medical care.
Healthcare: So That's Why It's So ExpensiveEconomists have long believed that technology is the main reason that health-care costs are rising so rapidly. Now a young economics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is challenging the conventional wisdom.
Stewpack Isn't Gonna Like This: RNC's insurance plan covers abortionThe Republican National Committee's health insurance plan covers elective abortion – a procedure the party's own platform calls "a fundamental assault on innocent human life."
RNC insurance plan covers abortion The Republican National Committee's health insurance plan covers elective abortion – a procedure the party's own platform calls "a fundamental assault on innocent human life."
Taking Away Patients' Rights To Further Enrich Insurance CompaniesWhat a week. We've already seen Blue Dogs take women to the back of the bus (or was it the alley?) with Stupak's impressively Stupid Amendment.
AIG chief threatens to walkRobert Benmosche has threatened to step down as chief executive of American International Group, just three months after taking the helm of the insurance company that's received billions in government aid, according to a report published Wednesday.
Over 2,200 veterans died in 2008 due to lack of health insurance"A research team at Harvard Medical School estimates 2,266 U.S. military veterans under the age of 65 died last year because they lacked health insurance and thus had reduced access to care. That figure is more than 14 times the number of deaths (155) suffered by U.S.
Pay-by-the-mile auto insurance advances in CaliforniaCar insurance by the tankful? Not quite, but California moved a step closer last month to pay-as-you-drive policies that could allow motorists to buy insurance like they do gasoline – a little at a time.
The Healthcare Reform Bill: Truth & ConsequencesThe healthcare reform bill (HR 3962) that just passed the House of Representatives is bad on so many levels it is difficult to explain. As it stands, it will destroy both the doctor-patient relationship and change the practice of medicine as we know it.
Bankruptcy and Medical Debt, 2003 and 2004 just over 50% of filings resulted from medical debtAccording to BCS Alliance.com, credit and debt solutions, nearly 50% of personal bankruptcies filed in 2003 and 2004 were the result of medical debt but a surprising number of those that filed had insurance and there were other options.
The Obama government is doing a GREAT job of pretending that the insurance industry is opposed to Pelosi's Health Insurance bill that passed the House last night. But only an idiot would even BEGIN to think that they would oppose this bill.
For those of us that have vehemently pushed for national health care reform in America, tonight's historic vote is a breakthrough. However, we will have to wait four years to see it's full impact . Affordable health care access for all Americans.
The "Government Run" MythThe claim that the House bill would amount to "government-run health care" suffered a blow last week, when the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the so-called "public plan" in the revised bill wouldn't offer much in the way of competition to private insurers.
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