Most workers are satisfied with the health benefits they have now and express little interest in changing the current mix of benefits and wages offered by their employers, according to a new survey by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit ...
The early morning highlights from the major news organizations examine today's deadline for enrolling for health insurance that would begin Jan. 1, as well as a variety of other health law stories and several articles on mental health ...
The increase has ranged from 30 percent to 40 percent, reports ABC News. In California, an estimated 50,000 people picked a health plan in the first week of December. News outlets also reported on the latest developments in Maryland, Oregon ...
Six-of-10 uninsured African-Americans may be eligible for subsidized health insurance, Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program, officials say. A report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services calculated the ...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says it has taken steps to give those buying individual health insurance for Jan. 1 coverage. Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of HHS, says the steps include requiring insurers to accept ...
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HealthCare.gov, the Marketplace website for health insurance for 36 U.S. states, is on track to work smoothly for the vast majority by Nov. 30, officials say. Jeff Zients, chief performance officer and deputy director of the White House ...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funded $150 million under the Affordable Care Act to support 236 new health centers, the secretary says. Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of HHS, said the funding will help create primary care ...
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The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, a mutual life insurer and employee benefits provider, has rolled out its stop loss insurance product for employers that self-fund their own health plans. Guardian's Stop loss insurance ...
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Global professional services company has entered a web broker entity agreement with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in the US, which will allow employers to connect eligible populations to the federally managed exchange. ...
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Sofi Insurance Services is planning to offer comprehensive insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act for small employers. As per the Affordable Care Act, it is mandatory for most of the Americans to have adequate health coverage ...
US-based health care benefits company Aetna is planning to stop issuing health care products to individual consumers in California at the end of 2013. The health insurer, which notified California's insurance regulator about its impending ...
Voxiva, Inc.(SM) announced today that text4baby(SM), a service which provides pregnant women and new moms with critical health information, has introduced a wide range of new interactive features and evidence-based educational content. ...
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American General Life Companies (American General) has introduced a new insurance product, AG Accident Choice Plus, to provide benefits for a wide range of emergency medical costs regardless of other health coverage. The new product will ...
The Ministry of Textiles is deeply concerned to learn that the recent unprecedented snowfall in Changthang region this winter has left twenty two thousand goats dead. The Ministry of Textiles, had earmarked funds last year for feed ...
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Q. I'm confused about CEOs claiming that Obamacare will force them to reduce employees' hours due to the cost of insuring them. Aren't large employers already obligated to provide health insurance to full-time employees? A They are not, ...
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