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Insurers' profits are a lightning rod for reform advocates. Aetna's earnings have now attracted reprimand from Senate Democrats who say the major insurance company overstated it spending on patient care in regulatory filings, minimizing profits and overhead, The Wall Street Journal reports. "The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation launched an investigation last summer into ...
Stocks of local interest Companies listed in bold are based in central Ohio. Others are major area employers.
COURTHOUSE — Montgomery County has decided to provide health care insurance to county employees next year after being unable to obtain private coverage, according to county Commissioners’ Chairman James R. Matthews.
NEW HAVEN — The housing market has begun to bounce back and the unemployment rate appears to have neared its peak, but consumers still “are not buying” the notion that an economic recovery is under way, according to one area economist.
Andover resident John Hackett Jr., president of J.J. Ruddy Insurance Agency, Inc., announced that the fourth generation, family business recently celebrated its 100th year in business. Originally founded in 1909 by John J. Ruddy, the century-old insurance agency is one of a handful of companies to remain a family business for so long. Statistics show that less than 3 percent of all businesses ...
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said Tuesday that after much pressure on insurance companies to disclose how money from premiums is spent, Aetna Insurance Co. recently made a $4.9 billion amendment to its 2008 health insurance regulatory filings.
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With reports that Congress is planning to euthanize the contentious public option in its Congressional health care overhaul, some shares in the health care sector are alive and well on Wednesday.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Democrats agreed to abandon a full government-run insurance program in a bid to remove one of the biggest obstacles to health-care legislation.
Aetna unchanged at $30.47. CIGNA fell $.30 or .9 percent, to $33.55.
DAVID M. HERSZENHORN By expanding Medicare and keeping a government insurance plan only as a backup, Democrats hope to offer something to both liberals and centrists.
With reports that Congress is planning to euthanize the contentious public option in its Congressional healthcare overhaul, some shares in the healthcare sector are alive and well on Wednesday.
The Rev. Al Shaprton is slated to give the keynote address at a special event next week hosted by the Jamaica Business Resource Center that will honor the city’s top business leaders.
Aetna rose $.29 or 1.0 percent, to $30.76. CIGNA fell $.08 or .2 percent, to $33.77.
Mark Jardin. AGB is the organization's international business segment that supports more than 400,000 members worldwide. The company will pay health care professionals such as doctors, nurses and pharmacists to administer the H1N1 flu vaccine to all members at no cost.
67 WALL STREET, New York - December 9, 2009 - The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Consumer Health Services Report offering a timely review of the sector to serious investors and industry executives. This 53 page feature contains expert industry commentary through in-depth interviews with public company CEOs, Equity Analysts and Money Managers. The full issue is available by calling ...
