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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 American Medical Group Association (AMGA) announced the new officers of its Board of Directors, to begin their tenure in January 2010. The Board of Directors represents the leadership of some of AMGA's most prominent member medical groups.
AKAM ) jumped 5.1 percent to $26.16. The largest supplier of software and services to make Web sites load faster increased its fourth quarter forecasts for revenue and earnings, projecting more sales ...
LONDON (SHARECAST) - US shares are subdued ahead of a speech from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke at the Economic Club of Washington this lunch time. There is speculation that he will try to dampen down optimism on the US economy.
Mendham council members are trying to hold the line on budget expenses for 2010 as they warily anticipate what could be more state crimping next year.
Report Card Rating Largest PPO Health Plans Now Available in Addition to HMO Ratings on Office of the Patient Advocate Web Site
The Tulpehocken Township Planning Commission has reviewed the preliminary plan for the 66-lot Mountain Meadows Phase 2 subdivision. Mt. Aetna Developers Inc., Ephrata, is developer of the subdivision planned for 60 acres outside the village of Mount Aetna off Route 501.
Big businesses -- including Broomfield-based Ball Corp. -- are spending serious time and money trying to limit the swine flu pandemic's impact on operations, from bankrolling video on good hygiene to training employees to cover for co-workers with critical jobs.
Montgomery County has decided to provide health-care insurance to county employees next year after being unable to obtain private coverage, according to commissioner Chairman James R. Matthews.
Group Offers "Truth Squad" Messages to Counter Insurer-Spun Sound Bites
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Im pretty sure that members of the Manchin administration dont stay up late at night trying to figure out new ways to make public employees mad. It just seems that way sometimes. The latest outrage surfaced last week, when the Public E...
News coverage is focusing on Senate consideration of amendments to the massive health reform bill.
The health care reform bill now being debated in the Senate must include a provision that sets a minimum medical loss ratio to keep insurers from gouging consumers and leaving patients without the care they need.
Developers have three weeks to catch up on a $25 million loan, or the historic Aetna Springs resort and the Pope Valley site of the proposed Lake Luciana golf course will go up for auction.
Senate Democratic leaders are struggling to preserve the support of interest groups for a health-care overhaul, even as lawmakers seek to change the provisions that brought the groups on board.
As the health care battle intensifies, insurance giant Aetna says it plans to raise its rates in 2010 and, as a result, expects to lose over 600,000 customers...while boosting profits. It's addition by subtraction, health care style. Aetna President Mark Bertolini justified the move as "ensuring that each customer is priced to an appropriate margin." You can feel the humanity in every syllable ...
