Latest News in Health Insurance – April 22, 2009
April 22, 2009 by Webmaster
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Oklahomans rally for better insurance – Edmond Sun
21 Apr 2009 at 9:01pm
EDMOND — OKLAHOMA CITY — People frustrated by the games they say are played by insurance companies rallied at the state Capitol Tuesday. They fight what they describe as abuses to Oklahomans by insurance companies denying health-care benefits …
Guardian Now Offers Affordable Will Preparation and Travel Service … – PR …
21 Apr 2009 at 6:56am
NEW YORK, April 21 /PRNewswire/ — The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), one of the largest mutual life insurers and a leading provider of employee benefits for small and mid-sized companies, today announced new value-added …
Denting the Deficit – Washington Post
21 Apr 2009 at 9:01pm
PRESIDENT OBAMA is requiring government agencies to find $100 million in savings. Next year’s budget deficit will be $1.4 trillion. The new reductions would generate savings equal to 0.007 percent of that — something like trying to deal with a $5 …
Oregon Health Systems Depends on DBMoto Data Integration to Reduce … – Bus…
21 Apr 2009 at 4:26am
SAN JOSE, Calif.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–HiT Software®, Inc. , a leader in data integration and replication, today announced its DBMoto ™ data integration solution has reduced cost and streamlined data accessibility at Oregon Health Systems (OHS), a …
President Obama Fulfills Two Critical Campaign Promises to Vets – Huffingtonp…
21 Apr 2009 at 9:51pm
“[At Walter Reed,] life beyond the hospital bed is a frustrating mountain of paperwork. The typical soldier is required to file 22 documents with eight different commands — most of them off-post — to enter and exit the medical processing world …
Aetna First Health Insurance Company to Cover Medically Fragile … – Eartht…
15 Apr 2009 at 8:51am
CHICAGO – (Business Wire) Aetna (NYSE: AET ) announced today that it will cover the transition care services of Naperville’s Almost Home Kids (formerly CoACH Care Center) for its members – the first insurance company in Illinois to do so. The …
Opinion: Why Social Security Disability Insurance system is crumbling – San J…
17 Apr 2009 at 5:52pm
The worst recession in decades is a scary period for many American families, but it’s a time of particular peril for those living with work-limiting disabilities, especially in states such as California where involuntary furloughs and layoffs of the …
Social Security adds up to fiscal insecurity for U.S. – Sun and Press
21 Apr 2009 at 11:46pm
It began in 1934 as Public Law 271 conceived as a government-run insurance program for retired workers in commerce and industry – with 150 employed workers paying (from company payroll deductions) for every one worker slated for retirement at age 65 …
HHS Names Henry Claypool As Director Of Office On Disability – Medical News T…
16 Apr 2009 at 5:54pm
The Department of Health and Human Services announced the selection of Henry Claypool as director of the HHS Office on Disability. Mr. Claypool has 25 years of experience developing and implementing disability policy at the federal, state, and local …
Ordinance on retiree health benefits prompts debate in Gadsden City … – Ga…
20 Apr 2009 at 5:56pm
A proposed ordinance brought on a debate among Gadsden City Council members during their meeting Tuesday morning and an earlier work session. Councilman Robert Avery introduced an ordinance regarding health insurance that affects city workers who …
