2011 showed small but steady changes in employee health insurance plans
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — High-deductible and consumer-driven health plans got slightly larger footprints on the employee health benefits scene in 2011, but traditional health insurance plans continued to be...
View ArticleRules on avoiding surprise hospital bills canceled
AUSTIN (AP) — In a move that’s angered consumer advocates and doctor groups, Texas’ top insurance regulator has canceled new rules designed to help consumers avoid getting big bills for out-of-network...
View ArticleTexas Medicaid waiver presents structuring challenges
By year’s end, health care providers across Texas will have submitted proposals to state leaders to transform the way they care for the poor and uninsured. They have been spurred by a Medicaid waiver...
View ArticleUncertainty in marketplace health plans concerns doctors
As consumers weigh coverage options available in the newly launched federal health insurance marketplace, three of the largest medical associations in Texas have raised concerns about the uncertainty...
View ArticleOther Views: Obamacare's failing cost control
A major claim of ObamaCare’s political salesmen is it will reduce U.S. health spending. The heart of this claim is the Accountable Care Organization, or ACO, but already evidence is accumulating that...
View ArticleOther Views: Will mergers stifle healthcare reform?
Will mergers stifle healthcare reform?The 2010 healthcare reform law was supposed to promote competition among insurers, and for many policyholders it’s done just that. These days, though, the...
View ArticleAnthem bids $48 billion for Cigna to create health giant
NEW YORK (AP) — Anthem is buying rival Cigna for $48 billion in a deal that would create the nation's largest health insurer by enrollment, covering about 53 million U.S patients.read more
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