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Norvax and Blue Cross of California Hold Broker Seminar on Achieving Success in Selling Individual Health Insurance Online
Brokers Must Adopt Online Sales Strategies as Millions of Consumers Turn to the Internet for Health Insurance, Norvax Says
Tags: Blue Cross Blue Shield, health care, health insurance
Research articles 2007-11-15
The Weight's Over: Should Fat People Pay More for Health Insurance?
The Weight's Over: Should Fat People Pay More for Health Insurance?I'm all for encouraging healthy behaviourOvereating and smoking are voluntary behaviors, and they are not the tobacco company's or food company's fault. If I were you boss and saw this kind of behavior (always blaming someone else for something...
Tags: Fat People Pay More, health care, health insurance, No., Obesity
Discussion threads 2007-09-13
Cost of Health Insurance vs. Education
Inflation is clipping at a modest 2.8%; wage growth is slightly lower. But the two things politicians love to talk about -- health insurance and college education -- they're booming! Today we'll see which will win in the figurative boxing ring of rising costs: health or education? To get the...
Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, education, health care, health insurance, inflation, Jonathan Haeber
Blog posts 2007-09-13
The Weight's Over: Should Fat People Pay More for Health Insurance?
In a previous blog, we questioned whether or not employers should encourage healthy lifestyles to increase productivity. If discounted gym memberships and healthy vending machine alternatives -- no doubt, placed next to Snickers bars -- don't do the trick, new regulations may. Companies can now charge unhealthy overweight...
Tags: Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Worker, Health Care, Health Insurance, Insurance, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Lori Deschene
Blog posts 2007-09-13
Deciding Whether to Become a Contract Employee
"Contract employee" is another way of describing "work portfolio," a term coined by Irish author and philosopher Charles Handy in his 1989 book The Age of Unreason. Envisioning a new work structure, Handy contended that many professionals were increasingly likely to have not one career with one or two organizations...
Tags: Professional development, Recruitment & Selection, Investment, Benefits, health care, health insurance, job, network, payroll, stock, stock option, talent, workplace, 401(k) plan, collaboration, career, BNET Editorial
Articles 2007-08-23
Wilson Health Information Reports TRICARE #1 in Health Insurance Satisfaction for Fifth Straight Year; Kaiser Permanente Regains Top HMO Rating
NEW HOPE, Pa. -- Wilson Health Information, a leading healthcare consumer insight firm, named TRICARE the highest rated Health Insurance Plan in overall member satisfaction for the fifth consecutive year in the newly released 2007 WilsonRx[R] Health Insurance Satisfaction Survey (see http://www.wilsonrx.com/press_releases/pr_2007_08_15.htm).
Tags: health care, health insurance, HMO, Kaiser Permanente
Research articles 2007-08-15
RAND Study Finds Economic Burden of Health Insurance Increasing for Small Employers Providing Health Insurance.
Byline: RAND Corporation Byline: RAND Corporation
Tags: health care, health insurance, Ingersoll-Rand
Research articles 2008-04-03
Humana Introduces New, Flexible Individual Health Insurance Plans in Six States
Personal health insurance plans from HumanaOne designed to meet a wide range of consumer needs
Tags: health care, health insurance, Humana Inc.
Research articles 2007-07-17
Politicians, heal thyselves.(Viewpoint)(health insurance coverage)
Byline: Alair Townsend Last week, we reported that nearly 60% of city accountants polled by the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants say they have clients that are asking for givebacks on employee benefits such as health insuranc Byline: Alair Townsend...
Tags: health care, health insurance
Research articles 2004-09-13
Humana Introduces New, Flexible Individual Health Insurance Plans
Personal Health Insurance Plans from HumanaOne Designed to Meet a Wide Range of Consumer Needs
Tags: health care, health insurance, Humana Inc.
Research articles 2007-05-15
Small-biz health plan bill goes to Senate.(TALK OF THE TRADE)
A committee of the U.S. Senate passed legislation that would allow small businesses to band together to offer health insurance coverage to workers. The measure was approved with no amendments as part of SB1955, the Health Insurance Marketplace Modern A committee of the U.S. Senate passed...
Tags: health care, health insurance, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2006-05-01
SCHIP reauthorization legislation takes center role in Congress
The reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program may be the most important federal health legislation for the current Congress. It is occurring at a time when the availability and affordability of employer-sponsored health insurance continues to decline and the number of individuals with health insurance is dropping. Universal...
Tags: health care, health insurance, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2007-06-01
HHS Approves Oregon Request To Expand Health Insurance Coverage To 60,000 People
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced the approval of Oregon's request to expand health insurance coverage to an estimated 60,000 residents without health insurance under the Administration's Health InsuranWASHINGTON, Oct. 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced the approval...
Tags: health care, health insurance, insurance, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2002-10-15
HHS Approves Illinois Plan to Expand Health Insurance Coverage to Reach as Many as 300,000 Uninsured Residents
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced the approval of Illinois' request to expand health insurance coverage to as many as 300,000 state residents without health insurance under the Administration's Health WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced...
Tags: health care, health insurance, insurance, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2002-09-12
HHS Approves New Mexico Request To Expand Health Insurance Coverage To 40,000 People
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced the approval of New Mexico's request to expand health insurance coverage to an estimated 40,000 New Mexico residents without health insurance under the Administration'sWASHINGTON, Aug. 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced the...
Tags: health care, health insurance, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2002-08-23
HHS Approves Maine Plan To Expand Health Insurance Coverage To 11,500 Residents
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced the approval of Maine's request to expand health insurance coverage to about 11,500 residents without health insurance under the Administration's Health Insurance FlexWASHINGTON, Sept. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced the approval...
Tags: health care, health insurance, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2002-09-13
Michigan HIFA approved.(Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability)(Brief Article)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHS last week approved Michigan's request under the new, more flexible Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability HIFA Initiative to expand the use of SCHIP funds to offer health insurance to The U.S. Department of Health and Human...
Tags: accountability, health care, health insurance, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2004-01-26
Small business at tipping point on insurance.(Viewpoint essay)
Byline: Rob Fowler During Cover the Uninsured Week, which was last week, I couldn't help but think it's worth noting that historically, small businesses offered health insurance for a variety of reasons: recruitment, retention, reducing absenteeis Byline: Rob Fowler During...
Tags: health care, health insurance, insurance, small business
Research articles 2007-04-30
Humana Inc. begins offering health insurance in Oklahoma
Humana Inc. has started offering HumanaOne individual health insurance plans
Tags: health care, health insurance, Humana Inc.
Research articles 2006-09-26
Washington insider.(General Accounting Office, report on health insurance carriers)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
The General Accounting office reports five health insurance carriers control three-quarters or more of the market for small group health Insurance in 19 of 34 states supplying information. Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO), who asked for the report, said the leve The General Accounting office reports five...
Tags: General Accounting Office, health care, health insurance
Research articles 2002-05-17
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