Health Insurance News Archive
Committee to address rising health insurance costs
A general sense that more information was needed about health insurance expenses did not
deter Town Meeting from approving the $6.4 million dollar item at
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Health Net plans to offer more Medicare programs
Health Net Inc. on Monday filed applications with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services for an expansion of the company's presence in Medicare programs.
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WellPoint closes Lumenos buy
Health insurance giant WellPoint said Thursday it closed its $185 million purchase of Lumenos,
a provider of consumer-driven health plans.
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Group lobbbying to fight cuts in Minnesota's health insurance
The statewide coalition that lobbied for the creation of MinnesotaCare in the early 1990s has reunited,
this time to fight proposed cuts to the state's health insurance program for the working poor.
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Appellate court sides with state in TennCare cut dispute
The 6th U.S. Court of Appeals yesterday reversed an order of U.S. District Court Judge
William Haynes that blocked Tennessee from going ahead with cuts to the TennCare program.
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Medicaid fraud collections reach $65M
The state's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit last year collected a record $65 million from
fraudulent claims, officials said Tuesday.
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Family Turns To Internet For Cheaper Health Insurance
Health care costs have been climbing at double-digit rates in recent years, up 11 percent last year and 14 percent in 2003...
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