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Doctors, Healthcare Providers Denounce Proposed Health Insurance Rate Regulation Initiative As Bogus And Flawed

SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Doctors, physician groups, hospitals, health care providers and business groups today responded as Consumer Watchdog submitted signatures to qualify a self-serving ...

Higher Charges Drive Health Spending, Report Finds

Higher prices charged by hospitals, outpatient centers, and other providers drove up health care spending at double the rate of inflation during the economic downturn—even as patients consumed less medical care overall, according to a study released on Monday. 

Health costs rising at twice rate of inflation

Higher prices charged by hospitals, outpatient centers and other providers drove up health care spending at double the rate of inflation despite the weak economy - even as patients consumed less medical care.

Hawaii health insurance providers report 1Q income

Hawaii's two largest health insurance providers earned operating income during the first three months of the year.Hawaii Medical Service Association on Tuesday reported operating gain of $7.2 million for ...

Don't get stumped by insurance lingo

Reading an insurance policy may seem like reading a foreign language, but that’s no excuse to file it and forget it - or worse, to skip getting insurance altogether.   The bottom line?  We all need health insurance.  That’s why I decided to call in an expert to help translate the insurance lingo and decipher what everyone should understand about their own policy

Pet Insurance Provider, Pets Best Insurance, Announces Dr. Tom Greek as First Quarter Winner in 2012 My Vet’s the Best ...

Pets Best Insurance, one of the nation’s leading pet health insurance providers, congratulates its first quarter winner in the 2012 My Vet’s the Best contest, Dr. Tom Greek of Yorba Linda, California based Greek & Associates Veterinary Hospital.Boise, ID (PRWEB) May 10, 2012 Dr. Greek has been selected as the winner of My Vet’s the Best, after receiving a heartfelt nomination from client Liddy ...

I'm Paying for What?! Mandated Health Insurance Benefits

The medical treatments and drugs that your health insurance company must pay for depend a lot on where you live.

Direct Primary Care Providers Extend Concierge Services

Direct primary care providers, which were once most associated with concierge health services for the rich, are reaching out to small businesses and the working class.

How Employer-Sponsored Insurance Drives Up Health Costs

A new study in Health Affairs is attracting attention for its depiction of how powerful hospitals are extracting ?steep payment increases? from insurers. But what the study really tells us is how much the exceptional cost of American health insurance is caused by our system?s original sin: the fact that, due to a quirk in the federal tax code, most of us don?t buy insurance for ourselves, but ...