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HHS releases details about essential benefits, premium rules and wellness programs

HHS releases details about essential benefits, premium rules and wellness programs

November 20, 2012 4:16 pm by | 0 Comments

Long-awaited details on how insurers can structure health benefits and premiums for policies that will cover tens of millions of Americans starting in 2014 were released by the Obama administration ... Read more

Software delay may slow launch of online insurance markets

Software delay may slow launch of online insurance markets

November 14, 2012 4:31 pm by | 0 Comments

New online insurance markets set to begin selling health coverage to consumers next October may be hampered by delays in launching a key computer program, according to state consultants and ... Read more


Kaiser Permanante CEO explains DC expansion plan that includes e-visits, lab results on iPhones

Kaiser Permanante CEO explains DC expansion plan that includes e-visits, lab results on iPhones

November 3, 2012 8:06 am by | 0 Comments

George C. Halvorson, CEO of Kaiser Permanente, discusses his plans to invest a billion dollars in a Washington, D.C., expansion, his thoughts on premium cost comparisons, and the health law's ... Read more

Maine’s new rules increased costs for people over 55, attracted no new health insurers

Maine’s new rules increased costs for people over 55, attracted no new health insurers

September 4, 2012 2:43 pm by | 0 Comments

Even as many states gear up for tougher insurance regulations under the federal health law, Maine lawmakers last year bucked the trend, loosening rules they blamed for some of the ... Read more

The truth about magnetic pulse treatment for depression: ‘It’s not perfect data’

The truth about magnetic pulse treatment for depression: ‘It’s not perfect data’

August 6, 2012 8:47 pm by | 0 Comments

The debate over a new treatment for depression has all the elements a new panel was set up to resolve: There's conflict over its effectiveness, it isn’t cheap, and it ... Read more

Who’s betting magnetic pulse treatment is the innovation depressed patients are looking for?

Who’s betting magnetic pulse treatment is the innovation depressed patients are looking for?

August 6, 2012 8:40 pm by | 0 Comments

Christine Curtis of Sterling says she is a "happy mom" again, crediting her recovery from debilitating depression to an expensive treatment that sends magnetic pulses into the brain. "I can't ... Read more