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Most large employers to keep health insurance benefit: survey

Most large employers to keep health insurance benefit: survey

March 7, 2013 9:29 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Most large employers don't expect to send their full-time employees to government health exchanges for insurance during the next five years, but some retirees and part-time workers will ... Read more
Proposed 2014 Medicare Advantage rates cut insurer payments

Proposed 2014 Medicare Advantage rates cut insurer payments

February 19, 2013 10:10 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Proposed reductions in government payments for Medicare Advantage insurance plans - estimated at $11 billion by an insurance industry trade group - sent health insurer shares lower on ... Read more
Insurers tally flu’s costs as U.S. epidemic continues

Insurers tally flu’s costs as U.S. epidemic continues

January 25, 2013 2:46 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The bills for the flu - at epidemic levels in the United States this winter - are piling up.The nation's three largest insurers, UnitedHealth Group Inc, ... Read more
Hospital shares up, insurers down after Obama win

Hospital shares up, insurers down after Obama win

November 7, 2012 12:12 pm by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Shares of hospitals and other healthcare companies that will benefit from President Barack Obama's health reform legislation jumped on Wednesday after his election victory, but health insurers fell ... Read more
Corporate America’s big embrace of high-deductible insurance plans

Corporate America’s big embrace of high-deductible insurance plans

October 28, 2012 1:46 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Visit to New York City orthopedist: $223. One X-ray: $50. One follow-up magnetic resonance imaging test: $766. Total bill for checking out that aching shoulder: $1,039 ... Read more