By Steve Lopez I spent nearly two hours last Friday in the office of Mercury Insurance Chairman George Joseph. He seemed like a nice guy, but half an hour …
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Archive for February 16th, 2010
Angry at the high cost of health insurance premiums? Reform advocates say …
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010By John D. Atlas Even though health insurance premiums continue to skyrocket, the pundits backed up by some polls indicate that a majority of American …
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Matthew Yglesias » Yes, Health Insurance Saves Lives
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010For more on the not-at-all-fraught issue of whether or not having health insurance improves your health, Stan Dorn and Michael McWilliams provide some extensive reviews of the literature and conclude that the overwhelming preponderance …
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Premium Health Insurance Is Overrated, And Most Folks Would Be …
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010Health insurance has little to do with actual health.
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Private health insurance industry in ‘death spiral’ - Rick Ungar …
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010Kevin Sack writes in today’s New York Times – In statements and letters, Anthem and WellPoint have explained what the industry calls a recessionary death spiral: as unemployment and declining wages prompt healthy people to drop their …
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The Hartford Names Christopher J. Swift CFO
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010Swift joins The Hartford from American Life Insurance Company (ALICO), an operating company of American International Group (AIG), where he was Vice …
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To buy or not to buy health insurance across state lines
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010One idea the GOP has suggested is to allow people to buy insurance across state lines. It’s an idea Gov. Tim Pawlenty echoed in his State of the State …
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SJC upholds insurance decision on high-risk drivers
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010By Johnny Diaz, Globe Staff The state’s highest court yesterday upheld the Massachusetts Commission of Insurance’s decision to exempt auto insurance …
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Beware Fake Health Insurance
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010(CBS) Consumer advocates say health insurance scams are growing at an alarming rate in the tough economy, and operating in nearly every state. …
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Co-Pay Rising: Is your health insurance plan useless? Five signs that it might be
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010San Diego Gay & Lesbian News
When does having health insurance offer you no greater protection against financial ruin than having none at all? This isn’ta riddle or some joke with a …
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