Stewart's Insurance Depot Newsroom
Here you can access some current news articles we feel you would be interested in reading. Keep checking back for updated content.
February 2012:
Healthcare News
Court action could prolong health care fight
USA Today Original Post Date: 02/21/2012 By: Joan Biskupic
Next month's challenge to the Obama-sponsored health care law could affect the care available to most Americans, alter the balance of power between Washington and the states and remain a flash point through this presidential campaign. Click here to read more.
Healthcare News
Different states' contraceptive rules leave employers room to maneuver
Washington Post Original Post Date: 02/19/2012 By: N.C Aizenman & Lena H. Sun
When California adopted a law in 1999 requiring health insurance plans to include birth control if they cover prescription drugs, Catholic Charities of Sacramento was determined to fight. But after a five-year legal battle ended in defeat at the state Supreme Court, the charity found a more effective solution: It chose to self-insure, an arrangement that only the federal government has authority to regulate, and it left birth control out of its plan. Click here to read more.
Life Industry News
Life Industry Trade Group Fires Back at Obama
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 02/14/2012 By: Arthur D. Postal
Life insurance industry trade groups said in a strong statement today that they will urge the Obama administration to withdraw proposals contained in the presidentıs budget that would impose new taxes on life insurers. Click here to read more.
Small Business News
Debate: Does Social Media Deliver Results for Small Businesses
Wall Street Journal Original Post Date: 02/13/2012
The Wall Street Journal invited two business owners—Karen Russo, CEO of K. Russo Consulting Inc., Stamford, Conn., and Kurt Walchle, CEO of Survival Straps, Jacksonville, Fla.-- to share opposing views. Click here to read more.
Annuity News
A Perfect Storm for Indexed Annuities
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 02/13/2012 By: Mike Miller
The focus for retirement investors has shifted in recent years from the return on principal to a return of principal. During the economic boom of the early 2000s, investors were all about maximizing returns to build a bigger retirement nest egg. But then the financial crisis hit, depleting the value of many Americansı retirement and savings plans. Now, itıs more about protecting what you have. Click here to read more.
Long-Term Care News
Budget 2013: Skilled Nursing Care and Long-Term Care
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 02/13/2012 By: Allison Bell
Federal spending on services that help older people and people with serious disabilities stay in their homes could hold steady in fiscal year 2013. The Obama administration has unveiled a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) budget proposal that calls for overall spending on Medicaid benefits, including nursing home benefits, to increase 12% in fiscal year 2013, to about $268 billion. Click here to read more.
Healthcare News
Obama budget cuts health spending by $360 billion
The Hill Original Post Date: 02/10/2012 By: Julian Pecquet
President Obama's budget proposal will cut federal healthcare spending by $360 billion - including $300 billion from Medicare - over the next 10 years, according to a summary of the spending blueprint that will be fully unveiled Monday. Click here to read more.
Healthcare News
Healthcare reform has netted Florida $119 million
The Miami Herald Original Post Date: 02/10/2012 By: John Dorschner
While Gov. Rick Scott has made news by rejecting several grants funded by the federal healthcare reform act, a study by an independent nonprofit group finds that Florida organizations have quietly received $119.6 million in reform act funds over the last two years. Click here to read more.
Healthcare News
UnitedHealthcare Unseats WellPoint as the Leading Health Insurer According to Mark Farrah Associates
insurancenewsnet.com Original Post Date: 02/09/2012
Healthcare News
Expert: Healthcare mandate constitutional
United Press International Original Post Date: 02/06/2012
When people cannot afford healthcare, billions of uncompensated healthcare costs are shifted to private insurers who pass on the costs, a U.S. researcher said. Click here to read more.
Video Clip
What Your Business Can Learn From Facebook Success
Wall Street Journal Original Post Date: 02/02/2012
Its YourBiz.com CEO Susan Solovic discusses what small business can learn from Facebook's success story? Click video below to watch the clip.
Annuity News
Annuities Now Permitted To Be Unleashed in Retirement Plans
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 02/02/2012 By: Elizabeth Festa
So, you can have your annuities and eat them (or have them feed you for life), too, now. The life insurance industry got a boon today when the Obama Administration endorsed the use of annuities in retirement plans, but also was affected in a final rule of the U.S. Department of Labor regarding expanded compensation disclosures for retirement plans, but got a needed delay in mplementation. Click here to read more.
January 2012:
Life Insurance New
Let's Not Be Sears
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 01/31/2012 By: Corey Dahl
I just finished a boo (2009's "Half Broke Horses") where the main character lived on a ranch in the Southwest, around the time of the Great Depression and World War II. A lot of things were different back then-- the outhouses and water pumps; the lack of interstates or, for that matter, cars. But what really reminded me that this book was set in a different era? The fact that the characters were constantly buying things from the Sears Roebuck catalog. Click here to read more.
Humana News
LifeSynch Earns Full Accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance
Humana.com Original Post Date: 01/26/2012
LifeSynch, the wholly owned behavioral health and behavior change subsidiary of Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), announced today that it received Full Accreditation for both its Commercial and Medicare products from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). The NCQA accreditation is for three years, through January 2015. Click here to read more.
Practice Management News
The Buddy System
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 01/26/2012 By: Ed McCarthy, CFP
Referrals from other advisors are the marketing equivalent of Willy Wonkaıs golden ticket. They convert strangers who might not otherwise give you the time of day to qualified prospects that meet you with positive expectations. The challenge is developing mutually beneficial alliances with other professionals. But remember, itıs not just about getting referrals. The goal is to serve your senior clients more effectively, and to do that you need a network of advisors whose expertise complements your own. Consider these strategies for building your alliances. Click here to read more.
Life Insurance News
LIMRA: Only 39% of U.S Families Exposed to Life Insurance Opportunities
insurancenewsnet.com Original Post Date: 01/25/2012
Despite a broad array of ways to buy life insurance -- in person, by phone, by mail, through seminars, at the workplace and online -- LIMRA's 2011 Life Insurance Buyer/Non-buyer study found that only 39 percent of U.S. households recall having an opportunity to buy life insurance in the past two years. Click here to read more.
Healthcare News
Healthcare Issues Dominate NAHU Meeting
From the Washington Bureau
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 01/25/2012 By: Arthur D. Postal
At their annual Capitol Conference today, officials of the National Association of Health Underwriters disclosed plans for a new Senate bill that would narrow the proposed exemption of agent commissions from PPACA's medical loss ratio requirements. Click here to read more.
Healthcare News
How to Haggle Over Medical Bills
You have more options than you might realize with health care bills. If you know how to cut down the original billed amount, you can save a great deal.
MSN Money Original Post Date: 01/25/2012 By: Liz Weston
Big medical bills can be frightening if you don't have insurance or don't have enough coverage. And frightened people can do stupid things, like hang up on someone who could help them. Nicholas Newsad discovered this when he was an administrator for a surgery center in Ohio. Click here to read more.
Healthcare News
It's Not Brain Surgery: Tackling Obesity Reduces Health Care Costs, Policy Docs Agree
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 01/24/2012 By: Elizabeth Festa
Put down that donut. At the National Association of Health Underwriters Capitol Hill conference discussion on keeping health care cost affordable Tuesday morning, one of the recurrent themes was preventive care, not squeezing coverage or limiting access. Click here to read more.
Annuity News
Fixed Indexed Annuity Holders Keep Holding On
Between 2006 and 2010, full surrender rates dropped by 40 percent
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 01/23/2012 By: Maria Wood
A recent study revealed that holders of fixed indexed annuity (FIA) contracts want to keep those policies in force rather than surrender them. In a first-ever report on the subject, Ruark Consulting, LLC of Simsbury, Conn., reviewed data on FIA full surrenders supplied by nine insurance companies between January 2006 and December 2010. Those participating companies represented more than 80 percent of 2010 FIA sales and contributed 7.7 million policy years of experience data. Click here to read more.
Wealth Management News
Never Mind the Baby Boomers, Here Comes Gen X (Unprepared, Too)
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 01/23/2012 By: Elizabeth Festa
Nearly two-thirds, or 65%, of the members in Generation X lack confidence that they will have enough money to live comfortably in retirement, to cover medical expenses during retirement and to pay for the cost of their childrenıs higher education. Click here to read more.
Healthcare News
White House Touts State Advances in Implementing PPACA as CLASS-Killer Vote Proceeds
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 01/18/2012 By: Elizabeth Festa
The Affordable Care Act has a full outing today in Washington. Forty-four states are participating in the premium rate review system and 28 states and the District of Columbia are on their way to establishing their own health insurance exchange, both major tenets of the health care reform act signed two years ago. The Obama Administration trumpeted the news today in a report a week before President Obama's final State of the Union this term, as House Republicans tried to kill the long term care element of the Act once and for all. Click here to read more.
Medicare News
Medicare Plans Recruit Healthy Seniors By Offering Gym Benefits
Medical News Today Original Post Date: 01/13/2012
Because healthy enrollees cost them less, Medicare Advantage plans would profit from selecting seniors based on their health, but Medicare strictly forbids practices such as denying coverage based on existing conditions. Another way to build a more profitable membership is to design insurance benefits that attract the healthiest patients. Click here to read more.
Healthcare News
Group Health Shrinks as Individual Health Grows
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 01/12/2012 By: Allison Bell
The government is documenting what commercial health carriers and brokers have been saying for months: 2010 was a terrible year for group health plan enrollment. Brokers, consultants and others said group plan case sizes fell that year as employers slashed head counts. Click here to read more.
Healthcare News
Weak Economy Curbs Health Spending
Wall Street Journal Original Post Date: 01/10/2012 By: Louise Rodnofsky
The growth of health-care spending was near a historic low at 3.9% in 2010 as the weak economy prompted people to cut back on medical care, according to data released by federal analysts. Health expenditures in the U.S. totaled $2.6 trillion in 2010, or $8,402 per person, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said. Click here to read more.
Video Clip
Risk of Heart Attack Rises with Death of Loved One
Wall Street Journal Original Post Date: 01/10/2012
Following the death of a loved one, people are at much greater risk of heart attack, Katherine Hobson reports on Lunch Break. Click the video below to watch.
LTCI News
Lose Weight, Organize Drawers, Buy LTCI
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 01/03/2012 By: Allison Bell
LTC Financial Partners L. L. C. has tried to use the new year to propel long-term care insurance (LTCI) sales. LTC Financial, Kirkland, Wash., has put out a national press release through PRNewswire to introduce the idea that sticking with a resolution to buy LTCI is much easier than sticking with a resolution to lose 15 pound or quit smoking. Click here to read more.
Investment News
Fed to Regularly Forecast Interest-Rate Changes
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 01/03/2012 By: Martin Crustinger
In a major shift, the Federal Reserve will start updating the public four times a year on how long it plans to keep short-term interest rates at record lows, according to minutes from its December policy meeting. The first forecast will be included in the central bank's economic projections after its Jan. 24-25 meeting, the minutes said. Click here to read more.
December 2011:
Retirement News
Professional Women and a Secure Retirement
Bloomberg Businessweek Original Post Date: 12/30/2011 By: Chris Farrell
The first generation of highly paid professional women is about to enter retirementıand their path could serve as a model for others. Click here to read more.
Wealth Management News
Public Retirement Ages Come Under Greater Scrutiny
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 12/12/2011 By: Don Thompson & Julie Carr Smyth
After nearly 40 years in public education, Patrick Godwin spends his retirement days running a horse farm east of Sacramento, Calif., with his daughter. His departure from the workaday world is likely to be long and relatively free of financial concerns, after he retired last July at age 59 with a pension paying $174, 308 a year for the rest of his life. Click here to read more.
Healthcare News
Humana Military Receives Top eBusiness Web Honor for Publication Excellence
Humana.com Original Post Date: 12/08/2011
Humana Military Healthcare Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), received the Platinum Award for ıBest eBusinessı website during the 2011 Annual eHealthcare Leadership Awards by Strategic Healthcare Communications. The eHealthcare Leadership Awards recognize excellence in health care organizations and highlight the internetıs role in achieving an organizationıs objectives and showcasing work that goes into creating outstanding health web sites. Click here to read more.
Healthcare News
What the Health Care Law Will Mean for Your Small Business
Wall Street Journal Original Post Date: 12/07/2011 By: Emily Maltby
As a small-business owner, you may find your head spinning when trying to figure out what the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may bring. How the new provisions impact you, if at all, depends on the outcome of a high-profile Supreme Court case and potentially on the results of the 2012 election. Click here to read more.
Disability Insurance News
Workers Risk Severe Financial Hardship Without Basic Life, DI
insurancenewsnet.com Original Post Date: 12/05/2011 By: PR Newswire Association LLC
Many workers feel more strongly about insuring their homes and cars than insuring their ability to provide for their families after a death or disabling injury.(1) The result is a workforce underinsured for both life and disability protection-- and vulnerable to severe financial hardship. The good news is employers can play a key role in providing access to this important protection and helping their employees understand their need for coverage. Click here to read more.
Video Clip
Health Care Law Faces Showdown in Supreme Court
Wall Street Journal Original Post Date: 12/02/2011
President Obama's health-reform law goes before the Supreme Court in the new year. Chief among the issues it will consider: Is the individual mandate constitutional? WSF's Neil Hickey reports. Watch the video below:
Health Insurance News
ComPsych: Holidays Put Elders in (Scary) New Light
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 12/02/2011 By: Allison Bell
Some people go home to a festive meal and discover, while singing Rock of Ages, that their parents are no longer rocks. Analysts at ComPsych Corp., Chicago, an employee assistance plan (EAP) company, discuss elder care inquiry trends in a commentary based on a review of calls the company gets from EAP enrollees. Click here to read more.
Life Insurance News
Retirement Revamp
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 12/01/2011 By: Darin Gibson, M.B.A, CFP, CHFC, CLU
Todayıs retirees have different lifestyles than those of retirees just a generation ago, and their expectations for retirement are greater as well. Most are fitter and more active than prior generations of seniors. Theyıre also much more likely to include work on the itinerary for their golden years. Click here to read more.
November 2011:
Personal Health News
Tracking the Eye to Keep From Heaping Plates
Wall Street Journal Original Post Date: 11/29/2011 By: Ann Lukits
How much a person eats can be affected by the colors of the dinnerware and tablecloth, suggests a new study published in the Journal of Consumer Research. Previous research has shown the size of a dinner plate influences the quantity of food people consumeıthe larger the dish, the bigger the portion, and vice versa. A series of experiments by two U.S. researchers found participants served themselves significantly more food if the color contrast between the dinnerware and the food was lowıfor example, cream-colored pasta on a white plate. Click here to read more.
LTCI News
Humana to Acquire SeniorBridge
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 11/29/2011 By: Allison Bell
The long-term care insurance (LTCI) industry may be going through a rocky phase, but future growth in demand for long-term care (LTC) seems to be about as obvious as a freight train heading straight at consumers. Click here to read more.
LTCI News
Researchers: Caregivers Face Big Risks
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 11/29/2011 By: Allison Bell
Annual medical costs for a caregiver who looks after a relative with Alzheimer's disease may be about $4,800 higher than the annual costs for a non-caregiver of the same age. Richard Shulz and Thomas Cook, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, have included that finding in a study presented recently at a gerontology conference in Boston. Click here to read more.
Personal Health News
Does Shopping Stress You Out Too Much?
Wall Street Journal Original Post Date: 11/23/2011 By: Emily Steel
With crowds of shoppers waking predawn and jockeying for limited bargrains, how stressful is "Black Friday" on consumers? A martket-research agency hopes to find out, scientifically. Click here to read more.
Small Business News
Opposing Views: Voices on the Health-Care Reform
Wall Street Journal Original Post Date: 11/15/2011 Guest Column
How will the coming health-care reform changes impact small businesses and the self-employed? The Journal invited two entrepreneurs-- Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup, and Rose Corona, owner of a Temecula, Calif., ranch and store-- to share their opposing views on the health-care law signed last year by President Obama. Several changes under the law will go into effect in 2014. Click here to read more.
Individual Health News
The Sugar
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 11/15/2011 By: Bill Coffin
Not long ago, a friend of mine told me that he had been diagnosed with "the sugar." He had to explain to me that "the sugar" is slang for type 2 diabetes, which, as it turns out, is what a lot of people call it. In fact, there are so many people with diabetes today that there is an entire lexicon of diabetes-related slang used by people living with the disease. Click here to read more.
Small Business News
Smaller Franchisers Expand Their Horizons
A Smashburger in Kuwait? Here's why it makes sense.
Wall Street Journal Original Post Date: 11/14/2011 By: Angus Loten
Over the past month, a Smashburger outlet in Denver has had some unusual help in the kitchen: a group of Kuwaiti entrepreneurs. The burger flippers were prospective franchisees looking to open Smashburger outlets back homeıand the fast-food chain hoped the hands-on experience would help them better serve customers. Click here to read more.
Video Clip
How Auto Pollution Impacts Your Health
Wall Street Journal Original Post Date: 11/07/2011
New research from Los Angeles, a city defined by the automobile, adds to a pattern of public health studies in recent months on the surprising impact of air pollution from tail pipe exhaust. Lee Hotz has details on Lunch Break. Watch the video below:
LTCI News
Learning More about LTCI
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 11/03/2011 By: Margie Barrie
This month marks the 10th anniversary of November being designated as a time to create awareness of the need for long-term care insurance. Initially started by the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance as LTC Awareness Week, several years ago it was expanded to a month. Click here to read more.
October 2011:
Retirement News
Numbers That May Make You Sick
Health-care costs for retirees can be crippling. That's why planning is so crucial.
Wall Street Journal Original Post Date: 10/31/2011 By: Robert Powell
One of the biggest and most challenging issues in retirement is how to plan and pay for health-care expenses. Medical bills can mushroom in later life and crush nest eggsıa risk that raises a slew of questions: How much money will I need for health costs? What are the best ways to budget? How can I shield myself and my family against the steep price of long-term care? Click here to read more.
Small Business News
Small businesses push back against over-regulation
The Tennessean Original Post Date: 10/30/2011 By: Duane Marsteller
Jim Brown says he hears "regulatory horror stories" from small-business owners every week. There was the Martin, Tenn., developer who spent $6,000 and nine months dealing with four agencies before his company coud install a septic system for a three-lot subdivision. Or how about the dry cleaner in Somerville, Tenn., whose annual state registration fee jumped from $500 to $2,000 to help stabilize a cleanup fund? Then there is the Springfield excavation company that now much pay $1,000 each time it retrieves gravel from creek beds, up from $150 previously. Click here to read more.
Health Care News
Humana Jumps to No. 72 on Newsweek Green Rankings
Humana Original Post Date: 10/26/2011
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), one of the nationıs leading health care companies, has been named one of the greenest companies by Newsweek magazine, jumping to No. 72 from No. 317 in 2010 and No. 392 the previous year. Click here to read more.
Video Clip
Flexible Spending Accounts: Worth the Hassle?
Wall Street Journal Original Post Date: 10/21/2011
As workers pick their health-care benefits over the next few weeks, experts say one option is looking less popular this year: flexible-savings accounts. Check out this video to hear about thechanges and some of the concerns people have and also listen to some options provided to adjust to these changes.
Health Resource
Online Health Assessment Provided by Humana
Humana
A simple wellness program can make all the difference-- lowering your chances for heart disease, cancer, and other chronic conditions. But the first step is knowing where you stand now and how you can improve. Click here to take Humana's online health assessment.
Medicare News
Medicare Part D presciption drug plan premiums up 5 percent in Oregon & Washington, 4 percent nationwide
The Oregonian Original Post Date: 10/13/2011 By: Brent Hunsberger
The monthly premiums for Medicare Advantage plans might be holding steady or declining in 2010, experts say. But the premiums for Medicare stand-alone Part D drug plans are going up, particularly in the Northwest, a study shows. Click here to read more.
Medicare News
Humana Continues Commitment to Accessibility, Affordability and Choice with 2012 Medicare Plan Offerings
Humana Original Post Date: 10/06/2011
Just more than one week from today ı on October 15, 2011 ı Medicare beneficiaries may start enrolling in Medicare plans for the 2012 plan year, which begins January 1, 2012. Humana Inc. Click here to read more.
Medicare News
Medicare to go high-tech?
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 10/04/2011 By: Staff Writer
In a defensive move against rampant waste and fraud in the Medicare system, a bi-partisan group of lawmakers has proposed employing ısmart cardı technology to protect the identity of Medicare beneficiaries and their health-care providers. Click here to read more.
Medicare News
Hospitals: Raise Medicare eligibility age
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 10/04/2011 By: Staff Writer
Fearing that the deficit reduction super committee may decide to cut their payments in its effort to reduce the Medicare budget, hospitals are lobbying for an increase in the eligibility age for Medicare. The American Hospital Association plans a coordinated lobbying effort to shift the cost burden on to seniors and soon-to-be seniors. Click here to read more.
LTCi News
Take Control of Your Life with LTCi
These policies stick around
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 10/04/2011 By: Honey Leveen
I write this column to inspire others to sell more LTCi. In prior columns, Iıve given my tips on how to do this, how to promote yourself, and how wonderful the environment currently is for LTCi sales. Iıve written about how, as an LTCi specialist, you will have a tremendous impact on your clients and their families. There is not a more meaningful career. And itıs financially rewarding. Click here to read more.
Disability News
MetLife Survey: Gaps Remain in Special Needs Planning
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 10/03/2011 By: Warren S. Hersch
The number of special needs trusts set up by caregivers has grown by 21%, nearly double number recorded in 2005, a new report concludes. Click here to read more.
Disability News
Group Disability Climbs from the Abyss
LTD sales rise a little; STD sales fall a little
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 10/03/2011 By: Allison Bell
The insurers that sell group disability to U.S. employers have clawed their way up to hard-won stability. Analysts in the South Portland, Maine, office of Gen Re have reported that finding in a summary of results from a survey of 31 insurers in the U.S. benefits market. Click here to read more.
Medicare News
Medicare: Time for the Show!
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 10/03/2011 By: Allison Bell
Health insurers are pouring out announcements about the new products and new product features theyıll be offering when the 2012 Medicare open enrollment season starts Oct. 15. Click here to read more.
Disability News
Aon Hewitt: Health Price Pressure Mounts
The rate of increase falls to 7%, from 7.5%
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 10/03/2011 By: Allison Bell
Premiums for U.S. group health coverage should rise a little more slowly in 2012 than they have this year ı but still faster than employers can tolerate. Click here to read more.
Disability News
DI: When to get it and when to lose it
Originally Posted in the Life Insurance Selling October 01, 2011 Issue By: Larry Schneider
The best time to get a disability insurance income protection policy (or any other form of coverage) is just prior to a disability! Click here to read more.
September 2011:
Health Industry News
Employers' Health-Care Premiums Jump 9%
Wall Street Journal Original Post Date: 09/28/2011 By: Anna Wilde Mathews
The health-insurance premiums employers pay rose sharply this year, with the average annual cost of family coverage passing the $15,000 mark for the first time, according to a major survey. Click here to read more.
Small Business News
Chamber Joins Facebook to Boost Small Business
U.S Chamber of Commerce Original Post Date: 09/26/2011 By: Tom Collamore
We're excited to announce that today the Chamber is teaming up with Facebook and the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) to help small businesses connect with customers and create jobs. Click here to read more.
Medicare News
Doughnut hole swallowing fewer seniors
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 09/20/2011 By: Staff Writer
A new report shows that fewer Medicare beneficiaries are being caught in the Medicare "doughnut hole," a coverage gap in which patients are responsible for the full cost of their prescription drugs after changes that were brought about by the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act of 2010. Click here to read more.
Regulatory News
Analysts: That Briar Patch Looks Good to Us
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 09/20/2011 By: Staff Writer
Federal budget negotiations that increase tax rates for higher income consumers could be good for U.S. life insurers, securities analysts say. Click here to read more.
Medicare News
Avalere: Medicare Part D Pricing is Complicated
LifeHealthPro Original Post Date: 09/20/2011 By: Staff Writer
The average Medicare Part D prescription drug plan rate may be going down in 2012, but 6 of the top 10 players in the market are raising prices Click here to read more.