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AHIP, BCBS say insurers willing to stop basing premiums on members' health status if all U.S. residents are required ... (News-Medical-Net)
In a letter to leaders of the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committees on Tuesday, America's Health Insurance Plans and the BlueCross BlueShield Association said that their memberships would be willing to end the practice of charging different premiums based on individuals' health status if all U.S. residents were required to obtain coverage, ...
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Brisbane Times Lakers star Kobe sued by housekeeper
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20% in Los Angeles County receive public aid - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times 20% in Los Angeles County receive public aid Los Angeles Times, CA The demand for those programs has been driven by a growing number of senior citizens and increasing numbers of people going without employer-based health and disability insurance . That welfare and healthcare demands are increasing at the same time is ... 1 in 5 in LA County receiving public aid Sacramento Bee all 10 news articles
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In California, Pricey Health Insurance Plans Get Pricier - Wall Street Journal Blogs
In California, Pricey Health Insurance Plans Get Pricier Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - 1 hour ago Two California health insurers have been overcharging patients for a special type of coverage for people with pre-existing health problems, the Los Angeles ... Insurers exceed state-issued rates for last-resort health coverage Los Angeles Times all 10 news articles
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LA Targets Health Insurance Revocations Newsdesk, CA The Los Angeles City Attorney's office is investigating whether
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HSAs Have 'Fundamental Flaws,' Columnist Writes (Medical News Today)
A "growing number of businesses are expected to stop offering costly insurance benefits and push workers instead" into high-deductible health plans linked with health savings accounts in an effort to reduce costs, but HSAs have "fundamental flaws," Los Angeles Times columnist David Lazarus writes.
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Associated Press - February 6, 2009 12:13 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - A new report shows that most low-income people who lose their
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San Francisco City Attorney Files Lawsuit Against State Over 'Gender Ratings' For Individual Health Plans (Medical News Today)
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the state of California alleging that the state is discriminating against women by allowing health insurers to impose so-called "gender ratings" when determining premiums for individual health plans, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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Washington Post Senate passes expansion of children’s health insurance The Wenatchee World Online, WA - 18 hours ago The Associated Press,
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San Francisco Sues State Insurance Regulators (NPR)
San Francisco has filed a lawsuit against California state insurance regulators. The suit claims the state allows insurance companies to discriminate against women by charging them more for health insurance. This applies to individual insurance, not group policies. The lawsuit says California women pay up to 39 percent more for their policies, compared to men. The Los Angeles Times says only ...
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Californias Physician Groups Praise President Obama and U.S. House On Move to Renew State Childrens Health Insurance ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LOS ANGELES----In response to the U.S. House of Representatives passage of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program legislation and President Obama’s recent announcement that he will overturn a Bush administration policy that has hindered state efforts to provide health insurance to children from low- and middle-income families, Donald Crane, President and CEO of the California Association ...
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DestinationRx Works with Google to Offer More Tools for Managing Costs for Healthcare Basics (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LOS ANGELES----DestinationRx, the free online resource that helps millions of people choose health plans and medications, has integrated with Google Health™ to offer more personalized tools to manage their healthcare decisions.
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Hospitals feel ill effects of recession Los Angeles Times, CA - 14 hours ago At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles , financial counselors are dealing with a surge in patients with high-deductible health insurance who are
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Blue Shield of California To Reinstate Coverage for 678 Residents - Kaiser network.org
eFluxMedia Blue Shield of California To Reinstate Coverage for 678 Residents Kaiser network.org, DC - Jan 7, 2009 ... residents whose health insurance was improperly canceled between Jan. 1, 2004, and May 31, 2008, after they got sick, the Los Angeles Times reports. ... Blue Shield of California Restores Insurance for Patients it Dropped Wall Street Journal Blogs Blue Shield to restore coverage for dropped Californians Los Angeles Times Blue Shield settles charges of dumping costly customers
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From the Los Angeles Times - Baltimore Sun
Baltimore Sun From the Los Angeles Times Baltimore Sun, United States - 3 hours ago Hospital executives and consultants say the growing number of people with high-deductible health plans is boosting unpaid patient bills. ...
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Millions of Californians with limited English proficiency now have the right to an interpreter from their commercial health and dental plans – made possible by a first-in-the-nation law
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