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Insurers Unlikely to Alter Policies in the Debate Over Mammograms

Elizabeth Sanders, a radiologist in Auburn, Wash., checks a digital mammogram. And that was even before new guidelines this week recommended that women wait longer to begin getting mammograms and have fewer of them. The business of providing ...

From NATASHA SINGER AND REED ABELSON, The New York Times,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hologic, Inc.,  Kathleen Sebelius,  WellPoint, Inc,  Aetna Inc.,  UnitedHealth Group

Analyst Doubts Health Overhaul Can Pass

Arguing that the political winds are shifting away from the support necessary for an overhaul, one Wall Street analyst is now predicting Congress will not pass any significant health care legislation anytime soon. In a report to investors on Tuesday, ...

From REED ABELSON, The New York Times,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. House of Representatives,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Richard Evans (politician)

Senate Pressing Insurers on the Amount of Premiums They Spend on Care

The health insurance industry likes to cite figures showing that 87 cents of every dollar in premiums is spent on medical claims. Share your thoughts about the health care debate. But a new Senate analysis suggests that for-profit insurance companies ...

From REED ABELSON, The New York Times,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  WellPoint, Inc,  UnitedHealth Group,  Aetna Inc.,  John D. Rockefeller IV

Revamped health fee database unveiled

patients for only a portion of the medical bill, based on what is called the "reasonable and customary" cost of the services in that city or region. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday announced the details of a new national database that ...

From REED ABELSON, TwinCities.com,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Andrew Cuomo,  UnitedHealth Group

New Database to Help Set Payouts by Health Insurers

Andrew M. Cuomo, the New York attorney general, on Tuesday announced the details of a new national database that would help determine how much insurance companies should reimburse patients who go out of network to see a doctor. Consumers would also be ...

From REED ABELSON, The New York Times,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Andrew Cuomo,  UnitedHealth Group,  U.S. Congress,  Nancy-Ann Min DeParle,  White House

Small business faces sharp rise in health costs

— costs that have forced too many small businesses to cut benefits, shed jobs or shut their doors for good." As Congress nears votes on legislation that would overhaul the health care system, many small businesses say they are facing the steepest rise ...

From REED ABELSON, TwinCities.com,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate

Small Business Faces Sharp Rise in Costs of Health Care

As Congress nears votes on legislation that would overhaul the health care system, many small businesses say they are facing the steepest rise in insurance premiums they have seen in recent years. Share your thoughts about the health care debate. ...

From REED ABELSON, The New York Times,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Nancy Pelosi,  Mitch McConnell

Health Insurance Exchanges: Will They Work?

It is the sleeper issue in the current health care debate. Despite all the disagreement in Washington, every proposal now before Congress to overhaul the nation’s health care system includes creation of an insurance “exchange” a marketplace that would ...

From REED ABELSON, The New York Times,  5 Oct 2009

Related Topics: White House,  Travelocity,  U.S. Senate,  Barack Obama

A Proposed Tax on the Cadillac Health Insurance Plans May Also Hit the Chevys

Although cast as a tax on gold-plated insurance policies for the well-heeled, it has prompted anxiety among the middle class. The idea, proposed last Wednesday by Senator Max Baucus, is to help raise money for the nation’s health care overhaul by ...

From REED ABELSON, The New York Times,  20 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Max Baucus,  Goldman Sachs,  John D. Rockefeller IV

Guarded Optimism Among Insurers, but Some Health Sectors Remain Skeptical

In an important victory for the insurance industry, Senator Max Baucus’s legislative proposal does not call for a government-run health plan that would directly compete with private insurers. Insurance stocks rose on that news Wednesday. Although that ...

From REED ABELSON, The New York Times,  16 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association,  Max Baucus,  U.S. Congress

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