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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Children-Only Health Plan Rules Boost Insurers' Abilities to Control Cost

Insurers led by UnitedHealth Group Inc. and WellPoint Inc. can limit when parents buy child-only policies under...
Bloomberg ( 7/29/2010 2:17:59 AM -08:00 )

Blues are pressed to retain plan for the poor
The gathering outside Independence Blue Cross' Philadelphia headquarters numbered just about a dozen for a tiny noontime rally...
Philadelphia Inquirer ( 7/28/2010 4:07:12 PM -08:00 )

How Much is Too Much?
How can some nonprofit health insurers justify hiking premiums year after year when they are sitting on a mountain of surplus funds?...
Huffington Post (blog) ( 7/28/2010 7:12:52 AM -08:00 )

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Awarded CEO Cancer Gold StandardTM
CARY, NC--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard ™ accreditation, recognizing the...
Business Wire (press release) ( 7/29/2010 3:01:47 AM -08:00 )

Insurers backing down on child-coverage stance
Health insurance plans across the country on Wednesday began to backtrack on their decision to pull out of the...
The Hill ( 7/29/2010 2:18:37 AM -08:00 )

A small victory for health insurance protesters
CHESTER — Though they were small in number, the seven participants of Wednesday's Statewide Day of Action to Save adultBasic were proud to help...
Delaware County Daily Times ( 7/29/2010 1:42:40 AM -08:00 )

Cuts at insurer draw protests in Wilkes-Barre
Cuts at insurer draw protests in Wilkes-BarreWarren Ruda / The Citizens' Voice Dorene Schutz of Wilkes-Barre and Athena Ford and Antoinette Kraus of the Pennsylvania...
Citizens Voice ( 7/29/2010 12:12:00 AM -08:00 )

Onorato, Corbett both back health insurance extension [The Pittsburgh Tribune
July 29--Almost 46000 people could lose health insurance coverage Jan. 1 unless the state and four Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers agree on a way to keep...
Insurance News Net (press release) ( 7/28/2010 10:30:39 PM -08:00 )

Fly in the ointment
Opponents of the massive new national health care overhaul bill have long warned it will result in a slew of unintended consequences....
Frederick News Post (subscription) ( 7/28/2010 10:03:07 PM -08:00 )

Protest to save health plan held
Protest to save health plan heldWILKES-BARRE – A handful of people gathered on Wednesday outside Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania offices...
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader ( 7/28/2010 9:11:11 PM -08:00 )

Candidates split on insurance program
By James O'Toole, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The candidates for governor are divided on calls for a three-year extension of a program, chiefly funded by the...
Pittsburgh Post Gazette ( 7/28/2010 8:49:36 PM -08:00 )

Activists rally to extend health insurance
Funding for Pennsylvania's subsidized health insurance will expire in one year. Advocates are pleading with insurance companies to keep picking up the tab...
WHYY ( 7/28/2010 1:17:03 PM -08:00 )

More Funding Needed For State Health Care Program
AP Georgeanne Koehler knows what happens when people like her brother lose both a good job and health insurance. "Everyone we called gave us the same...
KDKA ( 7/28/2010 1:03:14 PM -08:00 )

Court denies insurance company rate request
AP - July 28, 2010 4:15 PM ET SANTA FE, NM (AP) - The state Supreme Court has cleared the way for state regulators to give another look at a double-digit...
NewsWest9.com ( 7/28/2010 12:21:05 PM -08:00 )

Report says adultBasic coverage in Pa. endangered
Nearly 46000 Pennsylvanians enrolled in Pennsylvania's adultBasic subsidized health insurance plan could lose their coverage next year if an agreement with...
Bizjournals.com ( 7/28/2010 12:02:32 PM -08:00 )

Blues' Surpluses Grow, as Providers Refuse to Continue Contributions to adultBasic
HARRISBURG, Pa., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 46000 Pennsylvanians enrolled in adultBasic could lose their health coverage next year if an agreement with...
PR Newswire (press release) ( 7/28/2010 11:28:42 AM -08:00 )

Health Insurance Program on the Rocks
Free clinic representatives and health care activists are urging four Pennsylvania-based insurers to continue funding adultBasic, an insurance program for...
WDUQNews (blog) ( 7/28/2010 10:59:36 AM -08:00 )

Supreme Court rejects Blue Cross Blue Shield bid to stop rate hike hearing
The company had asked the court to halt new Insurance Division hearings to review a previously-approved but controversial...
The New Mexico Independent ( 7/28/2010 10:41:41 AM -08:00 )

Onorato joins push to extend low-income health coverage
By James O'Toole, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato, the Democratic candidate for governor, added his voice today to calls for...
Pittsburgh Post Gazette ( 7/28/2010 9:03:52 AM -08:00 )

BlueCross BlueShield NC Launches Health Info Site
Blue Cross and Blue Shield has just launched an informational website to demystify health reform policies for North Carolinians....
WCHL 1360 ( 7/28/2010 8:10:42 AM -08:00 )