"Philadelphia Health Insurance Company"
Your Money Team: Stimulus Plan Adds COBRA Help (CBS 3 Philadelphia)
The economic stimulus package that the President signed today includes a subsidy to allow the unemployed to purchase health insurance. 3-On Your Side's Jim Donovan has the details on how it may affect you.
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Cigna Corp. will stop using a faulty database to calculate reimbursement rates for patients who see doctors outside their insurance networks, and
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How merger of the Blues got derailed - Philadelphia Inquirer
How merger of the Blues got derailed Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - 17 hours ago The merger between Independence Blue Cross in Philadelphia and Highmark in Pittsburgh would have created the largest health insurance company in the state. ... Merger death imperils insurance program Pittsburgh Post Gazette The nixed Blues deal: An opportunity Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Failed Highmark-IBC merger surprises, disappoints Pittsburgh Business Times Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Philadelphia Inquirer all 8 news articles
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Lack of competition doomed Blues merger (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
HARRISBURG - If Independence Blue Cross and Highmark Inc. had agreed to let another "Blue" company sell health insurance in the Philadelphia market to provide competition, their proposed merger probably would have been approved, Pennsylvania insurance commissioner Joel Ario said today.
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Size does matter to state Insurance Commissioner Joel Ario. The health insurance company that would have been created by the merger of Pittsburgh's Highmark Inc. and
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Insurers IBC, Highmark withdraw merger plan (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
In the end, fears that competition would be quashed brought down what would have been a health insurance Goliath in Pennsylvania.
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2 Pa . health insurers end merger effort MSNBC - 3 hours ago More than 500 health insurance industry mergers have occurred over the past 12 years, Heyman said. Independence operates mainly in the Philadelphia area, ... State sets conditions for health insurance merger Philadelphia Inquirer Insurance
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Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Health Care Proposals In Six States (Medical News Today)
Summaries of news about efforts to restructure health coverage in Louisiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin appear below.Louisiana: The Louisiana Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatricians and the Louisiana Hospital Association recently filed public records requests to obtain details about Gov.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer on Friday, as part of its series, "Falling Through: Casualties of the Health Insurance
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Pa. voters glum about Nov. 4 making big difference - Philadelphia Inquirer
Pa . voters glum about Nov. 4 making big difference Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - 20 hours ago Many were pessimistic that either candidate can quickly straighten out the nation's economic mess; they described struggling to pay for health insurance and ...
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Republican Nosedive in Pennsylvania Mother Jones, CA - 17 hours ago We pay for our health insurance ." It's a seeming non sequitur, or at least an unfinished thought, that somehow makes
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Blue Cross Blue Shield drops two Philadelphia hospitals (The Star-Ledger)
New Jersey's biggest health insurance company has told two Philadelphia hospitals that it will not renew their contracts. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield says its subscribers will be charged out-of-network fees for using Children's Hospital of Philadelphia or the Hospital...
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The cities of Kelso and Longview are both going through tough times, with building permits and revenue declining while fuel costs and
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Policy Issues | Insurance customers, advocates say Pa. residents need more protection from rate hikes (Pittsburgh City Paper)
Larry Grumet won't deny the quality of his family's health-insurance coverage. What he takes issue with is its affordability. For much of the past 10 years, the 63-year-old Squirrel Hill resident has seen his family's premiums soar, even while his insurer's profits have remained hig... By Chris Young.
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A company hired by the state to review the proposed health insurance merger of Pittsburgh's Highmark Inc. and Independence
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Insurer merger called 'worst thing' for Pa. - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Insurer merger called 'worst thing' for Pa . Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Jul 6, 2008 " Health insurance is a labor-intensive rather than capital-intensive industry," Burns testified. "There are minimal economies to reap as scale increases. ... Some data lacking on Blues' merger Philadelphia Inquirer all 6 news articles
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Pa . insurers' merger talks open today Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - 8 hours ago Among those expected to speak today against the
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Keeping and bearing arms - Philadelphia Inquirer
Keeping and bearing armsPhiladelphia Inquirer, PA - 8 hours agoKenyatta Donley, 33, a marketing manager for a health insurance company, believes attempts by the city to pass gun legislation are "disingenuous at best" ...
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HARRISBURG — Legislation providing for state oversight of proposed mergers of nonprofit health insurance companies received final legislative approval Wednesday and is headed to the governor for his signature and enactment into law.
