Author Archives: Health Insurance

Citizens, Inc. Reports Year-End Results

AUSTIN, Texas, March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Citizens, Inc. (NYSE: CIA) reported net income of $17.3 million or $0.31 basic and diluted earnings per share of Class A common stock for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to a net loss of $15.7 million or $0.42 basic and diluted losses per s

Did Your Senator Vote To Make Health Care Worse In Idaho?

AARP’s Accountability Vote Effort Takes Senate Roll Call Vote on Disastrous Health Freedom Act to 180,000 Idaho Members
BOISE, Idaho, March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Hundreds of thousands of Idahoans struggling with the high cost of health care received bad news last night — no relief and more

RetireSafe Urges All Seniors to Call on Congress to Save Physician Hospitals’ Quality Care for Medicare Patients

WASHINGTON, March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today RetireSafe, representing 400,000 senior citizen supporters across America, urged seniors nationwide to call on Congress to save high-quality physician hospitals from the restrictive health care reform language now pending in Congress. House and S

Insurance Regulation Expert Calls for Freeze of Health Rates Until ‘Prior Approval’ Regulation Is Adopted

WASHINGTON, March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Harvey Rosenfield, author of California’s landmark insurance regulation Proposition 103—recognized as the most successful insurance regulation in the country—was joined today by people struggling to pay for health insurance in calling on Pr

MARC Coalition Supports Medicare Secondary Payer Enhancement Act (MSPEA)/H.R. 4796

Proposed legislation streamlines process to expedite Medicare trust fund, beneficiary reimbursements
Coalition recognizes Pennsylvania congressmen
WASHINGTON, March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC) today announced its support for HR 4796, the Medicare Sec

BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York/BlueShield of Northeastern New York and American Well Bring Online Care to New York State

BUFFALO, N.Y. and BOSTON, March 10 /PRNewswire/ — BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York (BCBSWNY), BlueShield of Northeastern New York (BSNENY) and American Well™ Inc. today announced an agreement to deploy American Well’s Online Care platform and services in upstate New York to eligible m

Walter Chesley Joins Blue Cross Board of Trustees

EAGAN, Minn., March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross) board of trustees has elected Walter Chesley, senior vice president of human resources, training and development for Universal Hospital Services, Inc. (UHS) to its board of trustees.
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Triple-S Management Corporation to Present at Barclays Capital 2010 Global Healthcare Conference

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Triple-S Management Corporation (NYSE: GTS) today announced that Ramon M. Ruiz-Comas, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Juan Jose Roman, Finance Vice President & CFO, will present to investors and financial analysts at the Barcla

Beware of Getting Caught in the Crossfire, Warns MediCare International

LONDON, March 10, 2010 /PRNewswire/ –

– War and Reconstruction Zones now Popular Destinations for Specialist
Expatriate Workers

– Effective International Healthcare Insurance Essential in Such Areas

– Medicare International one of the few Insurers to Offer This Cover

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For Latino Community, Health Reform Can’t Wait

Following President Obama’s call on Congress to pass health insurance reform, Governor Kaine outlines importance of reform for the Latino community, asking Hispanics to take part in the final march to health reform
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5iSzcPi0eU
WASHINGTON, March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire