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Private health insurance would be kept under proposed Senate plan

By ⋅ July 30, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

(HEALTHCARE.com) - The Senate Finance Committee, whose chairmen had previously spearheaded work towards limiting health care costs, may be close to releasing a bill that would contain private health insurance requirements, but no public option.
Pre-existing conditions and rescission would be banned under the new plan that is underway in the committee, but it would not [...]

U.S. flood insurance program extended for 6 months

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(Reuters) - The U.S. National Flood Insurance Program, which covers millions of Americans in flood-prone areas, would be extended for six months under a bill approved by the House of Representatives on Wednesday, delaying further efforts to fix the troubled program.
The NFIP temporary extension measure will go next to the Senate for a vote. Passage [...]

Taking aim at Obesity, Smoking and Diabetes: New Webinar Delves into Details of Employer use of Incentives to Keep Employees Healthy

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Experts include Michael J. Thompson, PricewaterhouseCoopers principal, and Katherine H. Capps, president of Health2 Resources
Washington (PRWEB) – A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study released Monday found that the costs to treat obesity-related diseases are twice those to treat cancer. The finding underscored what employers have known for years: Positive lifestyle changes [...]

insurance4newyork.net Launches as Interactive Website for Customers

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insurance4newyork.net announces the launch of a new agency website at http://www.insurance4newyork.net/. With interactive features such as onsite glossaries, maps, driving directions, and multiple forms of contact, insurance4newyork.net’s newest website is designed with customers in mind.
New York, NY (PRWEB) July 30, 2009 — insurance4newyork.net announces the launch of a new agency website at http://www.insurance4newyork.net/. [...]

TRC Market Research Allows Free Access to 35 Market Research White Papers and Articles

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Marketing Research Company, on their revamped website, allows free access to 35 market research white papers, some of which are published in well-known market research journals. White papers cover topics such as customer satisfaction and loyalty research, segmentation, new product development and general research, statistics and methodologies.
Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) — TRC Market Research announced today [...]

Medicare Supplement Online Enrollment Transforms Agent Businesses

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Senior market insurance agents selling Medicare supplements through online enrollment are experiencing rapid growth and large increases in productivity. Agents contracted through Precision Senior Marketing are learning to leverage the power of technology to serve Medigap customers throughout the country right from their offices.
Austin, TX, (PRWEB) July 30, 2009 — Senior insurance agents across [...]

Industry Consultant Offers Advice for Improved Personal Branding and Career Management

By ⋅ July 30, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Jason Alba, speaker, author and consultant offers advice in latest HRmarketer.com podcast on how to use social networking tools for personal branding and career management.
Capitola, CA (PRWEB) July 30, 2009 — In the latest HR Market Share podcast from HRmarketer.com, Jason Alba offers advice on how people can use social networking tools to brand and [...]

Health care reform: We need a public health insurance option and that’s not socialized medicine

By ⋅ July 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

(EXAMINER) - Health care reform: To paraphrase and revise a popular campaign slogan - it’s the fee for service system stupid - so we need a public health insurance option, and that’s not socialized medicine.
At the risk of beating the issue to death, here goes another column on health care reform. It is an important [...]

Former health insurance exec champions reform

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(SF GATE) - Wendell Potter choked up a few times recalling the events that turned him from the chief spokesman for health insurer Cigna Corp. into a whistle-blower, denouncing the very practices he used to defend.
Potter, speaking Tuesday at a San Francisco conference where he received an award from the Civil Justice Foundation, paused as [...]

America’s Legal Concerns and Experiences Bridge the Generations

By ⋅ July 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Like death and taxes, legal events can happen to anyone at any time, but most of us don’t have a plan to deal with legal matters that we encounter.
Des Moines, Iowa (PRWEB) –A national study entitled “Legal Needs of Today’s Multi-Generational Workforce” showed the vast majority of Americans were concerned about legal related-matters and most [...]

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