Insurance Talks Drag On
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As doctors voiced anger at an Annapolis rally yesterday over escalating insurance costs, legislative leaders said they remain far from a consensus on how to address the problem before Maryland physicians&#39; bills come due next month.
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The good news: An NHL settlement is close, perhaps as close as two hours of serious discussion and compromise. The bad news: It might be a year, or longer, before the parties spend those two hours together.
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Officials have not reached agreement on either the breadth or the financing of a proposal to extend health coverage to all uninsured Californians.
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ELEANOR HALL: Talks aimed at finding a long term solution for James Hardie&#39;s asbestos victims are set to restart today. But there seems to be little hope that the sides will find agreement soon on meeting
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The companies said they could not agree on the savings the deal would bring or how to distribute the benefits.
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A major obstacle to the success of the new Medicare law has emerged in recent weeks: private insurers have told the Bush administration that they will not expand their role
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An N.H.L. lockout will not end soon unless the owners show some willingness to negotiate, agents said after a meeting with the players union.
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G.M. and the U.A.W. have shifted negotiations to other issues after being unable to agree on how much G.M. would invest in a health-care trust.
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The union representing AirTran Airways flight attendants said Thursday that talks with AirTran Holdings Inc. have stalled over work rules.
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Union and hotel officials met Tuesday for the first full day of negotiations in two weeks. But they said they did not come closer to a deal on a contract for 3,800 hotel workers at 14 hotels in the District who have been working without one since Sept. 15.
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The transatlantic dispute over state aid for rivals Airbus and Boeing, the worldâs two biggest aircraft makers, is set to drag on beyond Novemberâs US presidential elections after US and European Union negotiators yesterday failed to make headway.
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Business & money: Insurer Resolution is under pressure to seek talks on a Â£35bn bid from rival Pearl Group.
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Health insurers that offer HMO-type Medicare plans in Massachusetts say they&#39;re holding the line or even lowering rates on the plans in 2005.
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A lingering dispute over a contract imposed on air traffic controllers last year is delaying the introduction of legislation needed to modernize the nation's air traffic control system, according to congressional staff members and administration officials.
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Business & money: Insurers must improve quality of service or face regulation, mediator says.
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Regulatory hurdles still to be jumped
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Data and surveys indicate that businesses remain reluctant to hire full-time employees because of health insurance costs.