Insurance may be next battle
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Right now, thousands of dislocated Southern California homeowners are fretting about the fate of their residences, but the biggest headaches could come months after the wildfires ravaging the area are extinguished.
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Customers in search of cheap airfare, antiques or a stock trade can scan the Web for good deals. But when it comes time for companies to buy group insurance policies, they've largely been beholden to brokers using fax, e-mail and the telephone to track down the best bargain. Some industry analysts say an ongoing insurance bid-rigging scandal &#151; combined with rising health care costs &#151; will build demand for online bidding on insurance policies.
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Depending on whose interpretation of a new study one wants to believe, Medicare may â or may not â have saved money since the introduction of the stents in 2003.
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The idea of making coverage compulsory to help reduce the number of uninsured Americans is gaining momentum, but questions remain.
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Consumers face what many health care experts describe as two distinct tracks of care for those lucky enough to have insurance through their employer.
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WASHINGTON Aug. 19, 2004 - Insurers and drug makers are battling over how the government should set rules for insurers to use in deciding which medicines to cover in the Medicare prescription drug program.
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Florida insurers, after weathering two hurricanes in the last month, are scrambling to compile damage assessments while bracing for another potential storm this weekend that could further erode profits.
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Facing growing consumer concern over soaring costs, America's health insurers are more eager to participate in reform now than in the 1990s, but they will still fight any attempt to reduce their profits, policy experts say.
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The insurance industry planned to propose a series of steps the companies say would let more individuals obtain coverage.
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You wouldn't ask your banker to  choose stocks for you, or your dentist to check out your bum  knee, even though their fields are related. So don't expect  your life insurance agent to answer all of your questions about  long-term care insurance.
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Let the patient beware. Going outside your insurerâs network of preferred doctors or hospitals could be more hazardous to your financial health than you suspected.
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Strong evidence that health insurance costs are slowing the national jobs recovery offers yet another reason to re-examine the policy of tethering health care coverage to employment.
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TALLAHASSEE -- Doctors and lawyers have been warring for years over why medical malpractice insurance rates are so high and what to do about it.
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Fools looking for brokers should do a little research on insurance first.
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The growing confrontation promises to be an epic business battle.
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Nearly 2 million low-income Medicare participants could be switched to different insurance plans for their prescription drug coverage next year
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One or two insurance companies might not have the financial wherewithal to survive this year&#39;s hurricane season in Florida, said several top industry officials and state regulators.