Insurer ties rate cut to low body-mass index
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Amid a growing obesity epidemic in the United States, an insurance company has started giving customers another reason to slim down by being one of the first in the nation to offer discounts to customers who keep a low body-mass index.
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Those patients also showed healthier cholesterol levels and glucose tolerance. Most of the fat loss was from the waistline. Metabolic Pharmaceuticals Ltd of Australia did the study.
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The cost of employer-provided health insurance rose 6.1 percent this year, the smallest jump since 1999 but still well above the increase in wages and consumer prices, according to an annual survey released yesterday by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Five-year, $1.8 billion cost-cutting contract approved Thursday also reduces retirement benefits, increases work hours and eliminates retiree medical coverage.
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The senatorâs plan aims to cover uninsured Americans and to reduce premium costs for everyone else.
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Cutting body fat means middle-aged people are less likely to develop a syndrome which increases heart disease and diabetes risk, researchers say.
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The increasing cost of health insurance is putting coverage out of reach for many small to midsize companies and their workers, even though the rise in premiums this year was the lowest increase in eight years.
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AUSTIN - Texas&#39; largest medical liability insurance provider said Monday it will cut its rates by 5 percent starting in January.
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The company said it had given up some health insurance customers to stay profitable and said that the total number of people it served declined by 80,000.
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The largest U.S. health insurer said higher premiums revenue helped offset a 10 percent rise in medical benefit costs.
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The health insurer beats some estimates and raises others.
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Prudential Equity Group maintained an &quot;overweight&quot; rating and a $26 target price for Check Point Software Technologies (nasdaq: CHKP - news - people ). &quot;The company suggested that although InterSpect might
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As a new enrollment period gears up, employers are bracing for how much it is going to cost to cover their workers&#39; health. Although insurance premiums are expected to rise at a slower rate than
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HealthSouth Corp. , the biggest operator of rehabilitation centers, posted a smaller quarterly loss on improved pricing in its inpatient hospitals.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- A doctor is leading a campaign aimed at requiring insurance companies to fund programs that would help people lose weight with exercise programs and diet counseling.
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In another sign insurers are betting that high-deductible insurance policies are the future of health care, UnitedHealth Group said Monday that it had agreed to purchase Definity Health for $300 million.
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The reduction in patients for Amylin's Byetta diabetes drug could be small.