Some say Blue Cross plans to hurt health revamp
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Small employers that are only willing to pay one-third of their workers' healthcare insurance premiums can now offer policies through Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Previously, the state's largest health insurer only offered coverage to companies that contributed at least one-half of premium costs.
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Members of Congress expressed concern about new data indicating that Medicare pays private health plans more than it would cost to care for the same patients in the traditional program.
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Consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs) are coming, as businesses shift costs to employees.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan plans to roll out three HSA plans on Jan. 1. &quot;We need to find out what the market is going to tell us about these products,&quot; said Jeff Rubleski, sales team manager for Blue Cross Blue Shield. &quot;The ...
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Care offered to people with long-term conditions such as asthma and diabetes to be overhauled.
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Retail clinics grow, and some physicians aren't happy.
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WASHINGTON -- The nation&#39;s largest health management organization is considering changing how it prescribes Vioxx after a government study showed that high doses of the arthritis drug tripled patients&#39; risk of heart attacks and sudden cardiac death.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts' lucrative business of selling health insurance to municipalities and unions is under attack since a law was enacted in June allowing cities and towns to join the health insurance plan for state employees.
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In Tennessee, nearly a half-million people are warned they could lose their government-supported health care. In Maine, the move is in the opposite direction &#151; the state is expanding its role and, with reliance on the private sector, aiming to provide affordable health insurance for all 138,000 residents now without it.
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With soaring insurance costs squeezing workers and employers, votersâ choices this November may well be swayed by an issue that has great personal significance to Americans and their pocketbooks: health care.
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Older Americans are confused and unhappy about upcoming changes in the federal Medicare health program, according to a nonpartisan survey released on Tuesday that indicates the issue could help Democrats win the November vote.
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Most U.S. employers are planning to  further scale back health benefits offered to retirees, as  companies struggle with the upward march in the cost of medical  care and weigh increased contributions from government&#039;s  Medicare program, a survey found.
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Retirees with company-sponsored medical benefits face higher costs, more restrictions and different plan options as their former employers move to curb their spending on such perks, a new study said.
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Cardinal Health's deal with Lilly suggests the new fee-for-service model is gaining traction.
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One of New England's top business leaders says companies should contribute more to employees' health insurance than is required by the state's healthcare revamp law.
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Union leaders may be thinking about the health system in ways more sophisticated and businesslike than many chief executives.
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Patient choice over where to get surgery could lead to a widening of health inequalities, experts say.