RI health insurers seek double-digit premium hikes
Fri, 24 May 2013 10:54:58 -0700
Health insurers in Rhode Island are seeking double-digit increases in the premiums that individuals and small businesses will pay for coverage next year — the largest increases in years — as the federal ...

Missing Inaction: The National Health Care Workforce Commission - Health Stew - Boston.com
Sat, 25 May 2013 21:19:25 -0700
Way before the fight over creating the Affordable Care Act, broad agreement existed on one vital national health reform issue: the nation's health care workforce shortages. Even without the ACA, America faced serious problems with deficits of physicians, dentists, pharmacists, mental health professionals, and many more. With passage of the ACA, these issues assumed more urgency because of the ...

Health Net Takes Risk With California Rates, Analyst Says
Fri, 24 May 2013 07:09:26 -0700
Health insurer Health Net Inc. (HNT) ’s low California premiums run the risk of attracting a sicker clientele that may backfire by driving up its medical costs.

Five Quick and Important Facts On Health Insurance Through Obamacare
Sat, 25 May 2013 14:44:16 -0700
The year is flying by and beginning in 2014, you?ll be required to have health insurance coverage. There is still significant confusion on how insurance will be bought and sold, and how much it will cost. In this post, I discuss five quick facts you need to know to prepare for the health insurance change. #1 - Where will you get health insurance? Insurance will be purchased exactly the same ...

Some unions now angry about health care overhaul
Fri, 24 May 2013 06:14:58 -0700
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama pushed his health care overhaul plan through Congress, he counted labor unions among his strongest supporters.

New California health insurance rates unveiled
Fri, 24 May 2013 09:19:41 -0700
Health insurance premiums for Covered California, the state-run marketplace, are lower than expected. Amid anxiety over rising costs from the federal healthcare law, California received better-than-expected insurance rates for a new state-run marketplace, but many consumers still won't be spared from sharply higher premiums.

MENA women's health care gets first look at conference
Fri, 24 May 2013 15:17:04 -0700
By Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian {WOMENSENEWS}-- Global efforts to improve maternal health are ready for fine tuning when it comes to the Middle East and North Africa. This will be the aim of researchers gathering ahead of this month's global conference on women's health in Kuala Lumpur.

Health care reform's unexpected victims
Fri, 24 May 2013 03:53:49 -0700
A new study suggests that American insurers may start prohibiting premium payments via debit or credit card, a move that will put Americans without bank accounts in a major bind.

Health officials investigating complications with compounded drugs from Tennessee pharmacy
Fri, 24 May 2013 16:25:20 -0700
WASHINGTON - Health officials are investigating cases involving patients who suffered complications after being injected with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.

Health Net Announces Appearance at Sanford C. Bernstein’s 29th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference
Wed, 22 May 2013 13:15:00 -0700
Health Net, Inc. today announced that members of its management team are scheduled to present at Sanford C. Bernstein’s 29th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference on May 29, 2013, at approximately 3:00 p.m.