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<title>Health-plan landscape shifting</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186816708</link>
<pubDate>6 Sep 2008 15:10 GMT</pubDate>
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...  percentage of employers who participate in consumer-driven health plans nearly doubled this year as more  ...  percent of employees enrolled, the survey showed. HMOs make up 21.3 percent of plans offered,  ...
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<title>Boeing Machinists start strike</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186815516</link>
<pubDate>6 Sep 2008 14:37 GMT</pubDate>
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...  retention process. In addition, the offer increased health insurance costs under a traditional plan. The  ...  traditional plan. The company also offered an HMO plan without premiums. Boeing&apos;s offer included an  ...
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<title>Metropolitan bringing Medicare option to First Coast</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186813522</link>
<pubDate>6 Sep 2008 14:30 GMT</pubDate>
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... It will provide expanded health care networks for Humana members. Medicare recipients  ...  announced Thursday will provide Humana Medicare Advantage HMO members in the Jacksonville and Orlando metro  ...  an e-mail interview. Congress began allowing private HMOs to provide Medicare benefits in 1997 with  ...
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<title>Insurance commissioner issues Ike emergency orders</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186787270</link>
<pubDate>6 Sep 2008 04:49 GMT</pubDate>
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...  today issued two emergency orders to all health insurers and health maintenance organizations. To assist consumers who may need to  ...  the first order instructs health insurers and HMOs to waive time restrictions on prescription medication  ...
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<title>Machinists going on strike at Boeing</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186784079</link>
<pubDate>6 Sep 2008 04:38 GMT</pubDate>
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...  retention process. In addition, the offer increased health insurance costs under a traditional plan. The  ...  traditional plan. The company also offered a HMO without premiums. Boeing&apos;s offer included an 11  ...
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<title>A.M. Best takes rating actions on AMERIGROUP units</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186734394</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 21:05 GMT</pubDate>
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... A.M. Best on Sept. 4 took rating actions on health maintenance organization units of The rating agency said the public data rating assignments are based on  ...
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<title>McCain&apos;s Feel Good Speech</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186731563</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 20:54 GMT</pubDate>
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...  still does not want federal involvement in health care. While he may say that a  ...  health decisions is scary, I think an HMO that has to turn a profit making  ...
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<title>Meritz Fire &amp; Marine Insurance Leads Thursday&apos;s AMBG as Global Insurance Index Declines 2.96%</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186724018</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 20:33 GMT</pubDate>
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... U.S. Life and Health/HMO Insurance Index (AMBULH) -3.74% U.S. Health and HMO Insurance Index (AMBUH) -4.40% The U.S.  ...
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<title>A conversation with CDPHP&apos;s new leader</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186713500</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 19:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  as the head of Capital District Physicians Health Plan on July 1. The 54-year-old former  ...  programs. We have commercial business. We have HMO business. We have Medicare business. We have  ...
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<title>State workers to pay more for health insurance</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186712979</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 19:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Briefs: State workers to pay more for health insurance Most state employees covered by the  ...  covered by the program. Besides employees with health maintenance organization plans, rate increases were held to 2  ...
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<title>Milwaukee health plan starts paying doctors a bonus</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186696961</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 17:58 GMT</pubDate>
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... A Milwaukee health insurance company has started paying bonuses to  ...  to low-income state residents, is the first health maintenance organization (HMO) in Milwaukee to start paying physicians  ...  in the HMO. Representatives of the Milwaukee-based HMO hope that by &amp;ldquo;paying for performance,&amp;rdquo; the  ...
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