Companies Focus On Wellness Programs To Help Bottom Lines
Corporations view employee obesity and smoking as two things driving up their health care costs. Therefore, many businesses are taking steps toward wellness programs and incentives.Insurers Look For Opportunities For Expansion
Big players such as Aetna and Cigna are snapping up smaller companies in an effort to keep earnings figures up.Health Insurers Defend Rate Increases
In Maine and New Hampshire, insurance companies are challenging state regulation of rates.Viewpoints: Judd Gregg On Revamping Entitlements And Taxes; John Breaux On Slashing Medicare Fraud; Medicaid Limits On Hospital Stays
A selection of editorials and opinions on health policy from around the country.Recent Post
- CBO: Cadillac Tax’s Bark May Be Worse Than Its Bite
- CMS Examines Interaction Between Medicaid And Health Insurance Exchanges
- Research Roundup: Surgical Residents Not Happy With New Schedules
- First Edition: May 17, 2013
- Retiree Medical Expenses Fall, But They Still Exceed Most People’s Expectations
- State Roundup: N.D. Abortion Clinic Sues To Stop New Law
- Viewpoints: When A Doctor Should Keep Quiet; 2 Views Of Hospital Pricing; Stem Cell ‘Snake Oil’
- First Edition: May 16, 2013
- Calif. Health Exchange Awards $37 Million For Health Law Education Efforts
- State Roundup: Veto Of Medical Charity Tax Break Scrutinized In Ga.
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