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Exclusive: WellPoint Routinely Targets Breast Cancer Patients

The women all paid their premiums on time. Before they fell ill, none had any problems with their insurance. Initially, they believed their policies had been canceled...

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Center Bank Assumes All Deposits of Oakland California-Based Innovative Bank from FDIC

Center Financial Corporation today announced that its wholly owned bank subsidiary, Center Bank, acquired the banking operations of Oakland, California-based Innovative...

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IRS Commissioner Can’t Say How Many New Agents IRS Will Need to Enforce Obamacare

(CNSNews.com) – Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman said at the National Press Club on Monday that the IRS cannot say how many new agents...

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Rate hikes likely with health care reform (ACT SURPRISED! Call for a congressional hearing /sarc)

Rate hikes likely with health care reform (ACT SURPRISED! Call for a congressional hearing /sarc)

A few years ago when Raul Holgun was diagnosed with diabetes, his insurance doubled from $1,500 to $3,000 monthly. Holgun, who owned a business in Highland at that...

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MSNBC: True or false? Top 7 health care fears

Kaiser Health News checked out some of the most common claims: 1. Comparative effectiveness research will lead to the rationing of care for the elderly. Verdict?...

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AEGON Completes Sale of Dutch Funeral Insurance Business

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, April 2, 2010 /PRNewswire/ AEGON has completed the sale of its funeral insurance business in the Netherlands to Dutch investment firm...

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Democrats threaten companies hit hard by health care bill

Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, has summoned some of the nation's top executives to Capitol Hill to defend their...

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ObamaCare Favors Americans Without Employer Coverage

Come 2014, we might begin to see help-wanted ads that emphasize the lack of employer-provided insurance, especially for modest wage-earners. It's known that...

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(Wisconsin AG)Van Hollen says Health Care law Unconstitutional; Dems fire back

Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Thursday morning announced that his office is seeking the required authorization to bring an action to contest certain...

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Ambac Unit Faces Downgrades – Analyst Blog

Yesterday, the rating agency Standard & Poor’s slashed the rating of Ambac Assurance (“AAC”), a unit of Ambac Financial Group ( ABK ), to...

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Obama’s Healthcare Reform Bill Means More Business for Healthcare Outsourcing

With the passage of the historic, although much maligned, Obama healthcare reform bill in the US, a new opportunity has opened up for outsourcing companies as hospitals...

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MIKE PENCE: This Law Will Not Stand

In the dead of night on Sunday, Democrats rammed their health-care overhaul through Congress. Some say we made history. I say we broke with history, turning our...

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