Posted by Syaiful | 6:49 PM

FoIB (and Director of Health Policy for the Cato Institute) Michael Cannon has 2 words of advice for the 58 state departments of insurance:...

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Posted by Syaiful | 6:49 PM

The title of the article says it all: “ The Battle over Billing Codes .” On Marketplace Tuesday (April 10, 2012), Gregory Warner did a re...

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Posted by Syaiful | 6:49 PM

Turns out, a drink or two really does lubricate the brain-pan: " Scientists found that men who either drank two pints of beer or two...

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Posted by Syaiful | 6:49 PM

Assuming Obamneycrap survives, in 2014 consumers will be expected (told) to buy health insurance through an exchange. Agents have already ta...

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Posted by Syaiful | 6:49 PM

Received today via email . . . Dear PCIP Broker, You are receiving this notice because you are currently or have previously been registe...

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Posted by Syaiful | 12:23 PM

This is heartening: " [T]he new treatment, which involves heating only the tumours with a highly focused ultrasound, will mean men ca...

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Posted by Syaiful | 10:22 AM

Maybe. Alert reader Paul D tips us to this little gem: " The Missouri House thinks the dreaded federal health care reform law is a cr...

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Posted by Syaiful | 9:29 AM

It's been a while since we reported on efforts by some of the 58 states to force life insurers to keep better track of their customers ...

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Posted by Syaiful | 9:23 AM

From the "Finding New Health Care Markets" Department: " Dalia ... was one of the first patients on the rollout day of a mo...

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Posted by Syaiful | 5:30 AM

From email: " It was announced on April 2, 2012, that the FTC commissioners, in a 3-to-1 vote, allowed the merger of Express Scripts,...

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Posted by Syaiful | 3:47 PM

Can't afford your health insurance premiums? One Florida motel owner has a better idea.   The owner of the Fawlty Towers motel in Co...

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Posted by Syaiful | 11:37 AM

Maternity insurance at Costco? You can buy a 5 pound bag of potato chips, 30 rolls of toilet paper and now in some states you can also buy ...

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Posted by Syaiful | 10:30 AM

Every couple of years, we're required to do a remedial "Anti-Money Laundering"  (AML) course. Basically, it's to remind us...

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Posted by Syaiful | 7:24 AM

The folks behind ObamneyCare© can't make their case legitimately, so they continue to offer up frauds as exemplars. Latest case in poi...

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Posted by Syaiful | 5:56 AM

Jennifer Salopek, blogging at Wing of Zock (which, BTW, would make a great name for a rock band), makes a terrific HWR hosting debut . It...

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Posted by Syaiful | 6:17 PM

The FDA is considering allowing us to purchase some commonly used medications without a prescription from a doctor. Medications used for h...

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Posted by Syaiful | 12:46 PM

As the economy continues to founder, more and more folks find themselves "underemployed." That is, able to find a job or two, but ...

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Posted by Syaiful | 9:32 AM

Shingles is a painful. blistering skin rash caused by the varicella-zoster virus. The same virus that causes chicken pox is also responsib...

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Posted by Syaiful | 8:52 AM

Following on the (w)heels of Monday's post about mobile hangover care , we have this breast cancer-related item: " An industry kn...

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Posted by Syaiful | 5:30 AM

Got an interesting offer in email the other day: " J.D. Power and Associates will release the results of the 2012 Insurance Shopping ...

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Posted by Syaiful | 11:30 AM

If you're one of the many thousands of homeowners looking at Spring as remodeling season, the Insurance Information Institute urges you ...

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Posted by Syaiful | 10:30 AM

We've reported on the health benefits of red wine before, specifically the role of resveratrol . But here's a more detailed look a...

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Posted by Syaiful | 6:01 AM

Obama is thinking way too small.  He needs to venture outside the box.  There is a way to provide universal medical insurance for all...

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Posted by Syaiful | 5:48 AM

FMF hosts this week's roundup of the best risk-related posts you'll find anywhere. Do check it out. And a big CavRisk Thank You ...

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Posted by Syaiful | 5:30 AM

No, that's not a typo: we've written quite extensively on Long Term Care insurance (LTCi), but this is new to us. The major chall...

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Posted by Syaiful | 1:36 PM

Man walks in to a doctor's office. Holds out his arm and wiggles it around. "Doc, it hurts when I do this". Doc, "Well ...

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Posted by Syaiful | 1:21 PM

Bob, I think cross-state buying is an idea whose time has come. You make good points in your post today on this subject. Yes, the u...

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Posted by Syaiful | 11:17 AM

Health insurance will be cheaper once Obamacare is in place. Really? Not happening yet, and guess what. It will never happen. Politicians ...

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