National reform will not upend the way North Carolinians obtain insurance or health care. Most people will still receive coverage through work or purchase a policy from a -private insurer on the individual market. Seniors will still get their guaranteed Medicare benefits.
This is important because right now our health care system has too many [...]

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio was ordered to pay $6 million to 45,000 policyholders in its individual health insurance plans for charging premiums that didn’t match up with the rates it filed with the state Department of Insurance. The department investigated “multiple consumer complaints earlier this year,” Mary Jo Hudson, director of [...]

COVINGTON — Health care expert painted a bleak picture of what the new health care reform law will mean for businesses at a seminar hosted by the Covington-Newton County Chamber of Commerce at Georgia Perimeter College on Tuesday. Ryan Mahoney, director of public policy for the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, said the cost of health [...]

The National Business Group on Health, a non-profit association of large employers, on June 14 honored American Express for its promise and devotion to promoting a healthy workplace and encouraging their personnel and families to hold up and continue healthy lifestyles.
American Express was among 66 employers that established the 2010 Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles [...]

SACRAMENTO — Buying health insurance is no one’s idea of fun. But for many folks who have lost a job, just graduated from college or maxed out their COBRA, it’s a necessity. One of those is 60-year-old Nancy Thompson of Camino, who lost her shipping office job at Sierra Pacific’s mill last year. This month, [...]

Health-pay argument with a North Carolina health insurance worker has spilled into the courts in spite of lively talks between the Hartford health insurer and Novant Health in the direction of a declaration, authorities said Wednesday.
Novant Health, parent of the Presbyterian system of hospitals and medical clinics portion about 5 million people in the Carolinas [...]

With the worldwide attention focused on the recently-enacted U.S. health care legislation, do wellness providers anticipate a thorn in the until-now apathetic interest?
“We have had more meetings, more planning and more requests in the last four to five weeks than we have had in the last four to five months,” said Brad Cooper, CEO of [...]

By BOB LATTA -  OVER the past year, Congress has conducted an extensive debate on health care. No one will argue that we do not need real reform, and I was proud to support meaningful alternatives that unfortunately never received hearings or discussion in the House.
I believe the legislative process used to pass the health-care [...]

President Barack Obama jets off Friday for a weekend getaway to a funky corner of Appalachia in North Carolina, a state that boosted his presidential chances and now offers him a more tepid political embrace.
Obama will ponder his Supreme Court candidates, tee it up on the golf course and add a fresh presidential element to [...]

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