Insurance
Detroit Free Press, November 9th, 2009Seniors looking to buy supplemental Medicare policies may have to do
more work to learn about them. They often aren't widely advertised by
leading insurers.
But several companies new to the business
hope
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The Wall Street Journal, October 14th, 2009As companies begin unveiling their workplace benefits for next year,
many employees are learning they will have to dig even deeper into
their pockets for health coverage.
Such price increases have become
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Market Watch, October 8th, 2009Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus promises
that the huge health-care reform bill his committee will vote on next
week will protect Medicare benefits for seniors. But not everyone
agrees, and a fight is brewing
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Forbes, August 26th, 2009Many variable annuity skeptics are taking a second look at these
complex insurance-investment hybrids that hold your money in a mutual
fund look-alike, have a life insurance death benefit and offer
income-for-life guarantees.
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The New York Times, July 14th, 2009House Democratic leaders took a big step toward guaranteeing health insurance for most Americans on Tuesday as they unveiled a bill that detailed how they would expand coverage, slow the growth of Medicare, raise taxes
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Dallas Star-Telegram, July 10th, 2009Nancy Morrow was angry that her parents paid tens of thousands of
dollars in long-term-care insurance premiums, but when her parents
needed care, CNA Insurance Companies refused to pay.The family hired a senior advocate
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Insurance News Net, June 30th, 2009Early this
year the woman overseeing the 401(k) plan for a rural Oregon company
gathered her 25 colleagues together to hold an election. At stake:
whether to continue paying AIG an annual 1.25% of assets to manage
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The National Center for Policy Analysis, May 27th, 2009Many people assume Medicare will cover most of their health care
costs when they retire, and that Medicaid, the health care program for
the poor, will cover them if they need nursing home care.
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The New York Times, May 11th, 2009One of the most contentious issues in the Congressional debate over
health care reform is over whether to create a new public plan to
compete with private insurers. Senator Charles Schumer of New York is
making strenuous
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The New York Times, May 11th, 2009Re “Schumer Points to a Middle Ground on Government-Run Health Insurance” (news article, May 5): Republican “moderates” who oppose the public option in President
Obama’s health care reform plan are concerned that insurance
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The New York Times - April 1, 2009
EARLY this year, Barbara Plumb, a freelance editor and writer in New York who is on Medicare, received a disturbing letter. Her gynecologist informed her that she was opting out of Medicare. When Ms. Plumb asked her
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Yahoo News - March 31, 2009
Drugstore operator Walgreens will offer free clinic visits to the unemployed and uninsured for the rest of the year, providing tests and routine treatment for minor ailments through its walk-in clinics — though patients will
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Bloomberg - December 4, 2008
Arthur Laupus joined AARP because he thought the nonprofit senior-citizen-advocacy group would make his retirement years easier. He signed up for an auto insurance policy endorsed by AARP, believing the advertising that said
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The New York Times - December 2, 2008
For these economically uncertain times, the UnitedHealth Group has a “first of its kind” product: the right to buy an individual health policy at some point in the future even if you become sick.
Called UnitedHealth
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The New York Times
Life insurance companies, hobbled by real estate investments and committed to paying some costly retirement contracts, face more cuts in their credit ratings before the year is up and have little choice but to seek capital in unforgiving
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