Archive for June, 2009

Senate OKs windstorm insurance plan – Houston Chronicle

Senate OKs windstorm insurance planHouston Chronicle, United StatesThe Senate voted unanimously to approve a House-Senate compromise for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, sending it on to Gov. Rick Perry. House members approved the plan Sunday. The restructuring relies in large part on 10-year bonding to …Senate adjourns without continuing transportation, insurance … Dallas Morning NewsWindstorm insurance [...]

Congress's Health-Care Push Gains Momentum From Exploding Costs – Bloomberg

Congress's Health-Care Push Gains Momentum From Exploding CostsBloombergThe plan would be the biggest expansion of the government's role in health care since the creation of the Medicare insurance program for the elderly almost 45 years ago. It may include a requirement for employers to provide coverage, a federal program …Do away with insurance companies and [...]

With weight-loss surgery, type of insurance counts – Reuters

National Post With weight-loss surgery, type of insurance countsReutersBy Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – People with private health insurance lose more weight after having weight-loss surgery than those covered by the Medicare health insurance program for the elderly and disabled, US researchers said Monday. …Does Health Insurance Affect Weight Loss? WTVWPrivate insurance associated with better [...]

Top business news (about 4 alerts per day)

Insurance specialists tend to be a gloomy lot. After all, their work demands they think of the worst-case scenario every time. But when these professional pessimists start talking about the hurricane season that kicks off Monday, even they get a …

ABOUT FIRST READ

If Republicans want to shill for insurance companies, then we should do it with 51 votes,” Dean said during a news conference at the first day of the liberal America’s Future Now! conference here. Dean, though, also praised what he called President …

Dean: Forget bipartisanship on health care

If Republicans want to shill for insurance companies, then we should do it with 51 votes,” Dean said during a news conference at the first day of the liberal America’s Future Now! conference here. Dean, though, also praised what he called President …