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Insurance Industry

Guess Who Funded This Small Business Group's Anti-Obamacare Message

The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 05.15.2013 | Small Business

The insurance industry helped one of the nation's leading small business groups to push its anti-Obamacare message with a hefty financial donation, th...

Will the Gecko Slay All Insurance Agents?

Don McNay | Posted 04.07.2013 | Business
Don McNay

After 30 years of affiliation with the insurance industry, I have a deep appreciation for insurance agents. I wonder how many will be left five years from now?

Shedding a Tear for the Insurance Industry?

Brian Young | Posted 04.29.2013 | Business
Brian Young

ALEC and their allies in government and the media can cry their crocodile tears for the poor, downtrodden insurance companies, but I won't shed a tear for the multimillion dollar industry.

Insurers Could Drop Coastal Homes Altogether

By Patrick Clark In 1938, when storm-watchers gave hurricanes names fit for railroad lines, the Great New England formed off Africa’s western coa...

A Real Health Care Debate

Joseph Blady, M.D. | Posted 10.27.2012 | Politics
Joseph Blady, M.D.

Did you ever wonder why you have all those itemized costs on your doctor and hospital bills? It seems that you get charged for the doctor walking into the examining room, walking out, taking your blood pressure, hitting your knee with his little hammer, etc.

Hey! Don't Forget Insurance Before You Go To College

AP | DAVE CARPENTER | Posted 10.23.2012 | College

CHICAGO — It's inevitable that something will be forgotten in the excitement of sending a child off to college. Tuition bill paid?...

Fracking Insurance: Winners and Losers

Dave Colavito | Posted 09.19.2012 | New York
Dave Colavito

To stay in business, insurance companies' collective policy premiums must exceed the collective expense of liabilities. This means they won't protect people and the environment when there isn't money to be made, so we rely on government.

Max J. Rosenthal

Businesses Face A 'Devastating' New Threat

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 12.15.2011 | Business

WASHINGTON -- With the economy still weak, businesses may face a fresh blow from insurance companies next year, according to a new report published Th...

Would You Get the Same Care as Gabrielle Giffords?

Richard C. Senelick, M.D. | Posted 06.21.2011 | Home
Richard C. Senelick, M.D.

The rehabilitation of a person following a stroke or brain injury is an intensive process that can take years and involves numerous people, but the reality is that many people do not get the intensity of care they need.

Insurers Lobbying on the Fine Print May Erase Consumer Protections

Wendell Potter | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Wendell Potter

The lobbying to change the medical-loss ratio provision in the new health care law is just one example of how special interests are working to gut the reform law while preserving the portions they like.

Chris Dodd at the Movies

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Michael J.W. Stickings

I love film, including some of what comes out of the Hollywood cesspool, but I generally dislike Hollywood, whatever its political leanings. With Chris Dodd, it just got worse.

Sam Stein

Private Insurance Stays Silent, 'Neutral' On Health Care Repeal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- After Republican leadership failed to pass repeal legislation in the Senate on Wednesday night, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Commi...

Will FaceBook Founder Zuckerberg Reinvent the Insurance Industry Next?

Maria Umbach | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Maria Umbach

The insurance industry is facing challenges that make it ripe for a "Napster Moment," the moment when some other industry steps in and redefines the game. Zuckerberg is just the guy.

Climate Change Is Bad for Business

Jonathan Wootliff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Jonathan Wootliff

The diminished number of political figures is contrasted by the growing participation of the business community which is speaking in stronger terms than ever before about the need to find real solutions to human-induced climate change.

Consumers Should Be "Too Big to Fail"

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Dr. Jim Taylor

As distasteful as it was to see the financial, insurance, and automotive industries bailed out for their greedy and reckless behavior, it seems clear ...

Life Insurance Becoming 'Tax Shelter For The Rich'

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

In a development all but unnoticed outside the industry, life-insurance companies gradually have shifted away from their broad historical base of midd...

10 Major New Health Reform Benefits Take Effect Today

Rep. John B. Larson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Rep. John B. Larson

Major new health reform benefits take effect today to help keep health insurance companies accountable, lower health care costs, guarantee more health care choices, and enhance the quality of health care for all Americans.

Nebraska Voters Favor Public Option, Want Ben Nelson To Back It

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

EDITOR'S NOTE: The story below includes references to polling conducted by the firm Research 2000. The reliability and accuracy of Research 2000's po...

Ensuring That Our Economies Remain Terror-Proof

Erwann Michel-Kerjan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Erwann Michel-Kerjan

The heads of terrorism insurance programs decided to establish -- under the aegis of the OECD High Level Advisory Board -- a permanent international platform on the financial coverage of terrorism risk.

Medical Insurance Price Controls: Disaster on the Horizon

Marty Robins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Marty Robins

Experience tells us that a far better approach is to avoid interference with market forces and provide direct public assistance for those most in need. All states need to heed this lesson.

Insurance Companies Invest In Fast Food For Easy Profit Despite Public Health Concern

cnn.com | Sarah Klein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

According to Harvard Medical School researchers, 11 large companies that offer life, disability, or health insurance owned about $1.9 billion in stock...

Dan Froomkin

Insurance Industry Already Finding Ways To Game New System

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

The insurance industry's attempt to weasel out of one of the few provisions of the new health care reform law that took effect immediately is a harbin...

Anthem Blue Cross Reminds Us That You Can Never Have Enough Profits

Pedro Nava | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Pedro Nava

As a member of the Assembly Health Committee, I attended a recent informational hearing regarding Anthem Blue Cross's 39% recent rate hikes, which serve as a startling and dramatic reminder of the need for comprehensive health reform.

Insurance Industry's Final Ad Blitz: Don't Blame Us For Your High Costs

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

As President Obama makes his final push to get health care reform through Congress, he is "seizing on a report showing that market concentration for h...

'Wellpoint Would Be A Primary Beneficiary' If Health Care Reform Fails: Report

Ezra Klein | Ezra Klein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

"Of course, healthcare reform is a double-edged sword for Wellpoint shares. Should reform fail, Wellpoint would be a primary beneficiary." That comes...