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President Barack Obama calls on Senate Republicans to halt a filibuster and allow a vote on new campaign finance disclosure requirements, Monday, July 26, 2010, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington.
(photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
Obama administration allows insurers to limit sign-up period for guaranteed coverage
Star Tribune
| WASHINGTON - The health insurance industry has won a concession from the Obama administration on insurance coverage for children. | The Health and Human Services Department said Wednesday that insurers can set limited sign-up periods for a new kind of guaranteed coverage that is available to child...
Presidential candidate and leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Atta Mills receives his ballot from a polling agent as he prepares to vote during presidential elections in Accra, Ghana, Sunday Dec. 28, 2008. Ghanaians returned to the polls Sunday for a presidential runoff vote with Nana Akufo-Addo of the ruling party facing opposition candidate John Atta Mills in an election expected to further solidify the country's status as one of Africa's few stable democracies.
(photo: AP)
NDC chairmen on war path
Joy Online
The ten regional chairmen of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) have accused Ministers, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCEs) of being behind the confusion in the party. | According to them, the rampant seizure of toilets, locking of National Health Insurance Scheme offices, amo...
Cashless mediclaim: Insurers to buy equipment, drugs directly
The Times Of India
MUMBAI: After curtailing the list of hospitals eligible for cashless mediclaim, public sector health insurance companies are going further by proposing to order and pay for medicines and medical equipment themselves. They claim the move would help re...
Candidates split on insurance program
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| The candidates for governor are divided on calls for a three-year extension of a program, chiefly funded by the state's Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurers, that provides subsidized health insurance for roughly 45,000 low-income Pennsylvanians. | At a ...
Insurers to buy equipment, drugs directly
The Times Of India
MUMBAI: After curtailing the list of hospitals eligible for cashless mediclaim, public sector health insurance companies are going further by proposing to order and pay for medicines and medical equipment themselves. They claim the move would help re...
Pa. man gets 3-year sentence in insurance scheme
The Examiner
Comments TRENTON, N.J. (Map, News) - A former New Jersey insurance agent has been sentenced to three years in state prison for his role in a scheme to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars in insurance premium payments. | Fifty-three-year-old Thomas...
Health insurer 2Q profits rise as flu threat fades
Kansas City Star
More News | Last fall's swine flu scare has helped health insurer profits in this year's second quarter by preventing expensive medical claims and creating healthy amounts of unspent reserves. | The scare fizzled for the most part, but it motivated p...
Health insurer 2Q profits rise as flu threat fades
The State
| INDIANAPOLIS - Last fall's swine flu scare has helped health insurer profits in this year's second quarter by preventing expensive medical claims and creating healthy amounts of unspent reserves. | The scare fizzled for the most part, but it motiva...
A jobless man walks with his belongings at a park in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Aug. 28, 2009.
AP / Itsuo Inouye
New jobless claims jump from two-year low
Herald Tribune
| WASHINGTON - New jobless claims jumped last week by the most since February, reversing the previous week's sharp decline. The rise is partly a result of seasonal factors but also...
Philhealth - Philippine Health Insurance Corporation - Health Insurance
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Health insurance companies nothing so well as increase the cost of health care
The Examiner
| Health insurance companies increase the costs of health care by at least 20% and inhibit access. original art: billy rainbow, 2010 July 21 If you like this ... "They" don't hate ...
Marijuana (sl1)
Public Domain
Oakland votes to permit large marijuana farms
Ohio
| SAN FRANCISCO: Oakland has moved closer to becoming the first city in the nation to authorize wholesale pot cultivation. | The Oakland City Council voted 5-2 with one abstention ...
New homeowners Lateshia, Sylvia, and Tyrell Walton stand in front of their new home built by Habitat for Humanity.
US Navy / U.S. Navy photograph by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Shamus O'Neill
Homeowners insurance jumps 9.7 percent in Ohio
Fresno Bee
| - Associated Press Writer Share | thefresnobee_994:/2010/07/19/2011425/homeowners-insurance-jumps-97.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | Simila...
Big health insurers top 2Q earnings forecasts
Newsday
| July 28, 2010  The Associated Press () | The three largest commercial health insurers all beat Wall Street expectations for second-quarter earnings. Other big insurers like Cigna Corp. and Humana Inc. have yet to report results. | Here are the...
Big health insurers top 2Q earnings forecasts
Breitbart
The three largest commercial health insurers all beat Wall Street expectations for second-quarter earnings. Other big insurers like Cigna Corp. and Humana Inc. have yet to report results. | Here are the net income and health insurance enrollment tota...
Big health insurers top 2Q earnings forecasts
Newsvine
| — The three largest commercial health insurers all beat Wall Street expectations for second-quarter earnings. Other big insurers like Cigna Corp. and Humana Inc. have yet to report results. | Here are the net income and health insurance enrol...
Big health insurers top Wall Street earnings forecasts so far for 2nd quarter
Star Tribune
| The three largest commercial health insurers all beat Wall Street expectations for second-quarter earnings. Other big insurers like Cigna Corp. and Humana Inc. have yet to report results. | Here are the net income and health insurance enrollment to...
Sports
Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar raises his bat and helmet to celebrate after scoring a century during the last day of the first test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka in Ahmadabad, India, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009.
(photo: AP / Aijaz Rahi)
Sachin Tendulkar slams double century
Deccan Chronicle
Sachin Tendulkar slams double century | Share ARTICLEURL | Colombo, July 29: Sachin Tendulkar hit an unbeaten 202 and Suresh Raina made 120 on his debut as India matched Sri Lanka's scoring spree in the second cricket Test on Thursday. | India, replying to Sri Lanka's mammoth 642-4 declared, carried their overnight total of 382-4 to 589-5 by tea on...
Business
Nissan Bluebird U13
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Nissan returns to profit on sales growth
Herald Tribune
| TOKYO - Nissan Motor Co. veered back into the black in its latest quarter as global auto sales rebounded, putting the company on track to meet its yearly profit target. | Yokohama-based Nissan, maker of the Leaf electric vehicle and the March compact, said Thursday its profit was 106.6 billion yen ($1.2 billion) for the April-June quarter, the fi...



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