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GOP Renews Effort to Undercut Health Reform Law
(Via Bloomberg) Two Republican senators began a fresh effort to dismantle health care system reform, attempting to succeed where other lawmakers and a Supreme Court challenge failed. The legislation would repeal a mandate that most Americans carry medical insurance...
BCBS Members Now Receive Waived Enrollment Fee at LifeTime Fitness
Through Blue365deals.com, BCBS members can sign up for Life Time Fitness online with no enrollment fee. From there, you can hit up state-of-the-art exercise equipment, take free workout classes or get advice from top-quality personal trainers. The Details For new...
How The New Health Insurance Laws Will Affect You
The Healthcare Reform Act was passed with quite a bit of controversy surrounding it. Polls consistently showed that the majority of Americans were not satisfied with the bill as it was currently written, and several Democrats voted against it along with all...
Blue Cross Blue Sheild of Illinois’ parent company’s net income jumps in third quarter
Crains Reports: Net income for the parent company of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois surged in the third quarter, a pace that will likely push the Chicago-based company past $1 billion in annual profits for the third straight year. Health Care Service Corp.'s net...
Illinois moves ahead on health insurance exchange
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois officials are reviewing five bids to build the state's health insurance exchange — a required component of the federal health care overhaul that Gov. Pat Quinn intends to implement regardless of who wins the presidency on Election Day. By 2014,...
BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois Eliminating the 12 Month Waiting Period for Individual Plan Upgrades and Lower Rates
BCBSIL members will no longer be required to wait one year before applying for upgrades or to secure new business rates. This will apply to applications received on November 1, 2012 or later as well as effective dates beginning November 1, 2012 or later. A policy no...
Sherman Health Systems to join Advocate Health Care
Sherman Health Systems has signed a letter of intent to join Advocate Health Care, a move that will likely intensify competition for patients in the northwest suburbs. Elgin-based Sherman's board voted Monday to sign a letter of intent to pursue a deal with Advocate,...
Illinois Health Care Costs to Increase 6 percent in 2013
(Crain's) — Premiums for health insurance plans will climb 6.3 percent in 2013, but employee costs will shoot up even higher as companies look to shift more of the rising expenses to their workers, according to a new forecast by human resources consultancy Aon Hewitt....
Aetna to buy Coventry Healthcare
Health-care giant Aetna Inc. has struck a deal to buy Coventry Health Care Inc. for $5.7 billion in cash and stock, a move that will make Aetna one of the largest providers of government-financed health care. Aetna, based in Hartford, Conn., is paying $42.08 a share...
Obama Pushes For State Help On Health Exchanges
(Reuters) - The Obama administration this week will try to encourage reluctant U.S. states to move forward with health insurance exchanges amid fears that time is running out for states to act on a reform provision meant to extend coverage to millions of...