Michigan’s Grand Valley Health Plan ranks 4th for policies (Detroit Free Press)
Michigan’s Grand Valley Health Plan ranked fourth highest in the country for its commercial and Medicare insurance plans in new national rankings released today by the National Committee for Health Quality and U.S. News Media Group.
ProMutual Group Completes Annual Donation Series (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
BOSTON, MA–(Marketwire – 11/23/09) – ProMutual Group, a leading provider of medical liability insurance, announced today it has recently completed its annual philanthropy series with a total donation of more than $300,000 to physician health programs in several states where it currently operates. The company selected the programs based on how closely they align with the company’s goals to …
Richard Walden: Health Insurance For Dummies! (The Huffington Post)
If the current legislation fails to curb costs or vastly increase access to care, it should be scrapped and a full on national, or even state by state, health care plan substituted in its place.
State Health Officials Expands H1N1 Vaccination Target Group (WISC-TV Madison)
Wisconsin health officials have expanded the group that can receive vaccination for the H1N1 flu virus to include all school-aged children and young adults up to age 24.
ACE Names Howard S. Schrader Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Its International Insurance Business (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK—-The ACE Group today announced the promotion of Howard S. Schrader to Executive Vice President and General Counsel of ACE’s Overseas General operations, responsible for the delivery of all legal services to ACE’s property and casualty and accident and health insurance units outside of North America.
Provider Insurance Group, Inc. Continues To Support Beth Israel Deaconess – Needham (Providence Business News)
NEEDHAM, November 2009 – Provider Insurance Group, Inc. demonstrated its ongoing commitment to the well-being of the community at large by having strong representation at the Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital 11th Annual Gala.
State lawmakers want parity in insurance coverage for mental health (Wisconsin State Journal)
Leslie Osman (pictured here with her mother, Joanne Grassman) as a teenager nearly died of anorexia, a disease most health insurance policies traditionally have not covered. A proposed law would require coverage for that and other mental illnesses.
Student health insurance now protected by Senate health-care bill (The Daily)
A draft of the U.S. Senate health-care reform bill, also known as S. 1796, was missing a provision up until last week that addressed university-provided student health insurance, which would inhibit the ability of higher-education institutions nationwide to offer student health plans.
Franklin County has a high rate of people without health insurance (Chambersburg Public Opinion)
Franklin County has one of the highest percentages in the state of people without health insurance, according to a 2008 survey — with most of the uninsured leaving private insurance behind due to loss of a job or because they can’t afford it.
New health-reform bill violates Americans’ health-insurance choices and privacy, says IHF (News-Medical-Net)
The Senate’s newly released health-reform bill (“Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”) infringes on Americans’ health-insurance choices and medical privacy, says Sue Blevins, president of the Institute for Health Freedom (IHF) — a patients’ rights group in Washington, D.C.