Lehigh, PA June 29, 2012. Lehigh Valley Magazine readers were informed of the contest at the beginning of the year and were encouraged to vote on their favorite local companies and establishments in a wide range of categories including“ Best Pet Groomer” and“ Best Health Insurance Provider”. “RCN has worked hard over the past 20 months to redefine how we do business…
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The New Jersey Assembly’s Democrats issued the following news release:. Assemblyman Troy Singleton- one of the prime sponsors of the health insurance exchange component of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act- praised the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision today to uphold the landmark legislation:. “The Supreme Court’s decision today will, once…
The New York State Department of Financial Services issued the following news release:. The training will be offered from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 17 at the offices of the Nassau County Office of Emergency Management, 510 Grumman Rd. West, in Bethpage, NY 11714.. “This training is important because it covers the distinct characteristics of NFIP…
Representative James Lankford expressed disappointment today in the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but emphasized that the fight to challenge the law is far from over. In a 5-4 decision the Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate to purchase health insurance as a tax under Congress’ power to tax and…
The American College, the nation’s leading financial services educator, today named Michael C. Davidson, CLU (R), as its new Adjunct Professor of Agency Excellence. Davidson is a highly regarded and seasoned industry leader, having retired as Vice Chairman of the State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and Chief Agency and Marketing Officer at State…
June 29– A sex offender facing a potential life sentence for allegedly molesting a girl at the NorthTown Mall is out of jail. Richard Michael Payne, 55, posted a $250,000 bond through a bail bonds company and was released from Spokane County Jail about 10 p.m. Wednesday. He’s also wearing an ankle monitor that tracks his movements, said Payne’s lawyer, David…
June 29– MODESTO– In Stanislaus County, with its 90,000 residents who are uninsured, Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling on health reform got a strong reaction from patients, business owners and the people who provide medical care. “I want everyone to have insurance,” said Laura Hinton, a Modesto restaurant worker who was without insurance for a year after her husband…
June 29– ST. LOUIS– The green light for the Affordable Care Act will accelerate changes to the local health care system that have already begun ahead of a coming wave of newly insured patients and incentives to keep them healthy. The law, largely affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, means millions of Americans who don’t have insurance will become covered…
June 29– California could see more than 5 million residents obtain health insurance coverage by 2019, substantially reducing the number of the state’s uninsured, state officials and health care advocates said following the Supreme Court’s health care ruling Thursday. “California has been a leader in health care reform for a very long time,” California Health…
June 29– York resident Joel Duttera summed up his opinion of the Supreme Court’s health care ruling pretty succinctly. “If America can’t run Medicare and Social Security, why would they want to be in the insurance business? He was hardly the only Yorker discouraged by the Supreme Court ruling.
June 29– In a precedent-setting decision almost certain to reverberate through Election Day and beyond, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision Thursday, upheld President Obama’ s health-care overhaul, including a requirement that all nonexempt Americans buy health insurance. It also upheld a provision greatly expanding Medicaid, the health program for the…
The American Nurses Association issued the following news release:. The American Nurses Association lauds the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision today to uphold the Affordable Care Act, including the “minimum coverage provision,” hailing it as a victory for all patients and their families. “This decision means that millions of people will have access to the basic…
Sacramento, CA June 29, 2012. Since January of 2009, Medicare surety bonds, or DMEPOS surety bonds, are mandatory for manufacturers and suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies that bill or receive funds from the Medicare and Medicaid systems. This bond is commonly reffered to as a Medicare surety bond or a DEMPOS surety bond…
June 29– The Salem City Council elected this week to abandon the Virginia Retirement System as its provider for Line of Duty Act insurance coverage and to explore other options and attempt to save money. The move by Salem officials came just days before a July 1 deadline that will force localities across the state to decide whether to continue with the…
Guidewire PolicyCenter ® and Guidewire ClaimCenter ® to help the largest general insurer in the UK increase its business agility and speed to market while enhancing customer and agent experience. LONDON& SAN MATEO, Calif.—- Guidewire Software, Inc., a provider of flexible core system software to general insurers, today announced that Aviva, the largest…
AMA: Supreme Court Decision Protects Much-Needed Health Insurance Coverage for Millions of Americans
The American Medical Association issued the following statement:. The American Medical Association has long supported health insurance coverage for all, and we are pleased that this decision means millions of Americans can look forward to the coverage they need to get healthy and stay healthy. It protects those in the Medicare’ donut hole,’ including the 5.1…
June 29– While not taking sides on the Affordable Care Act itself, a high ranking official at Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania said the insurer was “relieved” the Supreme Court’s ruling left the health care reform law intact rather than stripping provisions from it. “If you have a lot of people in the pool,” said Duane Davis, the chief executive officer of The…
But the ruling left plenty of questions unanswered, including whether Texas will participate in a program to expand Medicaid coverage– if it doesn’t, as many as 1.5 million low-income people will remain uncovered– and whether, and how quickly, it will set up the health insurance exchange intended to make it easier to shop for insurance. Texas did little to prepare…
The healthcare law also dramatically expands Medicaid, the federal-state health program for the poor that already makes up close to a quarter of Texas’ budget. But Texas officials have a history of rejecting federal dollars for programs they disagree with, and the Medicaid expansion will likely be no exception. Republican consultants say they think Texas…
