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• Senate Approves Bill Requiring Retirees To Pay For Health Insurance

  2012-05-14 12:37:00

In a move that is expected to put an end to free health insurance benefits currently available to some state and university retirees, the Senate has approved a bill requiring retirees to pay for health insurance. The move it is said will help ensure that these retirees will continue to have access to quality health care while lowering the cost to taxpayers.

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• NJ Gov Vetoes Bill Creating Online Marketplace For Subsidized Health Insurance Under Obama Act

  2012-05-14 12:37:00

While the much awaited health insurance policy changes are being hotly debated and discussed, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey did not approve of the bill creating an online market place for subsidized health care under the Act. This move not only creates another obstacle in President Obama’s attempts to overhaul health care in the US but also throws up issues of burdening tax payers and the like.

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• Health insurers’ push to diversify raises ethical concerns

  2012-04-30 10:06:00

With more and more insurers jumping on to the conversion bandwagon in a bid to become more profitable, the trend is raising a number of concerns, some of which are on the ethical front. As insurers convert themselves into diversified health-services companies, the method they use is to buy traditional business adversaries, technology companies and research firms servicing medical-care providers. This has raised questions about independence and privacy of patient information among other issues...Read More..