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Thursday, July 31, 2008

Continuing Education: An Ethical Conundrum

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In addition to selling and writing about insurance, I'm also a licensed Continuing Education instructor for Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana....
Wednesday, July 30, 2008

The Grift of the Magi?

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The (unfortunate) headline reads like a convoluted novel: Feds go after Christ, 3 others, charging kickback scheme The good news, such as it...

UHC and OhioHealth: Update

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About a month ago , we learned that United HealthCare had pulled a little faux pas (literally, fox's paw ) by (erroneously) notifying s...

Car 54, Where Are You (and how's your insurance)?

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A few months ago , we reported on efforts by some insurers to link data from folks' GPS systems to their insurance rates. The idea is th...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008

The MVNHS© Strikes Again!

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War hero, and NHS victim, Jack Tagg wanted nothing more than the sight restored to his right eye. Mr Tagg, a sprightly 89, was in danger of ...

Cavalcade of Risk #57: Up and Running!

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Richard Eskow got a head start on this week's Cav , and it's a good thing he did: it's chock full of interesting and spot-on po...

Gamer Awards: Ennie Voting: UPDATE

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UPDATE : Tom just sent me this: Looks like they had a voting snafu yesterday. If you voted for Fat Dragon Games in the ENnie Awards before 7...

Grand Rounds (and it really is!)

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Edwin Leap jumps into this week's 'Rounds , offering an amazing variety of interesting posts. It's built around the question of...

Oh, Oh, Oregon!

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[Welcome Industry Radar readers!] About a month ago, we reported that Oregon's state-run "health" plan made Barbara Wagner ...
Monday, July 28, 2008

Amigo? No Gracias!

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And yes, that is how one says " no, thanks " in Spanish. And what's the reason behind our bilingual foray? I'll answer th...

ER Tragedy: Update

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Earlier this month, we saw horrific video of a woman literally dying on the floor of a Brooklyn hospital, as uncaring hospital staff stood ...

The Carnival of Personal Finance is up

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Hosted this week at You Need A Budget , this week's compilation of finance-related posts is punctuated by some interestong and pithy qu...
Sunday, July 27, 2008

Rethinking Genetic Testing

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Over the years, I've come down pretty hard on the use of genetic testing , especially as it regards insurance underwriting. Until now, I...
Friday, July 25, 2008

HIPAA, HIPAA, Hooray!

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Two years ago, I wrote that I was " puzzled, bordering on angry, that, (i)n the three years since Americans gained federal protection f...

Massachusetts in the (Mail) Bag

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Regular reader and frequent commenter Scuzz alerts us to the latest from the Bay State: " Gov. Deval Patrick is calling on insurers, e...

Cavalcade of Risk #57: Submissions Due

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Sentinel Effect 's Richard Eskow hosts next week's Cavalcade of Risk. Submissions are due by next Monday (the 28th). Richard encoura...
Thursday, July 24, 2008

Caitlin's Story Jumps the Shark

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[Welcome Industry Radar readers!] Thank goodness for the Tampa Tribune , which brought Aetna to its (proverbial) knees. Oops, I mean: Thank...

Health Wonk Review now up

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David Williams, proprietor of the Health Business Blog , hosts this week's edition of the Health Wonk Review . He's got almost 2 doz...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Moving Goalposts

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We've talked in the past about various caps and limitations on health insurance policies. Some limit outpatient meds, others maternity e...
Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Grand Rounds now available!

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The infamous GruntDoc (aka Dr Allen Roberts) hosts this week's compendium of the best of the medblogs. There are a LOT of interesting ...
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