Main Category: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Also Included In: Abortion Article Date: 30 Aug 2010 - 2:00 PDT opinions After being labeled as "villains" and enemies of reform by Democrats, health insurers are shifting their cash to the coffers of Republican candidates, giving GOP campaigns eight times as much money, Bloomberg reports.

The WEA Trust, one of the state's largest health insurers, is positioning itself for the day when it may no longer dominate the health insurance market for teachers.

California insurance regulators cleared the way Wednesday for Anthem Blue Cross to implement scaled-back rate hikes after a previous increase was canceled amid an uproar over its size.

Thus far, WellPoint and insurance trade group America's Health Insurance Plans have responded to criticism about rate increases with variations on the same theme: Medical costs, driven by physicians and hospitals, are rising so ...

Calif. approves average 14 pct Wellpoint rate hike. LOS ANGELES Aug 25 (Reuters) - California regulators on Wednesday approved WellPoint Inc's (WLP.N) plan to raise rates for individual health insurance... Reuters ( 8/25/2010 1:55:02 PM ...

WellPoint has been accused of tearing up the policies of breast cancer patients, jacking up insurance rates by 39% and secretly funding anti-ObamaCare advertising. Its stock is down 20% since health care reform passed in late March, ...

Health insurance giant WellPoint has already annoyed its customers by trying to jack up their rates and dropping breast cancer patients' coverage after they'd been diagnosed with the disease. But now they really have some explaining to ...

Healthcare providers and insurance companies have long been at odds over reimbursement, coverage, and pre-authorization issues. Now, it appears, physi.

Aetna President Mark Bertolini said Wednesday that his company has seen much less activity on national insurance accounts where large employers pay Aetna to administer plans the hold for employees, The Associated Press reports.

Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America has hired 11 regional vice presidents for Allianz Life Financial Services LLC.

Among the most aggressive in its lobbying efforts was WellPoint, the second largest health insurance company in the nation according to Fortune Magazine. Last quarter, WellPoint spent $1.25 million lobbying on health issues, ...

WellPoint Inc. has notified 470000 individual insurance customers that medical records, credit card numbers and other sensitive information may have been exposed in the latest security breach of the health insurer's records. ...

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Arkansas senator accepted $12500 from WellPoint, which has been accused of dropping the insurance coverage of women with breast cancer.

Insurance company says consumers' Social Security numbers and other sensitive data may have been available to the public.

Wellpoint Insurance Screws Over Their Employees and the Taxpayers. by admin on August 22, 2010. Watch more at www.theyoungturks.com Follow us on Twitter. http Check Out TYT Interviews www.youtube.com. Related Posts: Insurance Co. ...

US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sent a letter to WellPoint urging them to immediately end their practice of dropping health insurance coverage for women with breast cancer, after Reuters ...

There's been a new dust-up between the White House and a big insurance company that -- the particulars of the case aside -- really tells us something important.

WellPoint, one of the nation⠙s largest health insurance agencies, sparred off against the drug Boniva, which is marketed by Genentech. ...

WellPoint CEO Angela Braly sent President Obama a letter accusing him of spreading "false information" about WellPoint's practice of rescinding (dropping) insurance coverage for breast cancer victims. Unfortunately for Ms. Braly, ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Health insurer WellPoint has notified 470000 individual insurance customers about a security breach that may have exposed medical records, credit card numbers and other sensitive information. ...

Insurance giant WellPoint has unveiled a plan to give members access to doctors and other health care providers via the Internet.

Insurance company WellPoint draws fire for targeting breast cancer patients to drop their coverage, but can anyone stop them?

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has asked health insurance giant WellPoint to stop canceling coverage for patients recently diagnosed with breast cancer.

WellPoint, the largest US for-profit health care insurance company, has provided a steady stream of examples of poor management and bad behavior for the edification of Health Care Renewal readers. Most recently, a company whose core ...