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• FEMA Attempting to Recoup Mispaid Disaster Relief Funds from Katrina Victims - posted 01/19/2012
  Have you received a FEMA debt letter? New legislation makes it easier for you to appeal or request a waiver.
• Massachusetts Passes Law Banning Credit Scoring for Auto Insurance Policies - posted 12/02/2011
  PCIAA says Massachusetts law about credit scoring changes nothing since a regulatory ban was already in effect.
• Most People Don't Bundle for Cheap Life Insurance, Survey Says - posted 11/11/2011
  LIMRA's new survey says that only 8% of those who can have their auto, home and life insurance with the same company actually do.
• CDC Creates New Anti-Infection Program for Cancer Patients - posted 10/27/2011
  A combination of a website and a prevention manual are the key to teaching patients and medical staff to keep chemo patients infection-free.
• Congress Gets Closer to National Flood Insurance Program Reform - posted 09/12/2011
  Congress is edging nearer to successfully extending and reforming the National Flood Insurance Program, but neither chamber has adequately address the program's nearly $18 billion in debt.
• Many Changes Coming to Employer Benefit Plans - posted 08/10/2011
  Is your employer raising the cost of your corporate health insurance? If so, you're not alone.
• HHS Secretary to Announce Long-Awaited Insurance Exchange Regs Today - posted 07/11/2011
  States have until January 1, 2013 to give their yea or nay on forming insurance exchanges. While two have already opted out, most of the rest are waiting for an announcement of guidelines and timelines before making a final decision.
• Access Medical Brings Affordable Medical Care to Oklahoma - posted 06/29/2011
  What if there was a medical clinic that was patient-centered, patient-funded, and not expensive. What if you could see a doctor for $50 or less. Access Medical turns "what if" into "why not?"
• HHS Announces Partnership for Patients - posted 05/05/2011
  Still think health care reform won't help you? The new Partnership for Patients is meant to reduce hospital-acquired conditions by 40% by 2013, and could result 60,000 lives saved over the next three years.
• Location Based Social Networking Can Affect Insurance Rates - posted 04/27/2011
  Homeowners who check in with their location or post their travel plans on social networking sites may well take a hit on their homeowners insurance premiums as insurers are increasingly clamping down on this high-risk socializing.
• Critics Say Shift in Medicare Advantage Ratings Represents Political Maneuverings by Democrats - posted 04/07/2011
  GOP critics have labeled a move by the Department of Health and Human Services to re-rate a group of Medicare Advantage Plans as nothing but a pre-election Democratic political ploy.
• Job Losses in Insurance Industry Continue to Trend Downward - posted 04/21/2011
  Job losses in the insurance industry are partially attributable to the weakness of the real estate market and federal reforms that are necessitating expense trimming for insurers.
• Events in Japan Escalate Disaster Anxiety in the United States - posted 03/29/2011
  The events of March 11 in Japan -- earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis -- are leading Americans to evaluate their degree of insurance against disaster, many for the first time.
• California Senators Propose Earthquake Insurance Program - posted 03/23/2011
  Earthquake insurance would become affordable for an additional 700,000 Californians under legislation proposed by Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer.
• New York Seeks to Streamline Claims in No-Fault Auto Accidents - posted 03/15/2011
  An uptick in cases of fraudulent no-fault auto insurance claims has led the New York state Insurance Department to seek a tightening of related regulations.
• Committee to Debate Overhaul of National Flood Insurance Program - posted 03/13/2011
  In an effort to avoid the lapses in coverage that have plagued the National Flood Insurance program, the House insurance subcommittee will take up debate on an overhaul plan on March 11.
• Texas Wind Insurer of Last Resort Placed Under Administrative Oversight - posted 03/02/2011
  Suspicion of irregular claims processing has caused the Texas Department of Insurance to place the state's wind insurer of last resort under administrative oversight.
• Study Finds Rising Prevalence of Defensive Medicine - posted 02/23/2011
  Doctors fearful of legal action are increasingly ordering "defensive" test according to data collected by the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
• Recession Dramatically Altered Small Business Insurance Habits - posted 02/16/2011
  A survey commissioned by Insurance Journal shows that cost-cutting insurance habits adopted by small businesses during the recession may be a permanent consequence of tough economic times.
• Dental Health Neglected in the United States - posted 02/10/2011
  A variety of socio-economic factors are leading Americans to neglect their dental health, with just 71 percent of adults seeing a dentist in 2010.
• Reforms Will Alter Health Care, Insurance in 2011 - posted 02/01/2011
  High deductibles will keep consumers away from the doctor’s office in 2011 while insurers will focus on federally mandated changes to their medical loss ratio numbers as the face of health care in the U.S. begins to change.
• Younger Insurance Customers Expect Online Tools - posted 01/25/2011
  Shopping for and managing insurance coverage online is second-nature to Generation Y, consumers age 18 to 25 who represent the fastest growing entrepreneurial class in America.
• Pennsylvania Offers State Subsidized Mine Subsidence Insurance - posted 01/20/2011
  The state of Pennsylvania offers a subsidized insurance program at affordable rates to protect more than 1 million homes in the state that sit above abandoned mines and could be damaged by ground subsidence.
• Actuaries Research Annual Cost of Obesity Epidemic - posted 01/12/2011
  Increased health care costs and lost productivity due to an overweight and obese population in the United States has been calculated at an annual cost of $270 billion by researchers with the Society of Actuaries.
• Missouri Law Mandates Autism Coverage - posted 01/05/2011
  Under the provisions of a new Missouri law, autistic children are entitled to annual insurance benefits for “applied behavior analysis” up to $40,000, a tremendous financial relief for their parents who say the treatment’s results are significant.

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