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• California Insurers Reduce Earthquake Insurance Rates - posted 12/08/2012
  California's top three earthquake insurers have all agreed to reduced rates, based on new damage estimate models.
• Obama Re-Election Likely to Cement Health Insurance Mandate - posted 11/09/2012
  With President Obama re-elected health insurance industry experts believe the mandate that essentially everyone has health insurance coverage will be cemented, despite the greater worry of the national deficit.
• More Pedestrians Injured or Killed in Car Crashes - Are SmartPhones to Blame? - posted 10/05/2012
  If you're looking at your iPhone while crossing the street, you could be the next pedestrian injured or killed in a car crash.
• Disabled Drivers Pay Higher Insurance Premiums - posted 08/13/2012
  Why do disabled drivers pay more for auto insurance? Often it's because their vehicles are specially modified with adaptive equipment, survey says.
• Insurers Attempt to Reduce Readmissions - posted 07/20/2012
  Highmark, an insurance provider working in Pennsylvania, says that most hospital readmissions are not only unnecessary, but are also preventable - and preventing them will save people money.
• U.S. Treasury Department Releases Premium Tax Credit Regulations - posted 06/02/2012
  Based on these newly released regulations from the U.S. Treasury Department, the Affordable Health Care Act (aka "Obamacare") will give an even greater insurance benefit to middle-class citizens.
• New Insurance Product Insures Your Home's Value - posted 02/28/2012
  If you live in Ohio or Oklahoma, you may be able to insure your home against a downturn in the market, but do you need to?
• 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.

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