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Aetna Government Health Plans is extremely honored to have been selected as the new TRICARE Managed Care Support Contractor for the North Region beginning April 1, 2010. We are now actively managing our Transition-In plan and look forward to providing you with updates on this site to share our progress with you.
Aetna Government Health Plans’ parent company, Aetna Inc., is one of the nation’s leading diversified health care benefits companies serving approximately 37.3 million members. Aetna Government Health Plans embodies the mission and values that have made Aetna an industry leader.
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| //02-07-2009 |
The principles that President Obama has outlined for national health care reform are driven by a goal that I share: universal access to affordable health care. Last week, I went to Washington to speak with members of Congress about an idea that can help make that goal a reality: a public health insurance option.
Today, most Americans get their health coverage from private insurers. A public health insurance option would create a competitor to private insurers that could potentially drive down costs across the board. I support the concept of a public plan, because if it's done right, it means introducing exactly the kind of competition our system needs.
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| //02-07-2009 |
Everybody, please have a seat. Have a seat. What a wonderful -- what a wonderful welcome. And I'm so grateful to all of you for taking the time to be here.
A couple of quick acknowledges. First of all, I want to thank President Templin and Chancellor DuBois for their wonderful hospitality. We are grateful to both of them.
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| //02-07-2009 |
Historic City News has learned that yesterday, Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty sent to legislative critics a list of the more than 50 companies that have gotten a license to start selling property insurance in Florida since 2006.
This represents the latest volley in a back and forth over the future of how homes will be insured in hurricane-prone Florida.
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| //02-07-2009 |
Everybody, please have a seat. Have a seat. What a wonderful -- what a wonderful welcome. And I'm so grateful to all of you for taking the time to be here.
A couple of quick acknowledges. First of all, I want to thank President Templin and Chancellor DuBois for their wonderful hospitality. We are grateful to both of them.
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| //01-07-2009 |
The rules endorsed by the Federal Constitutional Court are not compatible with the business model of private health insurers. Political efforts to bolster the statutory health insurers by increasing the burden on private insurers are misguided. Instead of boosting sustainability they will diminish it.
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| //29-06-2009 |
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| //29-06-2009 |
Congressional committees heard a lot this month about the devious schemes used by health insurance companies to drop or shortchange sick patients. It was a damning portrait — and one Americans know from painful personal experience — of an industry that all too often puts profits ahead of patients.
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| //29-06-2009 |
NEW YORK, Jun 26, 2009 -- The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of American International Group, Inc. (AIG) will be audio webcast live at www.aigwebcast.com on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. EDT.
Shareholders planning to attend the Annual Meeting should bring photo identification. In addition, if shares are held in "street name" shareholders should bring an account statement or other acceptable evidence of ownership of AIG common stock as of the close of business on May 22, 2009, the record date for voting.
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| //25-06-2009 |
Aetna (NYSE: AET) announced today that California residents looking for individual health plans will now be able to use Aetna’s “Consumer Portal” – a simple, easy to use online quoting and application system available at www.aetnaindividual.com.
Consumers using this new system can click “Get a Quote” to receive a quote on benefits plans in their area within seconds, just by entering their zip code, gender and date of birth. They can then compare different plan features side-by-side, choose the plan that best fits their needs and instantly apply online.
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| //25-06-2009 |
Scottish Life, the pensions specialist arm of the Royal London Group, has reported continued high demand for its own style of "Adviser Charging" remuneration for IFAs.
Over 90% of new regular premium individual business written by Scottish Life in the past year has been on an Adviser Charging basis.
Keith MacPherson, Head of Marketing Development, said:
"Adviser Charging is one of the cornerstones of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR). However it appears to cause a lot of confusion, with some people saying that customers generally aren't prepared to a pay a fee, so it won't be successful.
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| //25-06-2009 |
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has named Alain Karaoglan Senior Vice President-Divestiture. As head of the Divestiture Office team, Mr. Karaoglan will be responsible for bringing to market AIG’s divesting assets and managing the resulting complex transactions around the world. He will report to Paula Rosput Reynolds, AIG Vice Chairman and Chief Restructuring Officer, and will assume his new duties on June 29, 2009.
Mr. Karaoglan succeeds Philip Jacobs, formerly AIG’s Global Tax Director before becoming Senior Vice President-Divestiture. Mr. Jacobs has accepted a senior tax-related position with another company.
“Alain Karaoglan has distinguished himself in both investment banking and equity research covering the insurance industry,” Ms. Reynolds said. “His equity research coverage of the property-casualty business is widely respected as first-rate. Skilled in corporate finance, Alain has broad experience in both public market and private market transactions across all asset classes. He is joining AIG’s restructuring team at a critical time, and we are confident that his leadership and experience will benefit our company’s multiple stakeholders, including American taxpayers.”
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| //24-06-2009 |
It was once a major bone of contention between then-Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and then-Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, as they campaigned for the Democratic presidential nomination. Clinton's health care proposal required Americans to have health insurance, similarly in theory to how drivers are required to have car insurance. Obama's didn't.
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| //24-06-2009 |
President Barack Obama addressed the nation’s health care system and his plans for reform in a news conference yesterday at the White House. With nearly 50 million people in the United States without insurance, the President told reporters “Reform is not a luxury, it is a necessity.” While Obama is not proposing a single-payer system to replace private health care companies, the insurance industry is nevertheless vehemently objecting to his plan to create a “public option” choice for Americans.
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| //24-06-2009 |
Americans pay a huge tax to the corporate state-protected health insurance industry in the obscene premiums included in the cost of everything made, purchased and consumed.
The health insurance companies’ premiums even include the cost of health care for their own people--top-notch care to the fat cats running the scam.
And care provided by hospitals and doctors (for those still lucky enough to receive it) include the large cost of providing their staff health insurance coverage. Is this insane?
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| //18-06-2009 |
The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday AIG plans to list the Asia-wide operation in the region during the first quarter of next year and the most likely venue will be Hong Kong's stock exchange.
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| //18-06-2009 |
It may not be as exciting as the Thrilla in Manila, but its outcome will have far more impact on the lives of tens of millions of families across the country. The story is straightforward. President Obama had stepped up to challenge the insurance industry in order to reform the health care system in the United States.
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| //18-06-2009 |
Obama has been supportive of a public option, but how do you solve the healthcare problem when you fail to deal with its root?
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