Doctors frustrated and confused by health care system
Some doctors feel frustrated by insurance paperwork while many recent medical school graduates say they are confused by the structure of the health care system.
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Small businesses could benefit from insurance exchanges
Supporters of health reform legislation told a Senate subcommittee Tuesday that the insurance exchanges are critical for small businesses, which pay more than large companies to cover their employees and are cutting jobs and insurance coverage to control costs.
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House Committee votes to strip health insurance industry of federal antitrust exemption
The House Judiciary Committee Wednesday "voted to strip the health insurance industry of its exemption from federal antitrust laws as senators announced plans to take the same step," The Associated Press reports. The committee voted "20 to 9 to repeal a 1940s law that exempted the health insurance industry from federal controls over certain antitrust violations including price-fixing."
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Insure.com renamed as Life Quotes; Nasdaq ticker symbol to be changed to QUOT
Insure.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: NSUR), announced today that it has completed its corporate name change to Life Quotes, Inc. The Company also announced that its Nasdaq ticker symbol will be changed to QUOT effective with the opening of the market on October 28, 2009.
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Teamsters: Proposal to impose tax on insurers for individual health insurance unfair
Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today said the proposal to impose a 35 percent tax on insurers for individual health insurance plans worth more than $8,000 is unfair and unnecessary.
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