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AHIP Survey Sees Worker Challenges in Disabilities

America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) released results from a nationwide survey of full-time employees conducted in August 2004 by Ayres, McHenry and Associates. The survey finds public understanding at odds with the most recent data about the likelihood of a …

Not All See Association Health Plans As Cure for Small Business

When small business owners talk about insurance, they usually complain about health insurance costs. In his State of the Union address, President Bush gave some hope to small business owners struggling with the cost of health insurance. Bush called on …

N.H., Iowa Doctors to Promote Med-Mal Reform in Early Primary States

New Hampshire and Iowa traditionally hold the earliest primary elections of the presidential campaign, and doctors associations in the two states are planning to take advantage of the fact to promote medical malpractice reforms, by urging 2004 presidential candidates to …

N.H. Doctors to Promote Med-Mal Reform in Early Primary States

New Hampshire and Iowa traditionally hold the earliest primary elections of the presidential campaign, and doctors associations in the two states are planning to take advantage of the fact to promote medical malpractice reforms, by urging 2004 presidential candidates to …

Litigation, Mandates Add to Largest Jump of Health Benefit Costs Since 1990

A new report by Mercer Human Resources Consulting shows that the cost of health benefits rose almost 15 percent in 2002 – the largest one-year rise since 1990. “This is a leadership opportunity for the incoming Congress to reject the …