News Flash: 1945 Law Allows Concentration of Power in US Health Insurance

Last week, some media reports noted that US Congressional Democrats countered an insurance industry study suggesting health care reform woul...

News Flash: 1945 Law Allows Concentration of Power in US Health Insurance 2015-05-21T18:40:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

The Argument Over Insurance Rate Hikes: A Systemic Problem with Health Care Organizations' Leadership and Governance?

There has been a tremendous amount of news coverage of a large rate increase proposed by Anthem Blue Cross, a subsidiary of WellPoint, in Ca...

The Argument Over Insurance Rate Hikes: A Systemic Problem with Health Care Organizations' Leadership and Governance? 2015-05-13T00:42:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Pay for Hypocrisy for Health Insurance Executives

A few weeks ago, we discussed the cognitive dissonance produced by huge salary boosts for top executives of health care companies with mise...

Pay for Hypocrisy for Health Insurance Executives 2015-05-12T03:30:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Board Member Blows Whistle on Health Insurance Company's Accounting

We previously posted about some of the travails of for-profit health insurance company/ managed care organization Wellcare.  In August, 2009...

Board Member Blows Whistle on Health Insurance Company's Accounting 2015-05-12T02:48:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Wellcare Settles Again, but Wait, There is More...

We posted several times, most recently in 2009 ( here and here ), about misbehavior by the health insurance company/ managed care organizat...

Wellcare Settles Again, but Wait, There is More... 2015-05-07T20:31:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

WellCare "Did Not Contest" that its Political Contributions Violated State Law

From a report in the St Petersburg (Florida) Times: WellCare Health Plans on Wednesday admitted to making 129 'questionable' contri...

WellCare "Did Not Contest" that its Political Contributions Violated State Law 2009-08-24T12:13:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Are the Health Plans of the Very Rich Different from Yours and Mine?

Yesterday, the New York Times published an intriguing story about "Cadillac" (that is, expensive) health insurance plans, Goldman...

Are the Health Plans of the Very Rich Different from Yours and Mine? 2009-07-28T13:50:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Managed Care Executives Will Not Limit Rescissions

We have posted before about how certain health care insurance companies/ managed care organizations in California were found to have cancell...

Managed Care Executives Will Not Limit Rescissions 2009-06-19T12:13:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Pharmacy Benefit Managers as Pharmaceutical Marketers

We posted a number of times about questionable practices Eli Lilly used to market its atypical anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa ( olanzapine ). ...

Pharmacy Benefit Managers as Pharmaceutical Marketers 2009-06-16T18:00:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

The Minneapolis...Or Is It Hartford?...Two-Step

Conjure yourself as a wallflower: You are a shy early-adolescent compelled by your parents (who at all times adhere to the operative cultura...

The Minneapolis...Or Is It Hartford?...Two-Step 2009-03-08T05:00:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown