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  • Winners, Losers in Senate Health Bill 23 Nov 2009 15:52 GMT
    ... industry's costs by providing more potential customers. Drug companies avoided provisions found in the House ... 12-year period of exclusive sales for brand-name drugs before they would face competition from generic ... WellPoint Inc, Humana Inc., Cigna Corp. and Aetna Inc. face a $6.7 billion annual industry tax, ...

  • Open Forum 23 Nov 2009 15:40 GMT
    ... in 2010. Be aware that for prescription drugs ordered thru Medco mail order, you will pay ... year in your HSA)." "I switched to Aetna HDHP last year and am quite pleased ...

  • FACTBOX-Winners, losers in U.S. Senate health bill 21 Nov 2009 11:51 GMT
    ... costs by providing more potential customers. * Drug companies avoided provisions found in the House ... 12-year period of exclusive sales for brand-name drugs before they would face competition from generic ... WellPoint Inc, Humana Inc, Cigna Corp and Aetna Inc face a $6.7 billion annual industry tax, ...

  • State doc touts success of clinics 19 Nov 2009 06:14 GMT
    ... it easier for physicians to prescribe expensive medications such as Tamiflu. "As a physician, I ... at Wednesday's press conference were representatives of Aetna, Cigna HealthCare of Maine and Harvard Pilgrim ...

  • High cost of health care reform 22 Nov 2009 12:11 GMT
    ... the hassles and rationing now imposed by Aetna and others. Health care costs are at least ... is handicapped by huge malpractice costs, higher drug prices and physician fees, and expensive hospital ... prices for doctor visits, hospital stays and drugs, and enrich health insurance companies, Ultimately, the ...

  • Maine Insurers Push H1N1 Flu Prevention 19 Nov 2009 00:33 GMT
    ... contributed to five Maine deaths. Officials for Aetna, Anthem, CIGNA, Harvard Pilgrim and United Health ... health insurers said they've also reclassified antiviral drugs, which lowers the cost, and have allowed patients ...

  • Commentary: Tales from my battle with a health insurance company 18 Nov 2009 08:12 GMT
    ... inordinate amount of time trying to convince Aetna, my insurance carrier, to pay for doctor-prescribed ... waged war to continue receiving the same medication she had been taking for years. Somebody ...

  • Business Highlights 18 Nov 2009 23:56 GMT
    ... structure as a regulator, the lawmakers wrote. Aetna cutting more than 1,000 jobs by 1st quarter ... to meet certain goals. The Food and Drug Administration's panel of vaccine experts voted 10-1 in ...

  • Plavix vs. Effient 19 Nov 2009 14:12 GMT
    ... some cases, that's because there are some drug-drug interactions, a problem the FDA has . The ... not even Eli Lilly. It's Medco and Aetna. They studied their insurance claims data to see ...

  • Mills Credits Insurance Companies With Helping Fight H1N1 19 Nov 2009 19:51 GMT
    ... waived copays and coinsurance fees for anti-viral drugs like tamiflu. Those drugs could have cost some ... hundreds of dollars otherwise. Insurers from Anthen, Aetna, CIGNA and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care attending ...

  • Centrist Democrat agrees to vote 20 Nov 2009 22:12 GMT
    ... and government rationing of services and needed medications for treatment. Posted by: klausdmk | November ... not rationing? Are you threatened currently by Aetna, UNH or Bluecross' version of rationing healthcare? ...

  • Stocks in the news: Sears, JP Morgan, Intel, Hot Topic 19 Nov 2009 16:02 GMT
    ... Shares were 4% higher in pre-market trading. Aetna Inc. ( ) said late Wednesday it expects ... reform. AstraZeneca ( ) submitted a new drug application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

  • UPDATE 1-Healthcare stocks not unduly hurt by Senate plan 19 Nov 2009 18:31 GMT
    ... 12-year period of exclusive sales for brand-name drugs before they would face competition from generic rivals. ... percent; Wellpoint Inc fell 1 percent and Aetna Inc fell 2.4 percent. (Additional reporting by ...

  • Medicare Advantage's double standard 22 Nov 2009 09:01 GMT
    ... Medicare; Next year's premiums for plans with drug coverage will rise 32 percent, to an average ... Medicare Select Advantage plan. United Healthcare and Aetna also announced last month they were also dropping ...

  • Ten ways to cut health-care costs right now 16 Nov 2009 15:31 GMT
    ... agencies have cracked down harder on illegal drugs, organized crime has diverted resources into multimillion-dollar ... refill prescriptions, or they can't afford the medications. To address the problem, GlaxoSmithKline ( ) ... Dr. John W. Rowe, former CEO of Aetna. Instead of unneeded tests and futile treatments, ...


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