FORWARD THIS VIDEO! Join the fight: sickforprofit.com What does UnitedHealthcare CEO Stephen Hemsley have to lose if Congress passes real healthcare reform this year? Well, for starters, his nearly three quarters of a billion dollars in unexercised stock options might lose a few pennies on the dollar. What does Isabella, a four year-old girl in [...]
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner said Wednesday that the state’s six largest health insurers regulated by the commissioner have agreed to take “extraordinary efforts” to make sure their enrollees can get the H1N1/swine flu vaccine by eliminating co-pays and deductible payments. Poizner’s statement specifically mentions Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, CIGNA, HealthNet [...]
Many people depend on their place of work to provide health insurance for them, recently the economy has worsened and as a result many people have found themselves unemployed and without health insurance. Some of these people are the main providers for their family not only financially but also for health insurance. This can cause [...]
Three years of renovations at Aetna Inc.’s Hartford headquarters have all been one big lead-in to this weekend, when the health insurer will begin moving 3,600 Middletown employees to its Asylum Hill campus. But the $220 million renovation project is still in full swing, including the installation of solar panels on the roof of the [...]
The H1N1 virus, or swine flu, is likely to increase health insurers’ medical costs and hospitals’ patient volumes this fall and winter. The extent of those increases depends on how severe and expansive the infection is. Hospitals and health insurers are taking steps to prepare for a more widespread wave of the H1N1 virus in [...]
Atlanta’s Center for Puppetry Arts today unveiled “Little Noodle,” a brand-new puppet created to teach children and their families the importance of health eating and exercise. “Little Noodle,” funded by a $50,000 grant from Aetna (NYSE: AET) and the Aetna Foundation, will be featured in a puppet show, Adventures of Little Noodle, which made its [...]