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MN employers embrace private health insurance exchange to manage costs

As the state of Minnesota ramps up its efforts to design a public health insurance exchange by 2013, the private version of that concept is gaining traction among Minnesota employers who are seeking ways to manage rising costs of healthcare. Minnesota-based insurance provider Medica announced Wednesday as of the beginning of the year, 22 Minnesota employers [...]

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Health insurance companies form new trade association

Six of the largest health insurance companies in Wisconsin have formed a new trade association, including four that used to belong to another group that includes Dane County's main insurers.

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Republicans seizing on birth control flap

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's new requirement that most health insurance plans provide contraceptive services has exploded into a high-octane political weapon, with combatants on both sides scrambling to score points among the electorate and gin up fundraising from their most ardent supporters.

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Wisconsin offers new health care, day care deductions

Wisconsin residents who use health savings accounts or who have children in day care will be able to take advantage of new tax breaks as they fill out their 2011 income tax returns this year. Companies that create jobs in Wisconsin also are in line for new benefits.

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The White House Defends Requiring Insurance Companies to Cover Contraception Despite Catholic Church Objections- Today ...

TAPPER: Two health care issues in the news today. The Susan G. Komen Foundation has decided to stop funding breast cancer screening at Planned Parenthood. Twenty-two Democratic senators just wrote a letter to the Komen Foundation asking them to change that decision. I’m wondering if...

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HealthEdge Technology Selected by WEA Trust to Automate and Streamline the Company’s Business

HealthEdge®, provider of the only modern, enterprise-class software platform for healthcare payors, today announced that the WEA Trust, a Wisconsin-based not-for-profit group health insurance company, selected its HealthRules® software platform to automate and streamline their business, while eliminating costly manual processes.

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Illinois warns of fraudulent health insurance

The chief executive of a company allegedly selling fraudulent health insurance says he is fully cooperating with the Illinois Department of Insurance to resolve the matter.

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