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Greenbrier Classic fan jackpot may be lost in lawsuit sand trap
Insurance underwriters filed suit Wednesday against a nonprofit group associated with the PGA Tour’s Greenbrier Classic golf tournament. The underwriters say they shouldn’t be responsible for the money The Greenbrier resort owner Jim Justice handed out for holes-in-one during the tournament — because the golfers who hit the holes-in-one weren’t far enough away from the hole.
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The Ins & Outs Of RV Extended Warranties
This blog post gives you the tools to decide for yourself on whether or not you need an extended warranty, including how to negotiate the best policy, traps to be wary of and what to plan for with claims.
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'Cadillac tax' could wreck popular medical accounts
The Cadillac tax, set to begin taking effect in 2018, will cap for the first time the open-ended tax break employers receive for providing their workers with health benefits.
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307,000 veterans died awaiting Veterans Affairs health care, report finds
Hundreds of thousands of veterans listed in the Department of Veterans Affairs enrollment system died before their applications for care were processed, according to a report issued Wednesday. The VA’s inspector general found that out of about 800,000 records stalled in the agency’s system for managing health care enrollment, there were more than 307,000 records that belonged to veterans who had died months or years in the past.
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Health plan deductibles are growing seven times as fast as wages
While there was a relatively modest 4 percent increase in premiums, deductibles have continued a steep upward trend, a new survey finds.
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It’s sleazy, it’s totally illegal, and yet it could become the future of retirement
They used to be ludicrously popular in America. Could they be again?
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Winnie Views: 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Getting Cancer
For the final day of September’s Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month and #GynCAN, I thought I’d share some of the most important things I’ve learned from my journey with endometrial (uterine) cancer this year. Share this with the women you love—awareness and early detection are so critical to survivability!
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This study is forcing economists to rethink high-deductible health insurance
Perhaps higher deductibles don't lead to smarter shoppers but rather, in the long run, sicker patients.
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Staggering Drug Price Hikes As High As 1,200% Driven By Hedge Funds, Activist Group Says
An analysis by Hedge Clippers, an activist group, found 19 drugs have experienced stunning price hikes of between 300 percent and 1,200 percent over the past two years.
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We Mapped the Uninsured. You'll Notice a Pattern.
Two years into Obamacare, clear regional patterns are emerging about who has health insurance in America and who still doesn’t. They tend to live in the South, and they tend to be poor.
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The Bonds of Catastrophe
It is perhaps not widely understood (outside the specialized domains of risk modeling and property insurance) that the last twenty years have seen the relatively rapid growth of a new kind of financial instrument: the catastrophe bond... By D. Graham Burnett.
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UnitedHealth warns it may exit Obamacare plans
Insurance giant UnitedHealth Group blamed Obamacare for a lowered earnings forecast.
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HHS: Bailing out Obamacare insurers an 'obligation' of the federal government
Insurerers found that enrollees in Obamacare are disproportionately sicker, and losses are piling up.
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Why Can’t a Jury Be Told About Insurance Coverage at Trial?
Did you know that in a personal injury trial, it’s forbidden to inform the jury that the defendant has an applicable insurance policy? Why is this?
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Many Flexible Health Plans Come With A Costly Trap
A growing number of marketplace plans leave consumers responsible for potentially unlimited out-of-network health care bills, despite expectations that there are caps in place.
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Senate Votes to Repeal Key Obamacare Provisions, Defund Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Thursday to repeal key provisions of Obamacare and strip federal funding from Planned Parenthood in an action that is sure to be vetoed by President Obama.
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NFL Risk: On and Off the Field (infographic)
What happens to NFL players after they retire?
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Obama Administration: Obamacare Has Driven Health Spending Up, While Covering Fewer Than Expected
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2016 PPO Plans Remove Out-Of-Network Cost Limits, A Costly Trap For Consumers
A trend among this year’s marketplace plans leaves some consumers responsible for potentially unlimited out-of-network health care bills, even though they chose plans in which they thought they had...
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Lone profitable ACA insurance co-op losing millions
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