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By Elizabeth Festa |
May 22, 2012
Fewer small employers claimed the Small Employer Health Insurance Tax Credit in tax year 2010 than were estimated to be eligible, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office.
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By Elizabeth Festa |
May 2, 2012
Lake County, California, is said to be known for a few things besides having the state’s largest freshwater contained lake—pear production, bird watching, wineries, recent meth lab busts and Glenn Neasham, the convicted insurance agent who thought, he claims, he was selling a good product to a competent senior.
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By Elizabeth D. Festa |
April 20, 2012
When Glenn Neasham was convicted on felony theft charges and sentenced to jail for selling an annuity to an 83-year-old woman with dementia, it sent shockwaves through the agent community. But a bigger issue looms: Will Neasham's case repeat itself elsewhere?
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By Arthur D. Postal, Elizabeth Festa |
February 8, 2012
Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., said efforts are underway to attach legislation exempting insurance agents from the medical loss ratio (MLR) provision of the healthcare reform law to another bill working its way through the Senate.
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By Elizabeth Festa |
February 3, 2012
U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., and Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., have introduced S. 2068, the Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act, a companion bill and a shot in the arm for a medical loss ratio bill in the House that has many supporters but has gained no traction.
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By Arthur D. Postal |
November 28, 2011
Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., one of the primary authors of financial services reform legislation passed by Congress last year, said today he would not return to the next Congress in 2013.
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By Bill Coffin |
November 7, 2011
Bill Mantlo was a legendary comic book writer... until a hit-and-run accident threw him under the wheels of the healthcare system. This is his story.
