U.S. Congress

• Aetna to Acquire Coventry for $7.3 Billion

  By Allison Bell  |  September 1, 2012

  Aetna Inc. has tried to position itself for the world of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) health insurance exchanges by agreeing to pay $7.3 billion for Coventry Health Care Inc.

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  Aetna to Acquire Coventry for $7.3 Billion

  By Allison Bell  |  August 20, 2012

  Aetna moves to expand total enrollment and government program enrollment as 2014 approaches.

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  PPACA: A history

  By Allison Bell  |  June 12, 2012

  As you work to grasp a very complex law, you might want to give some thought to the Romans, Pliny and Franklin Pierce.

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  'The FIO Report' isn't the only one overdue-- interested parties guess at reasons for delay

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  May 2, 2012

  Seasoned D.C. and N.Y. insurance types provide little insight, a few guesses in an information vacuum.

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  IRI’s Weatherford: ‘The Life Insurance Industry Knows How to Have a Long View.’

  By Maria Wood, Warren S. Hersch  |  May 2, 2012

  Despite some retreats from the variable annuity business, IRI’s Cathy Weatherford says the life and annuity industry remains strong, buoyed by demographics and changes in retirement funding.

• Surrounded by Idioms

  By David A. Saltzman, RHU, DIA  |  March 1, 2012

  America's health care chickens are coming home to roost.

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  Saltzman on Health: Surrounded by Idioms

  By David A. Saltzman  |  February 29, 2012

  No government can simultaneously cut $575 billion from Medicare while serving 78 million new enrollees while telling insurance companies that they must provide greater benefits while holding premiums steady.

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  Week in Pictures | January 20, 2012

  By Staff Writer  |  January 19, 2012

  The Republican presidential field narrows, an iconic American company files for bankruptcy and yet another insider trading case makes the headlines. This and more in this week's Week in Pictures.

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  Dreaming of a Part-Time Congress

  By Brian Anderson  |  December 5, 2011

  Rick Perry’s idea of a “Citizen Congress” will never happen, but maybe it should.

• 2012 Insurance Hall of Fame Candidates Announced

  By Staff Writer  |  November 14, 2011

  Barry Griswell, Rob Henrikson and Donald Kramer face off against Japanese and Taiwanese candidates at the International Insurance Society's annual seminar, held next June in Rio.