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Health Care Costs
Volunteers in Medicine fill need as boomers retire
April 3, 2010
Marc D. AllanNot-for-profit sees increasing numbers of patients, but can't plug the entire gap to be created by health care retirements.
MoreWellPoint faces biggest changes under new law
March 31, 2010
J.K. WallThe Indianapolis-based health insurer has more individual and small-business customers than its major competitors, increasing
the impact of health reform.
MoreHealth care bill burns local tanning industry
March 26, 2010
Anthony SchoettleWith one of the nation's largest tanning-bed manufacturers and dozens of salons in central Indiana, a 10-percent tax on tanning
could cost the region jobs.
MoreDaniels warns of health bill's 'immorally huge' taxes
March 25, 2010
Associated PressDaniels told members of the Economic Club of Indianapolis that it's ridiculous for anyone to suggest the nearly $1 trillion
health care overhaul signed into law Tuesday by President Barack Obama won't add to the nation's debt.
MoreBill kicks off years of change for local health care players
March 22, 2010
J.K. WallSweeping changes phase in slowly for most, but insurers, hospitals, drug companies, employers, workers, medical device makers
and more will eventually feel impact.
MoreReform offers risk, opportunities for Lilly, WellPoint
March 22, 2010
IBJ Staff and Bloomberg NewsDrugmakers and insurers could gain millions of customers under the legislation, but the industry also will pay new fees and
face stricter rules that may shrink profit and fuel mergers.
MoreCongress passes historic health care bill
March 21, 2010
Associated PressTo pay for the changes, the legislation includes more than $400 billion in higher taxes over a decade, roughly half of it
from a new Medicare payroll tax on individuals with incomes over $200,000 and couples over $250,000.
MoreWellPoint may be anti-competitive, Connecticut AG says
March 8, 2010
IBJ Staff and Bloomberg NewsWellPoint Inc.'s Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Connecticut may constrain competition through contracts that require
that the insurer receives hospital discounts at least as favorable as any provided to a competitor.
MoreWellPoint records subpoened in California probe
February 26, 2010
Bloomberg NewsThe California attorney general has demanded documents from several health insurers, including Indianapolis' WellPoint,
believing that their rate-setting and claims practices might be illegal.
MoreStudy: Hospital clout spurs higher Calif. health costs
February 26, 2010
Bloomberg NewsWhile insurers get the blame for rising health-care costs for consumers, surging fees from hospitals and the growing dominance
of such providers may be just as responsible for driving up expenses, according to a new study examining California's
market.
MoreWellPoint CEO blames health costs for hikes
February 24, 2010
Associated PressAmid attacks from Democrats over high executive salaries, Angela Braly testified in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday that big
insurance-premium increases are
the result of growing price tags for hospital care and pharmaceuticals.
MoreObama endorses new taxes, more drugmaker fees
February 22, 2010
Bloomberg NewsObama, seeking to break an impasse over health-care legislation, proposes a plan that includes the first Medicare tax on unearned
income such as capital gains and higher fees on drugmakers.
MoreInsurers warn of problems with federal regulator
February 22, 2010
Associated PressPresident Obama's latest push for a health care overhaul could drive health plans around the country into insolvency, according
to an insurance trade group.
MoreWhite House plans new rules for health insurers
February 19, 2010
Bloomberg NewsPresident Obama will release a proposal to restart the health-care debate before a bipartisan White House meeting on Feb.
25, one day after WellPoint officials testify before Congress about steep rate increases.
MoreWellPoint, insurance commissioner get earful from lawmakers
February 17, 2010
J.K. WallState House insurance committee chair grills executives about WellPoint's 21-percent premium increase for individual policyholders
in Indiana.
MoreState lawmakers to probe WellPoint premium hikes
February 17, 2010
J.K. WallThree WellPoint executives will be on hand Wednesday morning to answer questions about premium increases on its individual
policies, which have risen as high as 39 percent this year.
MoreWellPoint: More employers involved in provider talks
February 6, 2010
J.K. WallEmployer activism is on the rise when it comes to keeping hospitals honest in their negotiations with health insurers.
Executives at Indianapolis-based WellPoint say more employers are airing their displeasure when hospital
systems ask for double-digit reimbursement increases.
MoreHealth care reform will go on regardless of federal government
January 30, 2010
IBJ StaffMassachusetts’ election of a Republican senator has put health reform legislation on life support. But for the health
care industry, reform is a reality that isn’t going to die.
MoreHealth care reform dead; long live reform
January 27, 2010
J.K. WallMassachusetts’ election of a Republican senator has put health reform legislation on life support. But for the health
care industry, reform is a reality that isn’t going to die.
MoreState Republicans try to block health reform mandates
January 20, 2010
J.K. WallJoint resolutions in the state Legislature seek to amend the state constitution to block enforcement of provisions in the
federal bills that would require individuals to buy insurance and all but the smallest employers to help pay for it.
MoreHealth care spending slows in most sectors, but government spending increases
January 9, 2010
IBJ StaffHealth spending is growing slower than it has in 48 years, but whether health care reform will continue the trend is the
subject of debate here and around the country.
MoreGrass-roots groups prepare to fill gaps in health care reform
January 2, 2010
J.K. WallLegislation set to come out of Washington will not change the most fundamental problems of the health
care system, leaving it up to states, cities and companies to figure out what to do about it.
MoreInvestors cheer Senate bill while WellPoint cries foul
December 23, 2009
J.K. WallExemption for not-for-profit health plans could saddle WellPoint with nearly $2 billion a year in new taxes.
MoreHoosier biz groups oppose Senate health bill
December 18, 2009
J.K. WallGroup presidents tell Indiana senators that the reform bill would expand dysfunctions of current health care systems.
MoreHealth care reform could drive more people to buy their own insurance
December 5, 2009
IBJ StaffIf Congress passes health care reform, more people will become like Juli Erhart-Graves, whose family spends nearly 18 percent
of its income on health insurance and out-of-pocket medical costs.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.