Former Mayor Bart Peterson outlines the pitch Eli Lilly will make in D.C. For the first time in 15 years, lawmakers in Washington have plunged into a debate about overhauling the nation’s health care system. New proposals come out every week, with bills filed in Congress running longer than 600 pages and 10-year cost estimates […]
The Carmel office of A.J. Gallagher & Co. kept the local consolidation of benefits brokers rolling with two more deals this month. But Gallagher is now shifting its buying spree away from health insurance while the health care reform debate plays out in Washington. Locally based The Benefits Group and Louisville-based Creative Benefits Solutions came […]
President Barack Obama today welcomed the pharmaceutical industry’s agreement to help close a gap in Medicare’s drug coverage, calling the pact a step forward in the push for an overhaul of the nation’s health care system. Obama said that drug companies have pledged to spend $80 billion over the next decade to help reduce the […]
Businesses all want to see reform of the health care system, but they diverge on how much the U.S. government’s entrance into
the insurance market would help or hurt them.
Hope and fear mix in Paul Nysewander when he considers President Barack Obama’s controversial idea to set up a new governmentrun health insurance plan. The owner of a three-person accounting firm, Nysewander says there’s significant appeal in having a public plan as a new option for health insurance. “As long as it remains an option,” […]
Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that three blockbuster psychiatric drugs appear safe and effective for children and adolescents, despite side effects that can increase the risk of diabetes. The FDA’s panel of psychiatric experts voted to approve the use of drugs from AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly and Pfizer for treating schizophrenia and […]
Carmel-based Gaylor Inc., one of the largest electrical contractors in the Indianapolis area, said yesterday that it has acquired Griffith Group Inc. in Lafayette. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Griffith Group is an electrical, heating and cooling contractor that mainly services customers in Tippecanoe and Lake counties. The company has 25 employees. Gaylor […]
Carmel-based Gaylor Inc., one of the largest electrical contractors in the Indianapolis area, said yesterday that it has acquired Griffith Group Inc. in Lafayette. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Griffith Group is an electrical, heating and cooling contractor that mainly services customers in Tippecanoe and Lake counties. The company has 25 employees. Gaylor […]
Italy’s Fiat is the new owner of the bulk of Chrysler’s assets, closing a deal today that saves the troubled U.S. automaker from liquidation and places a new company in the hands of Fiat’s CEO.The deal clears the way for a new, leaner Chrysler Group LLC to emerge from bankruptcy protection minus billions in debt, […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for Chrysler’s partnership with Italy’s Fiat, rejecting an appeal by a trio of Indiana pension and contruction funds, consumer groups and others to block the automaker’s sale. The sale of Chrysler LLC’s assets to Fiat Group SpA had been expected to close more than a week ago, […]
Local accounting firm London Witte Group LLC’s decision last June to take a chance on an empty midtown office building is suddenly looking like a winner. The former Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance building at 18th and Meridian streets is now essentially fully leased thanks to an agreement by Clarian Health Partners to occupy the bulk […]
The Indiana State Teachers Association and the National Education Association say they’ll scrape up enough cash to pay 650 people receiving long-term disability benefits from the state union’s troubled insurance trust. ISTA previously said it didn’t have enough money to cover the long-term disability claims, which could cost $45 million to $65 million over the […]
Report: Insured pay dearly to fund others’ health care Providers inflate bills to compensate for losses Health insurance premiums for an average family are $1,000 a year higher because of costs of health care for the uninsured, a new report finds. And private coverage for the average individual costs an extra $370 a year because […]
The familiar face of a local Hispanic television newscast is back on the air, less than six months after the parent of WISH-TV
Channel 8 pulled the plug on him.
Folks from all sorts of professions are trying on teaching, to survive the recession or to give back to the community. Or
both.
Insurer shows gov’t how to cut costs A major health insurer says the government can save more than $500 billion in Medicare spending by sending patients to less expensive, more efficient doctors, reducing hospital visits by the elderly and cutting unnecessary care. Those are among 15 suggestions made recently by UnitedHealth Group Inc., a Minnesota-based […]
Mary Hansen considered going into teaching when she was in college. Now, two decades later-with retirement savings shrunk and kids’ college on the horizon-the Carmel resident is doing it. Michelle Skinner wanted to go to graduate school after earning her degree at Butler University. But she put that off to do something “worthwhile”-teach high school […]
The familiar face of a local Hispanic television newscast is back on the air, less than six months after the parent of WISH-TV Channel 8 pulled the plug on him. But perhaps even more impressive than the speedy return is the array of loyal advertisers, including one of the city’s largest public companies, that stuck […]
Chrysler heads back to bankruptcy court today to ask the judge overseeing its case to allow it to terminate the franchise agreements of 789 of its dealerships, despite the protests of many dealers who say the move could close their businesses for good. U.S. Judge Arthur Gonzalez is expected to hear testimony from Chrysler LLC […]
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