Insurance coverage battle for breast-feeding benefits still an issue

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Nursing moms are struggling to obtain the payments that are promised to them through the Affordable Care Act. A group of women in Illinois are currently battling with their insurers over the issue of insurance coverage for breast feeding and related health services, as is required by the health care reform of 2010. The moms are saying that their insurers are denying claims that request full payment for lactation consultants. Many women find that certified lactation consultants provide invaluable advice and relief when they are first learning how to breast-feed…

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Largest health insurance acquisition ever of Humana by Aetna

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This is the largest deal that the industry in the company has ever experienced, as the rivals combine. American health insurance company, Aetna Inc. has now announced that it will be purchasing its smaller competitor, as it enters into the largest industry deal that the country has ever seen. The purchase is being made for approximately $37 billion in cash and stock, according to initial reports. Once these two health insurance companies are joined, it will bring Aetna considerably closer to the second place position that is currently held by…

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Allstate Insurance releases report revealing insight into teen driving habits

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As it turns out, the majority of parents have no idea what their adolescent children are doing behind the wheel. A new report has now been released by Allstate Insurance that has determined that many parents do not actually know what the driving habits of their teen sons and daughters truly are. The report, from The Allstate Foundation, revealed that teens have many risky behaviors of which parents are unaware. Within this report, it was shown that parents often don’t know when their teen driving sons and daughters have been…

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Insurance claims coverage in danger following Minnesota Archdiocese charges

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Lawyers are cautioning that the criminal charges laid against the corporation could endanger coverage. Attorneys for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis have cautioned that the criminal charges that have been laid against the corporation could potentially place coverage insurance claims in danger. This could cause the archdiocese to have to come up with the money to pay some of the victims of clergy abuse. At the moment, the archdiocese is facing a number of different counts of alleged failure to provide protection to victims of a former priest…

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Health insurance trends still show challenges for transgender consumers

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Many people are facing lengthy battles with insurers regarding the coverage of certain procedures and medications. Across the United States, there are an estimated 700,000 people who are transgender, and many of those consumers have been facing considerable struggles as the latest health insurance trends are not providing coverage for certain medications and procedures that are commonly needed by these individuals. As the public becomes more aware of this population, it is increasingly evident that insurance coverage is highly complex. When it comes to procedures related to transgender people, the…

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