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S&P Capital IQ forecasts gains for health insurance providers

December 26, 2012December 26, 2012 Marc

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S&P Capital IQ expects health insurance providers to see gains in 2013 S&P Capital IQ, a leading provider of real time research and analytic data, expects to see to see health insurance providers see better earnings and higher share prices in 2013. Over the past year, health insurance companies have been working to overcome several challenges that have threatened to destabilize the industry and its various markets. Many of these challenges come from changing regulations, while others have come from emerging risks in prominent markets. Medical care organizations seeing higher…

New Jersey: Government run health plan looking to close their doors

April 20, 2011 H. Cutner

In New Jersey, hundreds of cities and school districts have saved a fortune by taking part in the state’s relatively unknown benefits program. For the past three years, an increasing number of people are dropping the insurance policies they bought from big name companies in favor of the state’s program. Some legislators are looking to change that by proposing a new bill that could severely inhibit the program. Stephen M. Sweeney, the State Senate president, is proposing legislation that would prohibit the state run insurance program from accepting new members.…