The News Review:
- Mexico City offers free insurance to bring back tourists
- Liberals insist on strong public health insurance plan
- Insurance Brokers Jump n Arthur J Gallagher Commission Pact
- Hanover Insurance posts $64.4 million profit
- Congress moves to shore up depleted fed programs
- Correction: Hawaii Health Insurance-Glance
- bama’s bill of consumer health insurance rights
Mexico City offers free insurance to bring back tourists
USA Today
Announced this week the plan applies to guests at all of the city’s 470 hotels and covers everything from emergency treatment at their choice of public or private hospitals to legal assistance for robberies and compensation for delayed or canceled flights. Tourists will be given explanatory pamplets on arrival at the Mexico City airport and when they check in to their hotels and a 24-hour call center will offer assistance in English Spanish and other languages says Juan Carlos Arnau spokesman for Mexico City’s minister of tourism. Mexico City’s government is paying a $30 per person deductible for the policies which are issued by a Spanish insurer says Arnau. In addition to emergency medical and dental care (including ambulance transport and prescribed medicines) the coverage includes hotel stays during a traveler’s convalescence legal help for recovering lost or stolen documents and belongings and other costs.
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Liberals insist on strong public health insurance plan
Bizjournals.com
They object to a compromise reached Wednesday between four moderate Democrats and Rep. Henry Waxman D-Calif. who chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Under that compromise a public plan would be offered to individuals and small businesses as an alternative to private insurance but the public plan would negotiate the rates it pays to health care providers.
Insurance Brokers Jump n Arthur J Gallagher Commission Pact
Wall Street Journal
–>Insurance Brokers Jump n Arthur J Gallagher Commission Pact ArticleCommentsmore in. (AJG) amended a settlement agreement with state authorities to accept so-called contingent commissions which once earned brokers billions but were barred after a bid-rigging probe. The news announced in Arthur J. Gallagher’s earnings release Tuesday sent shares in Marsh & McLennan Cos.
Hanover Insurance posts $64.4 million profit
MarketWatch
The profit included 43 cents a share from a debt restructuring. In the year-earlier quarter Hanover posted a net loss of $10.
Congress moves to shore up depleted fed programs
The Associated Press
said that without congressional action “4. 6 million people nationwide will not receive unemployment benefits in August and September. “The bill provides “such sums as may be necessary” for the federal unemployment insurance fund a pool of money financed by payroll taxes. House aides estimated the actual transfer of money from the general treasury will be about $7. The fund is providing loans for the state unemployment benefit programs in 18 states that have become insolvent as the recession continues and the jobless rate approaches 10 percent.
Correction: Hawaii Health Insurance-Glance
The Associated Press
Hawaii had the lowest percentage in the nation at 6 percent not 0. North Dakota was 7 percent not 0.
bama’s bill of consumer health insurance rights
Los Angeles Times
YSArticleContent { background-color:#FFFFFF;padding:18px;line-height:16px; }–>bama’s bill of consumer health insurance rightsThe president wants Congress’ overhaul to cover eight concerns to ensure against high costs discrimination and loss of coverage. July 30 2009bama’s bill of insurance rights President bama on Wednesday outlined eight consumer protections that he expects to see included in the final healthcare overhaul produced by Congress:* No discrimination for preexisting conditions. Insurance companies would be prohibited from refusing you coverage because of your medical history. * No exorbitant out-of-pocket expenses deductibles or co-pays. The amount insurance companies could charge for out-of-pocket expenses would have an annual cap. * No cost-sharing for preventive care. Insurance companies must fully cover regular checkups and tests that help you prevent illness such as mammograms or eye and foot exams for people with diabetes.