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Regulator wants to bar Anthem from small-business health exchange
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones wants industry giant Anthem Blue Cross barred from the state's new health exchange for small businesses because he says the company imposes excessive rate hikes. Jones said the state's largest for-profit...
Tags: Healthcare Provider, Small Businesses, Business, Employees, Employment Opportunities
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Board has a duty to protect owners from disruptive tenant
Question: I am very concerned about who's really running my gated community's association. A tenant next door suffers from severe problems. For the last year, three nights a week, he is either throwing furniture around, banging on the walls and screaming,...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, U.S. Postal Service
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O.C. lawyer convicted of embezzling funds from his clients
A former attorney in Orange County has been convicted and sentenced for embezzling more than $200,000 in insurance claims and for defrauding his clients, prosecutors said Friday. Tuan Thanh Tran, 44, of Irvine, pleaded guilty Thursday to 10 felony...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Trials, Prosecution, Lawyers
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Bryan Stow sent home after insurance company stops coverage
San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow, who suffered brain damage when he was assaulted at Dodger Stadium two years ago, was recently sent home from a Bakersfield rehabilitation center because his insurance company stopped covering his 24-hour care, his...
Tags: Dodger Stadium
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Car leasing hits record levels
Once used mostly to move luxury cars, leasing has reached record levels, helped by easing credit restrictions and a move downmarket. Leases on Jaguars and BMWs remain plentiful, but the most-leased cars in America are now the Honda Civic, Toyota Camry,...
Tags: Consumers, Services and Shopping, Passenger Cars, Wage Contract Issues, Vehicles
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Backers of rate regulation aren't satisfied with health exchange
President Obama singled out California last week for getting better-than-expected rates in its rollout of the health insurance overhaul for millions of consumers. Yet some Obamacare supporters say those premiums are still too high, and they are...
Tags: Health Insurance, Barack Obama, Health Insurance Cost
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FBI probe comes up at legislative hearing
Last week’s FBI raid of the office of Sen. Ron Calderon (D-Montebello) has the Capitol on edge. That was clear Wednesday when the first words of Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) to a committee considering one of his bills was to assure the panel...
Tags: FBI, Ricardo Lara, Ron Calderon
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Kaiser's Obamacare rates surprise analysts
In California's new state-run health insurance market, Kaiser Permanente will cost you. The healthcare giant has the highest rates in Southern California and some other areas of the state, surpassing rivals such as Anthem Blue Cross and other smaller...
Tags: Consumers, Healthcare Provider, Citigroup Incorporated, Health Net Inc., Health Insurance
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California insurance chief: Keep Anthem out of small-biz exchange
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, in an unusual move, wants Anthem Blue Cross barred from the state's new health exchange for small businesses because of the company's excessive rate hikes in the past. Thursday, Jones asked Covered...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Healthcare Provider, Small Businesses, Business, Healthcare Laws
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More Californians using smartphones for proof of auto insurance
SACRAMENTO -- Tired of rooting around in the car's glove compartment for a crumpled proof-of-insurance card when you're unlucky enough to be pulled over by a traffic cop? No worry, if you have a smartphone or tablet computer. California is the seventh...
Tags: Electronics, Science and Technology, GEICO
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At Aetna, another example of screwy medical pricing
Consumers have been told by insurers again and again that if they want cheaper prices for prescription drugs, they need to order them in bulk from mail-order pharmacies. And typically, it works out that way. Sometimes, however, the prices reveal how...
Tags: Consumers, Prices, Lipitor (drug), Drugs and Medicines, CVS Corp.
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Health insurance: Can it be made simple?
The success of the 2010 federal healthcare law depends in part on more uninsured Americans obtaining coverage. So it's crucial that when the uninsured try to sign up for policies, they don't get a bureaucratic runaround or wind up in phone-tree hell....
Tags: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Healthcare Laws, Health Insurance, Healthcare Policies, Crime, Law and Justice
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