Adam V. Russo | June 28, 2010
Arizona. A new law conditionally appropriates $400 million to prevent the June 15 repeal of the state’s KidsCare health care program for children. The legislation would allow the program to continue to provide health care to thousands of children and 310,000 low income people for at least six more months to December 31. For more [...]
Adam V. Russo | June 28, 2010
Twenty states so far have rejected federal funds to administer a high-risk insurance pool, as designed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The high-risk pool would extend coverage to state residents unable to purchase insurance because of preexisting medical conditions. In these states, the federal government will be responsible for creating and running [...]
Adam V. Russo | November 25, 2009
Employer cuts costs by allowing workers to ‘earn’ lower rates
Joanne Wojcik
PHOENIX—Safeway Inc. has reduced its health care cost increases by more than $150 million since 2005 using an approach that closely resembles how auto insurers rate drivers.
