Headline News Archive

2010

June

22

• Obama gives health insurers a warning. President Obama, whose vilification of insurers helped push a landmark health care overhaul through Congress, plans to sternly warn industry executives at a White House

• Quick steps to cut your car insurance bill. If you've ever watched someone park a car in Boston, you may have a hard time believing this, but Massachusetts has the most affordable auto

19

• Reverse mortgage holders could lose homes if taxes aren't paid. Here's a sobering message for anyone who has a federally insured reverse mortgage or plans to apply for one: If you don't pay your local

15

• Employers to see 9% jump in 2011 medical costs. Companies that offer employee health insurance expect another steep jump in medical costs next year, and more will ask workers to share a bigger chunk

• Health insurers inaccurately process 20% of medical claims. One in five medical claims is processed inaccurately by commercial health insurers, often leaving physicians shortchanged, the American Medical Association reported Monday in its third

14

• New rules on changes to health benefits. The White House on Monday will issue new rules that strongly discourage employers from cutting health insurance benefits or increasing the costs of coverage to

13

• Vigilance is key to protecting your credit. If you're even slightly concerned about the privacy of your personal information, Jim Stickley is your worst nightmare. The chief technology officer of TraceSecurity, a

• Obama presses Congress to avoid Medicare pay cuts. President Obama on Saturday implored Congress to provide more aid to states and cities to blunt “the devastating economic impact of budget cuts” by local

12

• What to expect from health care benefits offerings. Right about now, as you’re dusting off your beach gear, may seem the wrong time to talk about next fall’s open enrollment for

08

• Health insurance options for unemployed beyond COBRA. When you're out of work, you experience a lot of dark days, but for thousands of unemployed people, June 1 was particularly bleak. The economic stimulus

07

• Doctors tack on fees for patients. A growing number of doctors across the country are boosting revenue by asking patients to pay new fees for services they say insurance doesn't cover,

06

• Who's checking your credit report?. Dear Liz: As part of our mortgage refinance, my wife and I were provided copies of our credit reports and scores by the credit union

05

• Insurers crack down on dependent coverage. To the list of letters that produce a groan when they arrive in your mailbox — a jury duty summons, past-due tax bills — add this one:

04

• Health care adversaries find need to collaborate. After squaring off as political foes for more than a year, the Obama administration and the health insurance industry have suddenly discovered that they need

• Talk to relatives about caregiving before they need it. Before my grandfather died of cancer, I helped my grandmother care for him in their home. For more than a decade, I managed health care

01

• More scrutiny for health insurers. Pounded by the Obama administration for raising premiums, health insurers now must reckon with a foursome of longtime industry watchdogs who are helping steer the

May

27

• New breed of specialist steps in for family doctor. By the time Djigui Keita left the hospital for home, his follow-up appointment had been scheduled. Emergency health insurance was arranged until he could apply

24

• Health-care law faces test as regulators settle rules. Now that Congress has imposed new requirements on health insurance plans, regulators are trying to resolve another big question: Which plans must comply with the

23

• Documents you need to save or purge while getting organized. Save it or toss it? It's a question we face whenever confronted with canceled checks, utility bills, ATM and credit card receipts, 401(k) statements — that

20

• Low-speed electric vehicles are low-safety. They look like souped-up golf carts and are often seen as an environmentally friendly way to get around the neighborhood or go grocery shopping. But

• Groups spar over black boxes in cars. A proposal to equip all new cars with "black boxes" to record crash data has emerged as a key point of dispute between the industry

• Financial regulation is stalled in Senate. Two Senate Democrats broke party ranks Wednesday to block an effort to wrap up debate on landmark legislation to overhaul the nation's financial regulation, potentially

18

• Senate votes for a clear credit score. Anyone rejected for a credit card, car loan or department store charge account has most likely discovered a frustrating aspect of the government-mandated, free credit

• Senate gets ready to act on financial regulations. Democratic leaders gave notice late Monday that they intend to wind down the weeks-long debate over new financial regulations, even as lawmakers continued to churn

17

• Shoppers check out of stores via cell phone. At the Rochester, Ind., Dairy Queen, more than 350 customers can wave special stickers fixed to the backs of their cell phones at a scanner in