Headline News Archive

2010

March

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• The health-care law: Frequently asked questions. The health-care bill is more than 2,000 pages long -- with hundreds more to come from regulators filling in the details. It will take years before

• Four scenarios under health reform. With the most significant changes to the nation's health-care policy in decades having finally come to fruition, the question I have, as I'm sure so

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• Financial tuneup: In a few hours unlock some cash. To be a modern American consumer is to be plagued by a never-ending, guilt-inducing stream of undone tasks. There’s the nagging feeling that you

• Retain documents no longer than you must. I’ve long been a pack rat when it comes to saving financial documents. I have a file cabinet full of old cellphone and credit

• Time for an insurance checkup?. Few things in our financial lives could be as tedious yet as important as reviewing the policies that insure what we own. Hours spent poring

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• First wave of health-care changes target insurers. In affixing his signature Tuesday to comprehensive health-care legislation, President Obama will set in motion a fundamental shift across a sprawling industry, from insurers who

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• House votes Yes on health insurance overhaul. Congress completed action Sunday night on the major portion of President Obama's top priority, a historic restructuring of the nation's health care system that has

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• Elizabeth Warren's fight for financial reform. Elizabeth Warren, who came to Washington in 2008 with the task of keeping tabs on the financial bailout, today faces the unthinkable: business as usual for

• U.S. carmakers show gains in quality. Two new reports are pointing to a rapidly changing auto world where American and South Korean brands are equaling the quality of the top manufacturers

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• About 1 in 4 in California lack health insurance. Nearly 1 in 4 Californians under age 65 had no health insurance last year, according to a new report, as soaring unemployment propelled vast numbers of once-covered workers

• 2nd shot at financial reform still leaves loopholes. Trying to fix the broken U.S. financial system is no way to win a popularity contest. Standing by himself, Christopher Dodd, chairman of the

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• The rental car squeeze. Tried renting a car lately? In some cases, travelers say, the final bill is double or even triple the amount they thought they had agreed

• Dems have more optimism on health care than votes. Democratic leaders scrambled Sunday to pull together enough support in the House for a make-or-break decision on health-care reform later this week, expressing optimism that

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• Dodd to unveil comprensive financial reform bill. The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee [Christopher Dodd (D-CT] will unveil on Monday a proposal to revamp the nation’s financial regulations that would

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• Insurers test health plans that stress patient choice. Workers at a Portland, Ore., steel mill soon will be able to pick a new type of insurance that offers free care for some illnesses,

• Employers to shift more health-care costs. Most big employers plan to shift a larger share of health-care costs to their workers next year, according to a survey to be released Thursday.

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• How would health care overhaul help young people?. Like most Americans, Dominic Ouellette, an uninsured 23-year-old waiter in Washington, likely would be required to have health coverage under the legislation being debated in

February

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• Obama offers new health-care reform proposal. President Obama signaled his determination to forge ahead with a Democratic vision of comprehensive health-care reform as he unveiled on Monday an ambitious proposal that

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• Obama proposal targets insurance-rate increases. President Obama will call for new government power to regulate insurance-rate increases as part of comprehensive changes to the health-care system that the White House

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• Toyota hit by new surge of reported fatalities. Federal officials have received a flurry of new complaints in recent weeks about deaths linked to sudden acceleration in Toyota vehicles, bringing the total number

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• Individual insurance rates soar in at least 3 states. Consumers in at least three states who buy their own health insurance are getting hit with premium increases of 15% or more. Anthem Blue Cross, a

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• Guard your health insurance card. You may want to make sure you know where your health insurance card is. According to a new study, the 2010 Identity Fraud Survey Report, from

• Money matters in a marriage. The recession has unearthed another economic truism: Having a sound financial marriage is as romantic as roses and chocolate. Money definitely matters for contemporary American

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• Health insurers take heat for rise in profits. As the nation struggled last year with rising healthcare costs and a recession, the five largest health insurance companies racked up combined profits of $12.2 billion

• Insurers raising health care rates. Anthem Blue Cross customers may be hopping mad about their rate hikes, but members of other health insurers say they're also getting hit with sky-high