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The Motley Fool December 29, 2006 Billy Fisher	2006 in Review: CIGNA A disappointing start didn't keep the health insurer down. CIGNA shareholders can hope for another strong year in 2007.
Managed Care June 2002	Small Companies Seeking Caps On Premiums Small-business owners in Michigan have released a survey that they hope will prompt legislation to prevent some health insurers from "overpricing" policies.
The Motley Fool October 13, 2009 Brian Orelli	Health-Care Reform: You Can't Have It Both Ways Requiring insurers to cover pre-existing conditions needs to go hand-in-hand with requiring healthy people to purchase insurance.
Entrepreneur July 2005 Stephen Barlas	Bill of Health? Combining entrepreneurs into Association Health Plans (AHPs) is one feature of legislation designed to cure your health insurance pains.
Entrepreneur June 2003 Mark Henricks	Risky Business On the lookout for small business insurance? You might have to re-evaluate your risk tolerance first.
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Registered Rep. January 18, 2011 Alan Lavine	Insurers Raising Premiums, Changing Terms on Long-term Care Policies If you're selling long-term care insurance to clients, it's best to stay away from carriers with a history of raising premiums or discontinuing other types of insurance coverage.
Inc. April 2005 Jennifer Gill	Cut Your Health Care Costs Now Nine ways to slash your small firm's insurance costs, from health savings accounts to getting tough with your broker to joining purchasing pools.
BusinessWeek July 23, 2009 Catherine Arnst	In Most Markets, a Few Health Insurers Dominate A publicly funded plan would increase health-insurance competition, forcing powerful players to bring down costs
Inc. June 2008	How To Choose A Health Care Plan: Finding the Right Plan Advice on what companies should consider when choosing a group heath plan.
Managed Care April 2007 John Carroll	Mergers: Is Bigger Better? Health plan consolidation has its upside, but some who contract with insurers see only the downside.
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004	Health Care: The Patient Will Live, But... Employers and consumers will continue to get hammered by rising premiums, but health-care costs will rise a bit more slowly, which is good news for insurers.
Managed Care July 2005 MargaretAnn Cross	Efforts To Cover the Uninsured An Opportunity for Health Plans Employers and state governments are getting together to design imaginative insurance programs to cover low-pay workers.
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BusinessWeek July 14, 2003 Lewis Braham	Is Your Policy Getting Zapped? Swapping insurance coverage may get you out of the jam.
BusinessWeek November 18, 2010 Drew Armstrong	Guess Who Opposes Reversing the Individual Mandate in Health Reform? As Republicans take aim at the individual mandate in the health reform law, health-care industry groups are lobbying to preserve it.
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Investment Advisor May 2007 Marlene Y. Satter	Swept Away? Congressional action could mean major changes ahead for the insurance industry.
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BusinessWeek October 1, 2009 Sasseen & Arnst	Why Business Fears the Public Option Executives contend that it will lead health-care providers to charge patients in private plans higher rates.
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IndustryWeek March 1, 2002 Karen M. Kroll	Ensuring Your Insurance Companies face higher commercial insurance rates, a weaker industry. What steps can managers and CFOs take to make sure that their firms can obtain the insurance coverage they need, at a price that makes sense?
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 William C. Symonds	Get Used To The Pain Another round of double-digit hikes in health-care costs is in the mail.
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