Topic: CIGNA Corporation

Cigna to buy Medicare co HealthSpring for $3.8 billion

(Reuters) - Health insurer Cigna Corp will buy HealthSpring Inc for $3.8 billion to jump-start its business selling Medicare plans as more elderly Americans become eligible for the U.S. government program.Medicare is an enticing market for U.S. health insurers, even as Congress ...

Vision Insurance

Vision insurance is an insurance product which is designed to cover certain costs associated with eye exams, treatments and prescription eye wear . Insurance may be a portion of an employer's benefit package and vision insurance may be an elective of a ...

Cigna study sings praises of consumer-directed care

One insurer's research says consumer-directed health care is serving enrollees the way it's designed to by encouraging members to make good choices.. Philadelphia-based Cigna released its fifth annual report on the experiences of enrollees in consumer-directed plans, covering the 897,000 people who ...

Cigna Health Insurance

CIGNA health insurance is a brand of health insurance offered by CIGNA , a group of companies providing a range of insurance products. CIGNA HealthCare provides medical, pharmacy , dental care, group life and health insurance services. CIGNA health insurance can be ...

CIGNA Beats Estimates, Raises Outlook

CIGNA Corp.'s (CI) third quarter earnings of $1.10 per share were ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.06. CIGNA's net income declined 6.7% year over year to $307 million, due to $44 million of losses incurred on its run-off business operations ...
Have you been declined by individual health insurance companies? The key word phrase is "Guaranteed Issue"Insurance companies cannot decline companies for health insurance no matter what the pre-existing conditions are. The most they can do is increase the rates +15%.So, if you ...

2 Medicare Advantage plans to join forces in $545 million deal

The latest in small-scale health plan consolidation came in August with a $545 million deal combining Nashville-based HealthSpring and Baltimore's Bravo Health. Profit margins for Medicare Advantage plans have remained static or dropped in most cases this year, and investment analysts have ...

COSTS TO TOP 8000 PER PERSON

The article reports on the growing costs of healthcare in the U.S. According to the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services, the costs of medical care will top $8,000 per American. mate EdUedhyMorgan Lewis Jr. Senior Editor HEALTH LAW AMA fUes suit against ...

Take Advantage of Health Reform Now

Despite dominating headlines this year, most of the changes wrought by the nearly $1 trillion health care reform law won't actually go into effect until 2014. But starting in late September, insurers will be required to let parents keep kids up to ...

Aetna misrepresented how it spent some premiums, senator says

An investigation into how insurance companies spend the money they receive from premiums each year has resulted in Aetna making a nearly $5 billion amendment to its 2008 health insurance regulatory filings, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D, W. Va.), chair of the Senate ...
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