Sector: Life and Health Insurance

Insurers, hospitals and doctors say they are forming partnerships and creating programs to find ways to slow the growth in the nation’s $2.7 trillion health care bill. The New York Times reports.

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Speaker John Boehner says the House will vote Friday on a GOP bill preventing interest rates on federal student loans from doubling this summer. But the legislation will be paid for by cutting money from President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law.

Despite a landmark settlement that was expected to increase coverage for out-of-network care, the nation’s largest health insurers have been switching to a new payment method that in most cases significantly increases the cost to the patient, the New York Times reports.

MetLife, the largest life insurer in the United States, will pay $500 million to settle a multi-state investigation into claims payment practices.

China Life Insurance posted its biggest quarterly profit slump of 82 percent, hit by lower investment returns and slower growth, and said it faced further headwinds from economic and market uncertainty and fiercer competition. 

Health coverage for more than 30 million people. The power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce. President Obama's re-election. The reputation of the Supreme Court and the legacy of its chief justice, USA Today reports.

President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul is front and center at the U.S. Supreme Court for three days of hearings to determine the fate of a law aimed at extending health insurance to 30 million more Americans.

China Life, which reports earnings on Monday, has seen its share price halved over the last two years as low-margin products, increased competition and new rules stalled business growth and volatile equity markets bit into profits.

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A partisan debate is expected to follow a nonpartisan report that reduces the cost estimate for expanding health-care coverage under President Obama's landmark restructuring.

The management of UK-based Prudential has made no decision on whether to relocate outside of the European Union but is watching with apprehension Brussels' plans to introduce new regulation for insurers, CEO Tidjane Thiam told CNBC.

Tackling a huge logistical challenge, the Obama administration Monday released an ambitious blueprint for states to match up uninsured Americans with coverage that's right for them under the health care overhaul law.

An increase in dental visits reflects the trend that more people have health insurance as a result of getting full-time jobs, CNBC reports.

In a decision that could have a national impact, Maine’s highest court ruled unanimously against Anthem Health Plans of Maine. The court ruled in a 7-0 decision released today, that Maine’s Insurance Superintendent acted reasonably in setting rates designed to provide health coverage to consumers, not guaranteed profits to insurance companies.