Regional news: 
Archive for September, 2009
Mandating health insurance coverage will benefit insurance companies, but will not improve the health care system, according to Ron Paul, a Republican congressman representing Texas. Read Story
Illinois regulators have revoked the license of an agent and his agency for failing to remit thousands of dollars in premiums from customers to insurance companies over the last two years. Read Story
In what it says is a move away from more expensive and time-consuming paper transactions, AmeriHealth New Jersey has witnessed a 50% increase in claims submitted electronically by its providers. Read Story
A former Suffolk County, N.Y., lawmaker was indicted for the second time in two months, the most recent for alleged theft of insurance money paid to reconstruct a beach house destroyed in a fire. Read Story
New York’s recent steps to regulate contingent commissions could be a step toward relaxing a ban on the practice established four years ago, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Read Story
A collection of financial services groups in the Greater Philadelphia area are planning the first Greater Philadelphia Financial Services Super Day for Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the Conshohocken, Pa., Marriott hotel. Read Story
United Concordia Dental gave $2,500 scholarships to two students from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Dental School. Read Story
Virginia’s small businesses will have greater access to health care as a result of a new round of federal funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Read Story
The Internal Revenue Service is extending until Oct. 15 its tax amnesty program for U.S. taxpayers with undeclared income in foreign accounts, according to an IRS statement. Read Story
The health care debate has been, well, pretty boring for those of us who have to live, breath, write, rewrite, edit and headline it day after day. What with President ... Read → Read Story
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