Posts Tagged ‘California’

Changes To Medigap Plans Meet Resistance

Washington, DC, United States (KaiserHealth) – A provision of the 2010 federal health law seeking to increase Medicare beneficiaries’ share of health care costs is meeting resistance from an unlikely group of 33 state insurance regulators, health insurers and consumer advocates charged with revising Medigap insurance policies that cover most out-of-pocket expenses. The National Association [...]

States Face Challenges In Controlling Health Insurance Premiums

Washington, DC, United States (KaiserHealth) – For many consumers, the ultimate test for the embattled health-care law is simple: Will it push down insurance premiums — or at least slow their relentless rise? It’s a pressing question for the Obama administration, which is hoping its signature domestic policy achievement doesn’t end up as an election [...]

Allstate securities case suffers setback

A judge says the insurer was “judge shopping” in its case against Countrywide Financial; moves it from New York to California. Apparently a little “mayhem” has caught up with Northbrook, Ill.-based Allstate Insurance Co. In its quest to recoup View full post on All Stories

Overview of California Car Insurance

If you drive your car on the road if California then there are few rules which can make you happy and sad. You need to be very cautious while driving on the road of California as the rates of accidents are pretty high here. If you go for California car insurances then you can find [...]

California impasse continues with revised budget plan

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Sacramento, CA, United States (AHN) – The impasse over extending taxes continues in California despite a revised budget plan from Gov. Jerry Brown that relies on an unanticipated rise in revenue. Republicans have insisted on an alternative plan that would cut compensation for state workers by 10 percent. The [...]

Tsunami-generated debris from Japan to reach Hawaii, California coasts

Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer Honolulu, HI, United States (AHN) – Cars, trees, roof tops and household items swept into the sea by the March 11 tsunami in Japan will move across the Pacific Ocean and reach the coasts of Hawaii and California in two to three years, researchers predict. Ocean currents have [...]

Two Americans murdered at Mexican border crossing

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Tijuana, Mexico (AHN) – Two Americans waiting at the Tijuana-area border crossing were shot and killed on Monday. A gunman walked up to their pickup truck and fired several shots killing the men. The men who worked in San Diego but lived in Mexico were entering the United [...]

U.S. highway deaths lowest in decades

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Highway deaths last year dropped to the lowest level in more than 60 years, the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday. An estimate 32,788 people died in vehicle accidents during the year, down 3 percent from 2009 despite a double-digit [...]

NASCAR endured tough week off the track

Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Bristol, TN, United States (AHN Sports) – The week was quite tragic off the track in NASCAR this week. Daytona 500 Cinderella story Brian Keselowski had to have emergency gall bladder surgery, Richard Childress Racing’s Mike Dillon was diagnosed with a blood clot and Rick Ware Racing lost one [...]

Are Any of The Premium Hikes Justified?

As 2009 turns into 2010, the winter ice and snow has been particularly hard this year. It even snowed in Florida which shows how climate change is starting to affect local weather patterns. Needless to say, the number of traffic accidents has been at an all-time high. No-one is ever ready for ice on the [...]