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Aetna to Acquire PayFlexMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:21AMHARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aetna (NYSE: AET) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire PayFlex Holdings, Inc., one of the nation’s largest independent account-based health plan administrators, with approximately 1 million accounts and approximately 3,300 direct employer customers. The purchase price is approximately $202 million. Aetna expects to finance the ...

Chronically ill await lawSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:25PMHolly Knight started financially planning for retirement long before making the move this summer.

Price Breaks Kick In For 'Pre-Existing Condition' InsuranceSunday, July 10, 2011 @ 2:15AMUninsured sick people got some good news recently — or some of them did, anyway. Starting Friday, the Obama administration reduced the premiums by up to 40 percent in special high-risk insurance plans that the federal government is running in 17 states and the District of Columbia.

Price breaks kick in for high-risk health insuranceFriday, July 8, 2011 @ 9:08AMStarting Friday, the Obama administration reduced the premiums by up to 40 percent in special high-risk insurance plans that the federal government is running in 17 states and the District of Columbia.

Federal officials try again to bolster health plans for people with medical conditionsWednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 4:14PMUninsured sick people got some good news recently -- or some of them did, anyway. Starting Friday, the Obama administration reduced the premiums by up to 40 percent in special high-risk insurance plans that the federal government is running in 17 states and the District of Columbia.

White House backs boost in COBRA, health insurance premium subsidiesFriday, July 1, 2011 @ 4:50AMThe Obama administration is backing a temporary boost in federal subsidies of health insurance premiums, such as COBRA coverage, for workers who lose their jobs due to foreign competition and older retirees in failed pension plans.

Comments ( to add a comment go here )Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 6:53AMJoining states like Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio that are requiring public employees to pay more for health benefits, the New Jersey Assembly on June 23 approved a bill that will require 750,000 government employees and retirees to contribute substantially more for their health insurance and pensions.

Waiting for Obamacare: Bridging the Coverage GapMonday, June 27, 2011 @ 10:39AMPresident Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act will not fully go into effect until 2014. Until then, many Americans find themselves without health insurance, ranging from the unemployed to newly hired employees to recent college graduates.

UPDATE: Urgent Care: St. Mary's Hospital cutting services, staffWednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 12:09AMSt. Mary's Hospital in Streator is cutting five services beginning in July, and 28 full-time equivalent employees will be affected. This includes full- and part-time employees. In a statement released Tuesday, St. Mary's Hospital President and CEO Joanne Fenton