Word: cigna
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...activist with a track record for sensationalism." PhRMA went on to say "a review of America's health care system should be balanced, thoughtful and well-researched" before adding, "Unfortunately, you won't get that from Michael Moore." America's Health Insurance Plans, whose members include HMOs Aetna and Cigna, handed its own news releases last week emphasizing the need for "a uniquely American solution." Health Care America, a non-profit financed in part by pharmaceutical and hospital companies, held briefings to document the the long wait-times common to government-run healthcare, such as those run by France...
...Moore also likes to play Santa Claus. One child, who had been approved for one but not two cochlear implants when she started losing her hearing, received an OK for the second implant from CIGNA after her father waved the red flag of Moore's interest in the case. The filmmaker also sent $12,000 anonymously (well, not any more; it's in the movie) to a Moore-hating blogger who was going to shut down his site to pay for his wife's hospital bills. Most photogenically, Moore brought his 9/11 boat people to Cuba...
...that the overall cost will be lower, but unfortunately it all depends on exactly how it's designed. If you don't do something clever with the cap, very quickly you will have more and more people going into the insurance. All the big companies--Humana, PacifiCare, UnitedHealthCare, Cigna, Aetna--have their own models...
...chronic pain. Prenatal and infant massage are also catching on and a rape-crisis center in North Carolina even offers massage or "safe touch" as part of its therapy. A national survey of employer-sponsored health plans by William M. Mercer found that 15% of HMOs offer massage. Cigna and Blue Cross Blue Shield cover massage in some packages...
Most executives who live and work overseas know expatriate insurance is a necessity, as public-health systems may be inadequate or private care too costly. But trying to figure out what health care is actually available can be frustrating. Last month CIGNA INTERNATIONAL, whose expatriate-benefits division has grown about 30% each of the past five years, added a country guide to its website cigna.com/expatriates that gives such information as lists of qualified local doctors and evaluations of hospital facilities. The site also offers quirky tips: in Brazil, "Do not send purple flowers, as this signifies mourning...