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• Insurers move to cover abortion

  May 23, 2013 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – Two insurance companies that filed to compete in Washington state’s health care exchange initially proposed not to provide abortion coverage, officials said Wednesday. All current Washington health plans … 51

• Session to cover new autism insurance rules

  January 17, 2013 in Health, Washington Voices on Page S2 The Washington Autism Alliance and Advocacy and the Northwest Autism Center are presenting a session on new rules that require health care insurers to cover treatments for autism spectrum disorders. …

• Buy in to your health

  December 18, 2012 in Features, Health on Page C1 Choosing health insurance can be confusing, as consumers try to decipher terms like “non-preferred providers” and “out-of-network co-insurance.” Buying it on your own, as many have been forced to do … 1

• Aid for autism

  December 4, 2012 in Features, Health on Page C1 Mattie Lewis still has her “autism moments.” She recites TV shows she’s seen, line by line, watching them in her mind’s eye. We’re not watching TV now, her parents remind … 2

• City rallies around Cat Davis

  October 18, 2012 in Health, Washington Voices on Page V4 On Monday, Cat Davis got a fabulous early birthday present: An independent medical review board overturned her insurance company’s decision to deny her a potentially life-saving stem cell transplant. Davis, …

• If you charge for waterfront access, check your insurance

  October 7, 2012 in Business on Page E2 Many fishermen cut through private property to reach their favorite section of a river. Often, that entry can be illegal trespassing, but there are many places where access is granted …

• Premiums for family health plans hit $15,745

  September 11, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — It sounds like good news: Annual premiums for job-based family health plans went up only 4 percent this year. But hang on to your wallets. Premiums averaged $15,745, … 59

• Overlooking disability insurance can be costly

  July 29, 2012 in Business, Health on Page E1 CHICAGO – Long-term disability insurance is the forgotten insurance. The importance of auto, health, homeowners and life insurance is well known. But disability coverage, which replaces lost earnings if you …

• WA Legislature to consider abortion insurance

  January 6, 2012 in News, Region In the session that begins next week in Olympia, the Washington Legislature will consider a bill that would require private insurance companies that cover maternity care to also pay for … 17

• Rates keep rising, and long-term care insurers hold the reins

  December 28, 2011 in City on Page A5 John Thielbahr got an unpleasant holiday surprise this year: an enormous increase in the “level” premiums for his long-term care insurance policy. Within a couple of weeks, he and his … 12

• Rates down, but only for those in know

  November 23, 2011 in City on Page A5 When Patti Redmond discovered in October that she was paying almost twice the going rate for her insurance policy, she called her company to ask them why. A representative from … 9

• Patients, families reach out for help with medical expenses

  August 21, 2011 in City on Page A1 They are neighbors, friends and family, ensnared by chance cruelties of life. Most often they did nothing to bring about their pain and worry. They are accident victims, tots taken … 51

• Police pension group OKs hypnosis

  July 15, 2011 in City on Page A6 A retired Spokane police officer will have his hypnosis weight-loss therapy paid for by city tax money. Members of the Spokane Police Pension and Relief Board unanimously approved the unusual … 3

• Washington orders Regence to resurrect child-only plans

  October 15, 2010 in City, Region Washington’s top insurance regulator says Regence BlueShield must resume selling child-only health insurance. 7

• Insurance policies allow protections from windstorms

  May 3, 2010 in City, Idaho Standard insurance policies typically cover wind damage to homes and businesses, but not to vehicles unless the auto policy-holder has optional comprehensive coverage, according to the Northwest Insurance Council. 1

• Insurance bridge coming

  May 1, 2010 in City on Page B1 Washington is set to start a new federally funded high-risk health insurance program. It is designed to cover people who are unable to obtain insurance, such as former and current … 1

• HHS warns of double-digit spike in health premiums

  February 18, 2010 in Nation/World Eye-popping health insurance premium increases of up to 39 percent are not an exception but a worrisome sign of the times, the Obama administration said in a report Thursday. 11

• Editorial: Insurance reform would give options to workers

  January 6, 2010 in Opinion on Page A11 Washington state’s industrial insurance program is notoriously unconventional. This is one of only four states where private insurance carriers can’t compete for workers’ compensation business. Only in Washington is the …

• Washington on track for 1 million uninsured

    November 19, 2009 in City Washington state will have more than 1 million uninsured residents by 2011, Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler said in Spokane this afternoon. 6

• Falling premiums heighten interest in life insurance

  May 4, 2009 in City on Page A7 David Boley is a Farmers Insurance agent who’s seeing life insurance from both sides lately. On the one hand, despite the poor economy, there’s a steady interest in life insurance …

• Latest AIG bailout likely won’t be last

  March 3, 2009 in Business on Page A8 WASHINGTON – A new definition of desperate times: Even as the government threw a stunning new $30 billion lifeline to American International Group on Monday, the beleaguered insurance giant confirmed …

• New liver, new law

  January 1, 2009 in City on Page B1 Fred Watley rode a bike last summer. He roller-skates with his son. A couple of weeks ago, he shoveled snow until his wife shooed him back inside their Spokane home. …

• Focus health system on patient, not profit

  August 13, 2008 in Opinion on Page B5 On Aug. 1, my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. The biopsies of both the lymph node and breast came back positive with “poorly differentiated” cancer. This means the cancer …

• Wildfires, tax breaks don’t mix

  August 28, 2007 in Business on Page A6 The West is in the middle of another devastating fire season, with flames threatening posh communities like Sun Valley and smoke filling the valleys of Montana. So far, knock on …

• Audit Finds Fraud, Poor Care Under Medicare Services Gao Investigation Alleges Rampant Abuse

  July 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 Federal investigators say they have found widespread fraud, overcharges and substandard care in the medical services provided to frail homebound elderly people under Medicare. The General Accounting Office, an auditing …

• Fed Health Plans Won’t Cover Abortion Senate Approves Restriction; Critic Calls It ‘Gratuitous Slap’

  July 23, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A8 The Senate voted Tuesday to continue barring federal workers’ health plans from covering costs of most abortions, overriding objections from Democratic women that government employees were being denied benefits available …

• ‘Drive-Through’ Births Criticized Early Discharge Of New Mothers Increases Chance Of Clinical Problems, UW Study Finds

  July 23, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Newborns discharged from the hospital after so-called “drive-through” deliveries are more likely to return to the hospital for treatment than infants who are allowed longer stays, according to a new …

• Who’s Homebound? With Home Health Care Benefits Now Accounting For Nearly 10 Percent Of Medicare Spending, The Administration Wants Limits On Who Is Eligible.

  May 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Trying to fight fraud and stem a stunning rise in Medicare home health costs, the Clinton administration wants to change the definition of who is “homebound” and legally entitled to …

• Kaiser/Group Health President Defends Diplomas Nudelman Received Degrees From Alleged California Diploma Mill

  May 27, 1997 in City on Page B2 The Group Health Cooperative’s longtime president, recently named head of the newly merged Kaiser/Group Health, says he worked hard on advanced degrees from an unaccredited school characterized as a degree …

• Critics Rip Hmo Takeover

  January 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A11 Consumer and doctors groups urged state regulators Wednesday to block PacifiCare Health Systems’ takeover of FHP International Corp., which would create the largest Medicare-based managed care company. PacifiCare wants to …

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