Tuesday, June 12, 2012

HEALTHCARE - Largest Health Insurers to Pledge Keep Provisions of Health Care Reform

"'Good for Health': Some Reforms Will Stay Regardless of Supreme Court Decision" PBS Newshour 6/11/2012

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SUMMARY: UnitedHealthcare, one of the country's largest health insurers, said Monday it would keep several provisions of the federal health reform law intact, whether the Supreme Court rejects it or not. Ray Suarez and Health Affairs editor Susan Dentzer discuss how the court's impending decision will affect Americans' health care.

GWEN IFILL (Newshour): Now, Major health insurers announced today they plan to keep some provisions of the federal health reform law intact, whether the Supreme Court rejects it or not.

Ray Suarez has the story.

RAY SUAREZ (Newshour): Much of the coverage of the Supreme Court's impending decision has focused on the political stakes. But it's being watched just as closely by the health care industry, doctors, hospitals, insurers, employers among them, and, of course, by patients.

Today, the country's largest health insurer, UnitedHealthcare, serving 36 million members, said it would uphold several provisions even if the court overturns the law. Aetna and Humana followed with similar announcements this afternoon.


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