Smartwatch tells ‘what’s going on in your body’
Health is one of key areas of interest for Apple developers, says Tim Cook.
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Willis lifts Towers Watson offer to $8.9 billion to win support
Willis Group Holdings Plc, the third-largest insurance broker, agreed to better terms for Towers Watson & Co. shareholders in a proposed merger after the consulting firms investors said that a June agreement was inadequate.
Obama’s MyRA retirement savings plan goes nationwide
MyRA, the Obama administration's free, guaranteed-return starter retirement account, launched nationwide on Wednesday.
GE explores sale of pension manager overseeing $115 billion
General Electric Co. is trying to sell the asset management arm that oversees the companys pension plan as it continues to cut back on non-manufacturing operations.
Affordable Care Act fine paid by 6.6M taxpayers, above estimate
About 6.6 million U.S. taxpayers paid a penalty imposed for the first time this year for not having health insurance, about 10% more than the Obama administration had estimated though a portion didnt need to.
Assurant Health to be sold or shut down
The parent company of Assurant Health said Tuesday it will sell or shut down the Milwaukee health insurer by the end of next year.
Retirees could lose their ‘guaranteed’ health-care benefits
California's struggling to pay for health care for retired state employees, with an estimated $72 billion in medical costs coming in the next 30 years. Gov. Jerry Brown's solution: Make workers start contributing money to pay for the health care they'll need after retiring.
Lockheed to pay $62 million to end worker pension fees case
Lockheed Martin Corp. agreed to pay $62 million to end a lawsuit over claims it shortchanged 120,000 workers and retirees who participated in its pension plans.
Anthem to tell customers within two weeks if they were hacked
Anthem Inc., the second-biggest U.S. health insurer, said its going to take about 10 to 14 days to figure out who was affected by a data breach and begin notifying those people.
Obama to drop proposal to repeal 529 college tax break
President Barack Obama is dropping his proposal to tax the earnings on college savings accounts, responding to criticism of an idea the White House announced 10 days ago.
CMS head Tavenner to step down
Marilyn Tavenner, head of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services the agency largely behind the rollout of the Affordable Care Act plans to step down at the end of February, she told her staff in an email Friday.
Lavish Cadillac health plans dying out as ACA tax looms
Large employers are increasingly putting an end to their most generous health-care coverage as a tax on "Cadillac" insurance plans looms closer under the Affordable Care Act.
Two states extend ACA enrollment deadlines for 1/1 coverage
For much of the country, Monday was the last day to enroll in health insurance coverage through the federal Health Insurance Marketplace, Healthcare.gov, to have a Jan. 1, 2015 effective date. Overall enrollment ends Feb. 15, 2015. Unlike last years open enrollment, the system has hit few, if any, snags and is on track to hit or exceed its enrollment estimates.
ACA seen covering 9.9M, lower than forecast
The Obama administration forecast that as many as 9.9 million people will sign up for health coverage under Obamacare this year, 3 million below a previous estimate from the Congressional Budget Office.
Supreme court agrees to hear case challenging ACA subsidies
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider a challenge to the subsidies that are a linchpin of President Barack Obamas health-care overhaul, accepting a case that suddenly puts the law under a new legal cloud.
White ‘uniquely qualified’ as new Aflac U.S. president
Her breadth and depth of experience make Theresa White a good choice to be Aflac's first female and African-American president of Aflac U.S., say industry experts.
Apple delays HealthKit software after discovering early flaw
(Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. said its delaying the release of new health-tracking software that it has trumpeted as one of the main features of its new operating system for the iPhone and iPad.
Obamacare to kick out 115,000 lacking residency proof
About 115,000 people who signed up for Obamacare and may not be legal residents of the U.S. will lose their insurance coverage at the end of the month, the government said Monday.
ACA tax rule gets rehearing by full appeals court
The full U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington will rehear a recent court decision that found the ACA's premium subsidies invalid in more than two dozen states due to the laws specific language. A rehearing may reduce the chances of a new Supreme Court showdown over a central element of the health reform law.
House to sue Obama over ACAs employer mandate delay
The U.S. House of Representatives will sue President Barack Obamas administration over delaying the implementation of an employer health insurance mandate in the Affordable Care Act.