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Humana Inc. has partnered with Availity, Business Health Care and nationally-recognized health care consultant Dr. Jacque Sokolov to create ChangeNow4Health, an online community committed to improving health

As an agent out in the field during the early days of my career, I often wondered why the company I represented didn't offer more support to the people in the trenches writing the business. I thought about how much better our production would be if

In the discussion about ways to hold down the cost of health care, many factors are cited as possibilities to turn the tide. It seems the same factors being discussed by policymakers and health care experts are of concern to consumers, too. A

H.G. Wells - a perennial favorite of mine - once wrote that "human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe." That has never been more clear than this past year. But, the latest humanity-inspired sign of

o 42.8 percent of U.S. companies offer some kind of consumer-driven health care product. o 61 percent of U.S. companies offer some kind of adoption assistance. o 86.1 percent of U.S. companies offer mail-order

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o 93 percent of insurance companies faced at least one lawsuit in the past year. o 33 percent faced more than 20 legal actions. o 54 percent reported facing at least one $20 million (or greater) lawsuit.