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One of the big sticking points on the road to President Obama signing the Affordable Health Care for America Act earlier today was the debate over so-called Cadillac health care plans. The Senate bill wanted to impose a hefty tax on these luxe plans and the House bill didn’t, out of some misplaced fear that [...]
This morning’s NY Times had an interesting story about the Obama Administration going after what it describes as “excessive rate increases” that some health insurance companies — the article talks about Anthem Blue Cross specifically, a subsidiary of WellPoint (WLP) — are trying to pass along to their subscribers. And just last week, a friend [...]
Although the relentless winter weather may seem like more of a concern right now than greenhouse gases (GHG), a lot of companies have been mentioning them lately in their SEC filings. Last month, the SEC issued some guidance on this topic. Still, there’s no formal rules as of yet. But with 10Ks flowing fast and [...]
While the rest of the country went back to work last week, Congress is just getting around to that task today and by most accounts healthcare is at the top of the agenda. But one company seems to have gotten an early start: Invacare (IVC) filed this 8K on Friday, which certainly caught our attention. [...]
Yesterday, we took a break from our normal trawl through the filings to cozy up with the transcript from the arguments before the Supreme Court over whether the Public Company Accounting Board (PCAOB), which was created under Sarbanes-Oxley, has a right to exist. The arguments in the case, which was formally titled the Free Enterprise Fund [...]
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