| bellwetherreport.com: Aetna Inc is Added to the Bellwether Watch list
Aetna, Inc. provides health insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health, group life, long-term care and disability plans, and medical management capabilities primarily in the United States. It operates in three segments: Health Care, Group Insurance, and Large Case Pensions. The Health Care segment consists of medical, pharmacy benefits management, dental, and vision plans offered on Risk basis and on an employer-funded basis. Its medical products include point of service, health maintenance organization, preferred provider organization, and indemnity benefit plans, as well as health savings account and Aetna HealthFund. The segment also provides specialty products, such as medical management and data analytics services, behavioral health plans, and stop loss insurance, as well as products that provide access to its provider networks in select markets.
Transients reluctant to use available health care
Living on the streets is tough enough. If you're sick, or injured, or suffering from a chronic illness, too, it just gets tougher. DEIRDRE EITEL/CHRONICLE Registered Nurse Bridget Benjamin finishes up a blood pressure check on a client on April 13 in the basement of the United Methodist Church, where she volunteers providing basic health screenings. Most people take decent heath care for granted. But without health insurance or the ability to pay the hefty rates charged by private doctors, and often carrying a deep suspicion of government-run health care systems, Bozeman's homeless residents have few places to turn for even basic health care needs.Medical resources for the homeless are limited, but they do exist.The Gallatin Community Clinic, under the dedicated direction of Buck Taylor, offers top-notch medical and dental care to anyone who walks through its door, regardless of their ability to pay.
USW ratifies new tire contract
The United Steelworkers have a new three-year contract with Bridgestone Firestone covering 5,200 members, including 160 in Akron. The pact, among other things, will have union workers who retired from 1991 onward pay health insurance premiums for the first time, the head of Akron-based Local 7 said. Union members who retired prior to 1991 will not see changes in health-care coverage, Local 7 President Mike O'Connor said. The Pittsburgh-based union announced the contract ratification Thursday. About 52 percent of the membership voted to accept the tentative agreement reached April 4, the union said. Akron-based Local 7 approved the contract by a higher percentage, O'Connor said. ``It's not something we're particularly tickled with.
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