The San Benito Independent School District board of trustees has decided to close their on-site medical clinic this year.

“The clinic is driving costs because of the way the referral system has worked” said the SBISD superintendent.

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“This action represents the largest criminal health care fraud takedown in the history of the Department of Justice”

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Marsh Consulting Group

“Here’s a little-known secret: Voluntary benefits often provide the broker with a first-year commission exceeding 60%, compared to a 3-7% commission for health plans………….These products, which typically pay out less than 50% of the premiums toward actual claims, may in the end hurt employers’ creditability once their employees realize that voluntary benefits aren’t much of a benefit after all.”

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“UnitedHealth Group Inc. has approached Aetna Inc. about a takeover deal that would likely be valued at more than $40 billion, … the latest move in a frenzy of merger talks in the health-insurance industry

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