| Wildwood man gets probation in insurance fraud
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Wildwood resident Joseph Venziano was sentenced Thursday to five years' probation for insurance fraud. Venziano, 66, was indicted in November and pleaded guilty to theft by deception, a third-degree crime, in February. He previously admitted that between Oct. 18, 2002, and Dec. 30, 2003, he falsely represented that he remained married to his former wife so she would be eligible for spousal health insurance benefits. According to the state Attorney General's office, which prosecuted the case, health insurance benefits were provided through Venziano's employer by the Aetna Life Insurance Company, and the policy provided that those benefits would end if the marriage ended. Venziano was divorced in 1998, but Aetna paid $9,393 to various health care providers for services rendered to the former wife between 2002 and 2003.
Health Benefits Direct Announces Addition of Aetna Coverage to ...
RADNOR, PA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- March 12, 2007 -- Health Benefits Direct Corporation (OTCBB: HBDT), a leading innovator in the direct marketing and distribution of a wide range of health and life insurance products to individuals, today announced that Aetna has joined Health Benefits Direct's online insurance portal as an official health insurance carrier partner. The addition of this leading provider expands the company's consumer selection to include coverage availability from four of the largest major medical insurance carriers in the nation. "Selective carrier mix expansion is a key component of our organic growth plan, and this addition marks a significant achievement in the ongoing development of our interactive online insurance agency," said Alvin H. Clemens, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Health Benefits Direct.
Uninsured having to make tough choices
With just one income, the Wood family has enough money to buy medical insurance for either Jami Wood or her 8-month-old son, Evan. Wood and husband Christopher, who has government insurance as a veteran, said it wasn't hard to choose. Evan would get the insurance. "The baby had to have insurance," said the 27-year-old mother who quit working after their son was born. Through www.ehealthinsurance.com, the family bought a policy for $76 a month from Aetna. (It has since increased to $92 a month.) It has a $2,000 deductible and $25 co-pay but covers Evan's routine checkups and immunizations. "They wanted almost $200 more a month for me, and we couldn't afford that with an $1,100 house note," she said. Jami Wood is typical of a large chunk of the 44.8 million people who have no medical insurance, according to new U.S.
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