Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Obamacare Tax Subsidy Recipients in Northeast Express Relief
Jun 26 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the tax subsidies for health insureds across the country including those in states without their own health exchanges that use the federal health insurance exchange. The following...
Supreme Court Opinion To Have No Effect on Health Insurers: S&P
Jun 25 2015 // Today’s Supreme Court opinion upholding current tax subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will not have any impact on rated U.S. not-for-profit and for-profit health insurance firms since it continues the...
Supreme Court Upholds Obamacare Tax Subsidies
Jun 25 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court today upheld the tax subsidies for health insureds across the country including those in states without their own health exchanges that use the federal health insurance exchange. In a 6-3 opinion...
Democrats Vow One Sentence Fix If Court Ends Obamacare Subsidies
Jun 24 2015 // Democrats are prepared to quickly come up with a legislative solution should the U.S. Supreme Court rule in the next few days to invalidate a central part of President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, party...
Miami Home Health Company Settles Medicare Fraud Scam for $17M
Jun 19 2015 // A Miami home health company has agreed to pay $17 million for allegedly paying doctors to refer Medicare patients. Department of Justice officials said the settlement with Hebrew Homes Health Network Inc. is the largest...
Wisconsin-Based Assurant Health Exiting Health Insurance Business
Jun 11 2015 // The parent company of Milwaukee, Wis.-based Assurant Health says it has reached agreement to sell some business lines and assets to National General Holdings Corp. as it exits the health insurance market. Time Insurance...
Assurant Finds Buyer for Health Insurance Business: National General
Jun 11 2015 // Assurant Inc. has officially decided it will exit the health insurance market to focus instead on its housing and lifestyle specialty protection products. The firm has reached an agreement to sell its Assurant Health...
Growth Business: Helping Insurers Recoup Personal Injury Medical Costs
Jun 11 2015 // George Rawlings grabs a stack of computer printouts and stretches them six feet across his office, admiring data from police reports of Florida auto accidents: the names of those hurt and the severity of their...
Health Insurers Ask Pennsylvania Regulators for Big Rate Hikes
Jun 10 2015 // A national upswing of health insurance rates is coming to Pennsylvania, and that could mean bigger-than-expected cost increases next year for at least a couple hundred thousand Pennsylvanians who bought insurance in the...
President Obama ‘Optimistic’ Court Will Uphold Health Insurance Subsidies
Jun 9 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court probably shouldn’t have accepted a lawsuit challenging Obamacare’s health insurance subsidies, President Barack Obama said, calling it an “easy case.” “Frankly it...
Penn. Gov. Wolf Seeks State Authority Over Health Insurance Marketplace
Jun 4 2015 // Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration said Tuesday it has formally applied to take over the operation of Pennsylvania’s health insurance marketplace as the Democrat seeks a bulwark against the potential...
Health Insurers in Illinois, Michigan Seeking Rate Hikes for 2016
Jun 3 2015 // Blue Cross Blue Shield and Blue Care Network, which sell medical insurance to more than half of Michigan residents who buy their own coverage under the federal health care law, are seeking 2016 premium increases that...
Small Businesses Bypassing Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange
May 27 2015 // Minnesota’s health insurance exchange is having a big problem with attracting small businesses. MNsure was originally expected to cover 155,000 people in small-group plans by next year. Enrollment was only 1,405...
Health Insurer CareFirst Says Cyberattack Stole Data of 1.1M Users
May 21 2015 // CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, which sells health insurance in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, said on Wednesday that a cyberattack compromised the data of 1.1 million current and former...
Survey: More Than 96% in Massachusetts Have Health Insurance
May 7 2015 // Massachusetts continues to the lead the nation in health care with more than 96 percent of residents reporting coverage despite lingering cost barriers. That’s according to a survey by The Center for Health...
Chief of Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange to Resign
May 5 2015 // MNsure’s chief executive is resigning to take another job, the health insurance exchange confirmed, paving the way for a third leadership shakeup at the beleaguered agency in less than two years. Scott Leitz was set...
Beating Up on Workers’ Comp: Grand Bargain Taking Jabs from Multiple Directions
May 4 2015 // The state-based workers’ compensation system has stayed on its feet for 100 years in part by being able to defend itself against blows and then counterpunch when necessary. It has shown an ability to reform to fit...
Assurant to Exit Employee Benefits, Health Insurance
Apr 30 2015 // New York-based specialty insurer Assurant, Inc. said it is exploring strategic alternatives for its employee benefits and health business segments, including the sale of each business. If it can’t sell its health...
Second Largest Georgia Hospital to Settle False Medicare Billing Charges for $20M
Apr 29 2015 // Federal prosecutors say a central Georgia hospital system has agreed to a multimillion dollar settlement to resolve allegations of fraudulent Medicare billing. Authorities say the Medical Center of Central Georgia has...
Dismantle of Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange Fails in Senate
Apr 27 2015 // Governance of Minnesota’s health insurance exchange could be in for a change, but MNsure won’t go away entirely. The Democratic-led Minnesota Senate defeated GOP attempts to dismantle MNsure. Several...
