Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Pennsylvania’s Health Insurance Exchange Plan Stalls
Oct 19 2012 // A state-run health insurance exchange is unlikely to be ready for a scheduled January 2014 rollout, Pennsylvania’s top insurance regulator said Wednesday. Insurance Commissioner Michael Consedine said development of...
Big Brazil Health Insurance Deal May be Tough to Replicate
Oct 9 2012 // With a $4.9 billion takeover of Brazil’s biggest healthcare provider, UnitedHealth Group appears to have snatched the crown jewel in a market with plenty of promise but formidable barriers to entry for any foreign...
Poll: Americans Do Not Expect Total Repeal of Health Care Law
Oct 8 2012 // They may not like it, but they don’t see it going away. About 7 in 10 Americans think President Barack Obama’s health care law will go fully into effect with some changes, ranging from minor to major...
Challenges, Opportunities of Health Exchanges, New Insureds
Oct 2 2012 // The 12 million Americans expected to begin enrollment in health insurance exchanges next year represent a customer base of new insureds with a demographic profile and health needs that differ from those of the current...
South Dakota Will Not Run its Own Health Insurance Exchange
Sep 28 2012 // South Dakota will not set up its own health insurance exchange, instead deferring to the federal government to operate and pay for a key component required by the federal health care overhaul, Gov. Dennis Daugaard...
Americans Do Not Expect Total Repeal of Health Care Law: Poll
Sep 27 2012 // They may not like it, but they don’t see it going away. About 7 in 10 Americans think President Barack Obama’s health care law will go fully into effect with some changes, ranging from minor to major...
Employers Weighing Exchanges for Individual Retiree Health Plans: Aon
Sep 26 2012 // Most employers are reevaluating their retiree health care strategy and are considering strategies that open access to the individual Medicare plan market through health care exchanges, according to a new survey by Aon...
Tax Penalty to Hit 6 Million Who Don’t Buy Health Insurance by 2016
Sep 24 2012 // Nearly 6 million Americans — significantly more than first estimated— will face a tax penalty under President Barack Obama’s health overhaul for not getting insurance, congressional analysts said. Most would be...
Agents Cite Advance in Fight Against Medical Loss Ratio
Sep 20 2012 // A House subcommittee has advanced a bill that would exclude agency commissions from the formula that limits how much health insurers can spend on administrative and other non-medical costs. The U.S. House of...
Mississippi Challenge to Health Insurance Mandate Dismissed
Sep 18 2012 // Gov. Phil Bryant and other Mississippi residents were premature in their challenge to the federal law requiring people to buy health care insurance, a federal judge has ruled. District Judge Keith Starrett also knocked the...
IRS Says It Has No Role in Enforcing Health Insurance Mandate
Sep 12 2012 // The Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday assured congressional lawmakers that agents would play no role in enforcing the controversial requirement that Americans buy insurance under President Barack Obama’s healthcare...
Connecticut Moving Ahead With New Health Care Exchange
Aug 28 2012 // Connecticut officials are pushing ahead with plans to set up the new health insurance exchange, a marketplace where individuals and businesses can find affordable coverage, by next fall. The federal Center for Medicare and...
California Health Rates Initiative Qualifies for 2014 Ballot
Aug 24 2012 // The California Secretary of State announced on Thursday that a ballot initiative to require health insurance companies to publicly justify and get approval for rate increases before they take effect has qualified for the...
Aetna to Buy Rival Coventry Health for $5.6 Billion
Aug 20 2012 // Health insurer Aetna Inc. said on Monday that it would buy rival Coventry Health Care Inc. for $5.6 billion to increase its share of the fast-growing, U.S. government-backed Medicare and Medicaid programs. The purchase,...
Republican VP Pick Ryan Aims to Change Tax Break for Health Insurance Benefits
Aug 17 2012 // Mitt Romney wants to change the U.S. tax code’s treatment of healthcare costs, but his vice presidential pick is one step ahead: Paul Ryan has proposed a plan to scrap a generations-old tax break enjoyed by millions...
Despite GOP Governors, Feds Building Health Insurance Exchanges
Aug 8 2012 // Don’t look now: The feds may be gaining on GOP governors who’ve balked at carrying out a key part of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law. Opponents of the law say they won’t set up new...
Few Employers in New England Plan to Drop Health Insurance: Survey
Aug 3 2012 // A new survey says few employers plan to drop health insurance following the Supreme Court ruling upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — but most do plan to take steps to control costs. According...
16,000 W.Va. Customers Set to Receive Rebates From Health Insurers
Aug 3 2012 // Health insurance companies will give rebates totaling $2.7 million to more than 16,000 customers in West Virginia this year. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says most of the rebates will go people who buy...
Democrats, Republicans Offer Rival Views to Control Health Costs
Aug 2 2012 // Democrats and Republicans agree that the next U.S. president will have to contend with rising healthcare costs that pose a growing, destabilizing burden for families, employers and government budgets. But two articles...
Kansas Increases Scrutiny of Some Health Insurance Rates
Aug 1 2012 // Kansas insurance regulators are complying with part of the federal health insurance reform law that requires more scrutiny of health insurance rate increases above 10 percent at a time when Gov. Sam Brownback’s...
