Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Checks Not Guaranteed for All Health Insurance Rebates, Experts Say
Jun 27 2012 // The check may not be in the mail. The Obama administration said in a report last week that 12.8 million people will benefit from health insurance rebates averaging $151 per household. But the number of families actually...
Mass. Officials OK Health Insurance Rebates
Jun 27 2012 // State officials say Massachusetts residents and small employers will benefit from $56.8 million in health insurance rebates. Insurance commissioner Joseph Murphy said on Tuesday that the rebates, from five of the...
Health Insurers to Pay $62M in Rebates in Illinois
Jun 22 2012 // The Obama administration has announced that 300,000 Illinoisans will benefit from nearly $62 million in rebates from insurance companies because of the federal health law that critics have labeled...
Health Insurers to Rebate $1.1 Billion
Jun 22 2012 // U.S. health insurance companies are due to pay out $1.1 billion in rebates to employers and individuals this summer, under a new industry regulation imposed by President Barack Obama’s health care law, the...
U.S. Settles Lawsuit Against Christus Spohn Health System Corp.
Jun 19 2012 // Federal prosecutors say a Texas-based hospital system has paid millions of dollars to settle a false claims lawsuit. Christus Spohn Health System Corp. has paid the United States more than $5 million to settle allegations...
Undoing Health Care Law Could Produce Ripple Effects
Jun 12 2012 // It sounds like a silver lining. Even if the Supreme Court overturns President Barack Obama’s health care law, employers can keep offering popular coverage for the young adult children of their workers. But...
Health Insurer UnitedHealth Vows to Keep Reforms Whatever Court Decides
Jun 11 2012 // UnitedHealth Group Inc., the largest U.S. health insurer by market value, said it would maintain the health coverage protections included in President Barack Obama’s healthcare law regardless of how the Supreme Court...
Recruiter in City Nursing Kickback Scheme Pleads Guilty in Houston
Jun 8 2012 // A Houston man has pleaded guilty to recruiting patients for a healthcare provider in return for kickbacks. Floyd Leslie Brooks, 45, entered a plea of guilty to conspiracy to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute for his role...
Highmark, Pennsylvania’s Largest Health Insurance Co., Names New CEO
Jun 5 2012 // Pittsburgh-headquartered health insurance giant Highmark Inc. has named Dr. William Winkenwerder as the company’s new chief executive officer.Dr. William WinkenwerderThe appointment comes two months after previous...
Small Firms’ Health Insurance Tax Break Disappoints
May 31 2012 // It seemed like a good idea at the time. But a health insurance tax credit for small businesses, part of President Barack Obama’s health care law that gets strong support in public opinion polls, has turned out to be...
Medical Messing up the Mix in California Workers’ Comp
May 21 2012 // If you hunt for answers among California’s myriad experts and those with informed opinions on workers’ compensation and ask them to name the biggest problem with the system, a majority will cite the rising...
Despite Grant, South Dakota Will Wait on Health Insurance Exchange
May 18 2012 // South Dakota has been awarded a $5.9 million federal grant to continue research into the possibility of a state-run health insurance exchange. But Gov. Dennis Daugaard says the state will continue to wait for the outcome...
Health Insurance Exchange Rejected by Louisiana Senators
May 18 2012 // A proposal that would have set up a body of elected and appointed officials to craft the health insurance exchanges that anchor President Barack Obama’s health overhaul has failed to gain traction in the Louisiana...
Hawaii Health Insurance Providers Report 1Q Income
May 17 2012 // Hawaii’s two largest health insurance providers earned operating income during the first three months of the year. Hawaii Medical Service Association on Tuesday reported operating gain of $7.2 million for the...
Illinois Governor Mulls Executive Order on Insurance Exchange
May 16 2012 // Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn may use an executive order to establish a health insurance exchange, a website where consumers could comparison shop for insurance that’s a key piece of President Barack Obama’s health...
N.J. Gov. Christie Vetoes Health Insurance Exchange
May 11 2012 // New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie vetoed legislation, Assembly Bill 2171, that would have begun to establish an online, state-run health care exchange in New Jersey in line with the federal Affordable Care Act. The creation...
Job Disability Rolls Rise During Recession
May 7 2012 // Monica Soltes was excited 10 years ago to leave Merrill Lynch and start her own business as an independent financial planner in San Diego. After she fell off a porch at her cousin’s cottage and broke her elbow, her...
Mass. Health Insurance Base Rate Up 1.2% on Average for Third Quarter
May 1 2012 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) said this week that it is placing on file small-group health insurance base rates for the 2012 third quarter, with an average increase of just 1.2 percent. Fueled by base rate...
Bill Aims to Fix Problems with Medicare Set-Asides for Workers’ Compensation
May 1 2012 // The insurance industry is among the business and legal interests applauding legislation to resolve delays and inconsistencies in Medicare’s approval process for set-aside funds for injured workers’...
N.J. Gov. Christie Undecided on Health Insurance Bill
Apr 30 2012 // New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he wants the state to spend as little as possible implementing new federal health insurance requirements until the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether President Barack Obama’s plan...
