Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Consumer Rebates Under Medical Loss Ratio Estimated to Be $1.3 Billion
Apr 30 2012 // More than 3 million health insurance policyholders and thousands of employers will share $1.3 billion in rebates this year, thanks to President Barack Obama’s health care law, according to a nonpartisan research...
As America’s Waistline Expands, Costs Soar
Apr 30 2012 // U.S. hospitals are ripping out wall-mounted toilets and replacing them with floor models to better support obese patients. The Federal Transit Administration wants buses to be tested for the impact of heavier riders on...
N.H. Gubernatorial Candidate Criticizes State Health Compact Bill
Apr 26 2012 // New Hampshire Democratic gubernatorial candidate Maggie Hassan said Tuesday that a GOP proposal to form a compact to assume control over Medicare and Medicaid within New Hampshire’s boundaries is a risky proposition...
American Westbrook Insurance Names Palmer Senior Plan Specialist
Apr 24 2012 // Jenny Palmer has joined Westchester, Ill.-based American Westbrook to head up the senior market segment focusing exclusively on Medicare Supplement, Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plans. Palmer will work with...
Republicans Prepare Should Supreme Court Overturn Healthcare Plan
Apr 23 2012 // Republicans in Congress are getting ready to answer an election-year question that has dogged the party’s campaign for months: How would it replace President Barack Obama’s healthcare law if the measure is...
N.Y. Gov. Cuomo Orders Statewide Health Insurance Exchange
Apr 13 2012 // Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order Thursday to establish a statewide health insurance exchange intended to reduce coverage costs for individuals, small businesses and local governments. The New York Health Benefit...
N.Y. Financial Services Chief Pushes for State Health Exchange
Mar 23 2012 // New York State’s top financial regulator is urging the Republican majority in the state’s Senate to help establish the health insurance exchange. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Democrat-controlled Assembly, along...
6 Ways Supreme Court Could Rule on Healthcare Law
Mar 21 2012 // The Supreme Court has several options in ruling on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, from upholding the law to striking it down in its entirety. The court also could avoid deciding the law’s...
Maryland Lt. Gov. Launches Health Insurance Marketing Campaign
Mar 21 2012 // Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown wants to increase the number of applications to a federally funded health insurance program run by the state. Brown kicked off the second anniversary of the federal Affordable Care Act on...
Supreme Court Readies for Healthcare Debate
Mar 19 2012 // Death, taxes and now health insurance? Having a medical plan or else paying a fine is about to become another certainty of American life, unless the Supreme Court says no. People are split over the wisdom of President...
Administration Issues Rules for State-Run Health Insurance Exchanges
Mar 12 2012 // The Obama administration on Monday released broad new operating rules for state-run health insurance exchanges, which form a key part of the 2010 federal healthcare reform law that will face landmark Supreme Court hearings...
Oklahoma Leaders Shelve Plan for Insurance Exchange
Mar 12 2012 // Oklahoma legislative leaders said on March 8 they are shelving a plan to comply with the new federal health care law by setting up a state health insurance exchange. In a joint statement, House Speaker Kris Steele and...
Oregon Senate Approves Health Insurance Exchange
Mar 7 2012 // The Oregon Senate has approved a measure implementing an online marketplace where individuals and small businesses can shop for health insurance coverage. The vote on Monday sends the measure to Gov. John Kitzhaber, who...
N.Y. Launches Audit of Rising Health Insurance Rates
Mar 5 2012 // The New York State Department of Financial Services said it has launched a wide-ranging probe of the accuracy of the data used by insurers and health maintenance organizations (HMOs) to request health insurance rate...
Dallas Doctor, 6 Others Arrested in $375M Health Care Fraud Scheme
Mar 1 2012 // A physician and the office manager of his medical practice, along with five owners of home health agencies, were arrested today on charges related to their alleged participation in a nearly $375 million health care fraud...
Health Insurer Anthem Loses Appeal to Maine Supreme Court
Mar 1 2012 // The Maine supreme court has rejected health insurer Anthem’s claim that it has a right to a 3-percent profit and risk margin when setting individual health insurance premiums. Maine’s insurance superintendent...
Florida Lawmakers Keep Their Health Premiums Below Other State Workers’
Mar 1 2012 // Florida legislators, saying that they differ from rank-and-file state workers, have killed an effort to force themselves to pay more for their health insurance. The 160 members in the Florida Legislature pay among the...
Penn. Insurance Department Forms New Health Insurance Assistance Unit
Feb 28 2012 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department announced last week it has formed a new consumer unit to respond to questions about health insurance. “This new unit supplements our health insurance complaint-handling...
RAND Study: Ending Individual Mandate Would Cut Coverage, Hike Government’s Costs
Feb 21 2012 // Eliminating the federal mandate in the new healthcare law that every individual carry health insurance would sharply lower the number of people gaining coverage, but would not dramatically increase the cost of buying...
Insurance Companies Dodge Billion-Dollar Bullet in California
Feb 21 2012 // Court Limits What Medical Bills Juries Can View Insurance companies, and ultimately California consumers, avoided a windfall sought by the Consumer Attorneys of California to the tune of more than $3 billion dollars per...
