Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
At $20K a Year, Health Insurance Costs Undermine Job-Based Health Insurance
Oct 1 2019 // The cost of family health coverage in the U.S. now tops $20,000, an annual survey of employers found, a record high that has pushed an increasing number of American workers into plans that cover less or cost more, or force...
Number of Louisiana Residents Uninsured for Health Falls
Sep 12 2019 // The number of Louisiana residents without health insurance is falling, even as the national uninsured rate grew last year. New data released Tuesday from the Census Bureau shows 8% percent of people in Louisiana, or...
Texas Again Has the Most People Without Health Insurance
Sep 11 2019 // The rate of Texans without health insurance rose for the second year in a row, making it once again the most uninsured state in the nation, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2018, 17.7% of...
Health Insurers Seek Average 2% Rate Hike for Arkansas Exchange
Aug 1 2019 // Arkansas officials say the four companies providing coverage through the state’s insurance exchange under the federal health care overhaul law are seeking an average rate increase of about 2% for next year. Insurance...
North Dakota’s Health Reinsurance Program Approved by Feds
Aug 1 2019 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread says the proposed state-based reinsurance program developed by the North Dakota Insurance Department for the individual health insurance market has been approved by the...
Key Finance Committee Senators Unveil Bipartisan Drug Price Bill
Jul 24 2019 // The top Republican and Democrat on the U.S. Senate Finance Committee announced a proposal to lower prescription drug prices on Tuesday that could save $100 billion in costs to government healthcare programs, and said the...
Judge Permits Short-Term Health Plans in Blow to Obamacare Supporters
Jul 19 2019 // The Trump administration can expand the sale of short-term health insurance policies that don’t meet the standards of the Affordable Care Act, a federal judge ruled, advancing the government’s efforts to undo...
Online Marketplace EverQuote Enters Health and Renters Insurance Markets
Jun 27 2019 // One year after its initial public offering raised $84 million, online insurance marketplace EverQuote announced it is expanding into health insurance and renters insurance, building on its existing auto, home and life...
How Trump Is Remaking Health Insurance Without Repealing Obamacare
Jun 17 2019 // President Donald Trump’s attempt to transform American health insurance is almost complete. Twenty months ago, frustrated after attempts to repeal Obamacare fell apart in the Republican-controlled Senate, Trump...
Gov.: Care for Injured Drivers in Michigan Will ‘Still Be There’ After Insurance Overhaul
May 30 2019 // Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on May 28 defended a pending overhaul of the state’s auto insurance law, saying treatment for injured drivers will “still be there” if they forego what has been a...
Texas Moves Against Unlicensed Georgia Firm Selling Health Insurance Plans
May 21 2019 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has filed an action to stop Georgia-based Aliera Healthcare from selling health insurance in Texas without a state license. The public hearing will begin at 9 a.m. May 28 at the...
Congressional Budget Office Warns of ‘Potentially Disruptive’ Move to ‘Medicare for All’
May 3 2019 // Congressional budget experts said this week that moving to a government-run health care system like “Medicare for All” could be complicated and potentially disruptive for Americans. The report from the...
Minnesota AG: For-Profit Health Insurers Could Raid State’s Reserves
Apr 25 2019 // Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has called on lawmakers to reverse a consequence of 2017 law that repealed the state’s ban on for-profit health maintenance organizations, saying for-profit companies could...
North Dakota Governor Signs Health Reinsurance Bill
Apr 22 2019 // North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has signed a bill that allows for establishing a reinsurance pool for the individual health insurance market in that state. House Bill 1106, backed by the North Dakota Department of Insurance,...
States Warn of DNA Testing Fraudsters Stealing Personal Information
Apr 18 2019 // Authorities in several states are warning about an alleged scam in which people visit senior-living communities and low-income neighborhoods, offering to perform DNA tests and collecting information from people in...
Sutter Health in California Settling Medicare Allegations for $30M
Apr 16 2019 // A Northern California health care provider has agreed to pay $30 million to settle allegations that it overcharged the federal government for Medicare patient reimbursements. Sutter Health didn’t acknowledge any...
Ant Financial Aims to Disrupt Health Insurance with New Chinese Health ‘Collective’
Apr 11 2019 // Billionaire Jack Ma’s Ant Financial has done more than perhaps any company to disrupt China’s gargantuan banking and asset-management industries. Now it’s trying to re-imagine health...
Florida Pharmacist Convicted in $100M Pharmacy Fraud Scheme
Apr 2 2019 // A Florida pharmacist was sentenced last month to 120 months in prison followed by three years supervised release for his role in a massive compounding pharmacy fraud scheme, which impacted private insurance companies,...
Insurance Department Takes Over Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace
Mar 19 2019 // The Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace has become part of the state’s insurance department after Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed legislation dissolving the marketplace board as a separate entity. The state Legislature...
North Dakota Insurance Department Appeals Court Ruling on Air Ambulance Balance Bills
Mar 4 2019 // The North Dakota Insurance Department has appealed a ruling from a U.S. District Court invalidating a law protecting individuals with health insurance from receiving large and unexpected balance bills to the 8th Circuit...
