Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Health Insurance Captive Ordered to Stop Selling in Florida
Dec 22 2009 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has ordered captive insurer American Assurance Underwriters Group and its affiliates Worldwide Expatriate Administrators LLC and Worldwide Expatriate Advisors LLC to stop...
Medicare Expansion May Not Survive in Senate Healthcare Bill
Dec 15 2009 // U.S. Senate Democrats struggled Monday to agree on a broad healthcare overhaul and said a compromise plan to allow an expansion of the Medicare health program for the elderly would likely be dropped. After a meeting to...
Democrats Weigh Replacing Public Option, Expanding Medicare
Dec 9 2009 // U.S. Senate Democratic healthcare negotiators said they agreed Tuesday to replace a government-run insurance option with a scaled-back non-profit plan and would seek cost estimates on the deal. “We have a broad...
Agents’ New Lobbying Agenda
Dec 6 2009 // The 2,074-page health care bill includes a range of items that some say could be time bombs in waiting for some agencies – or new opportunities. Until this year, health care was a minor blip on the radar of insurance...
How House, Senate Health Care Bills Compare
Dec 6 2009 // The federal health care legislation released by the U.S. Senate’s Democratic leaders on Nov. 18 resembles a bill passed by the House of Representatives on Nov. 7 in many ways but there are some major differences...
Winners, Losers in Senate Health Bill
Nov 23 2009 // Democrats in the Senate cleared the first procedural hurdle for sweeping healthcare reform Saturday by voting to open debate on the historic legislation. The Senate debate due to start on Nov. 30 is expected to last for at...
U.S. Senate Gears Up for First Key Healthcare Reform Vote
Nov 20 2009 // Democrats in the U.S. Senate geared up for a fierce battle over a new healthcare reform plan Thursday as Republicans condemned the bill’s price tag and tax hikes before the first crucial test vote Saturday. Senate...
Health Care Reform Dominates Trade Group’s Lobbying Agenda
Nov 20 2009 // Until this year, health care was a minor blip on the radar of insurance agents’ policy efforts in D.C. But with a major reform bill imminent, key trade groups are devoting nearly all of their time to try and tweak...
Survey: Health Insurance Costs 22% More in Wisconsin
Nov 20 2009 // A new survey finds Wisconsinites pay more for health insurance than the rest of the country and the cost is rising at a faster rate. The consulting firm Mercer finds employers and their workers in Wisconsin paid an average...
House, Senate Healthcare Bills Have Major Differences
Nov 19 2009 // The healthcare legislation released by the Senate’s Democratic leaders Wednesday resembles a bill passed by the House of Representatives on Nov. 7 in many ways but there are some major differences between the...
Pros and Cons
Nov 15 2009 // Like many other insurance industry groups the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA or Big “I”) has found a lot not to like in the healthcare reform bill recently passed by the U.S. House...
Healthcare Reform Pros and Cons
Nov 15 2009 // Like many other insurance industry groups the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA or Big “I”) has found a lot not to like in the healthcare reform bill recently passed by the U.S. House...
Insurance Agents Unhappy with House Healthcare Bill
Nov 15 2009 // The leaders of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIBA) are not pleased with the healthcare reform bill that was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. Agents are particularly opposed to the...
Business Roundtable Says Health Reform Must Contain Employer Costs
Nov 13 2009 // An influential business group said Thursday that its continued support for President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul hinges on whether it slows the soaring growth rate of healthcare costs. The Business Roundtable,...
Utah Official Pleads to Health Insurance Fraud
Nov 11 2009 // The former commissioner of the Utah Department of Public Safety on Monday entered a conditional guilty plea to two third-degree felony charges of falsely obtaining a prescription and to a misdemeanor count of filing a...
Provisions of House Healthcare Bill
Nov 9 2009 // Here are the main provisions of the healthcare overhaul passed by the House of Representatives: INSURANCE MARKET CHANGES * Creates an insurance market exchange where individuals and small businesses would purchase...
Insurance Agents Hit House Health Bill As Bad for Small Business
Nov 9 2009 // The leaders of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIBA) are not pleased with the healthcare reform bill that was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. The group is particularly opposed to the...
Close House Vote on Healthcare Expected Tomorrow
Nov 6 2009 // Urged on by President Barack Obama, Democratic leaders in the House hustled Thursday to round up support for a sweeping healthcare overhaul headed to a close floor vote Saturday. The House drive for healthcare reform,...
American Empire Surplus Unveils E&O Cover for Medicare Compliance
Nov 6 2009 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based American Empire Surplus Lines Insurance Company, a member of the Great American Insurance Group, has launched an errors and omissions liability insurance product for Medicare Statutory...
Arizona Fines Aetna for Multiple Violations
Nov 4 2009 // The Arizona Department of Insurance has fined Aetna Life Insurance Company and Aetna Health, Inc., after examination of their practices exposed multiple violations of Arizona insurance laws. The department has ordered the...
