Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
6 Health Insurance Terms That You Need to Understand
Dec 13 2017 // Last week, we looked at some ways that health insurance isn’t like any other kind of insurance. If you missed it, may I commend it to you? 5 Reasons Health Insurance Isn’t Like Anything Else This week,...
Growth in U.S. Healthcare Spending Slowed in 2016: CMS
Dec 7 2017 // In 2016, overall growth in national spending on healthcare slowed in 2016, increasing 4.3 percent following 5.8 percent growth in 2015, according to a report by actuaries with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
5 Reasons Health Insurance Isn’t Like Anything Else
Dec 6 2017 // This is the time of year when health insurance comes into focus for a lot of people. Open enrollment periods have just closed for many of us so it seems like a good time to write a little bit about health insurance....
California Division of Workers’ Comp Suspends 21 Medical Providers for Fraud
Dec 5 2017 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended 21 more medical providers from participating in the state’s workers’ compensation system, bringing the total number of providers suspended...
The Competitive Advantage: Who Needs Insurance?
Dec 4 2017 // Who needs insurance? Not the perfect risk, other than for contractual and legal reasons. The perfect risk has absolutely no chance, not even remotely, of incurring a loss. If an account has almost no probability of...
CVS to Pay $67.5B for Aetna to Create Giant Health Firm with ‘10,000 New Front Doors’
Dec 3 2017 // CVS Health Corp. will buy Aetna Inc. for about $67.5 billion, creating a healthcare giant that will have a hand in everything from insurance to the corner drugstore. CVS will pay $207 a share for Aetna, with $145 a share...
California Workers’ Comp Department Suspends 9 Medical Providers for Fraud
Nov 22 2017 // The Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended nine more medical providers from participating in California’s workers’ compensation system, bringing the total number of providers suspended this year...
The Senior Care Market Still Going Strong
Nov 20 2017 // The aging U.S. population will create unprecedented demand for the senior living industry for decades to come and that opens the door for agents and brokers to grow their business in this sector. But understanding the...
Auto Insurance Reform Bill Goes Down in Michigan House
Nov 20 2017 // A bill to reduce auto insurance premiums was defeated late on Nov. 2 by the Michigan House, another blow for longstanding efforts to rein in medical costs contributing to the highest average rates in the country. After...
California Workers’ Comp Division Suspends 12 Medical Providers for Fraud
Nov 15 2017 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended 12 more medical providers from participating in California’s workers’ comp system, bringing the total number of providers suspended this year...
California Workers’ Comp Division Suspends 21 Medical Providers for Fraud
Nov 8 2017 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended 21 more medical providers from participating in California’s workers’ comp system, bringing the total number of providers suspended this year...
Auto Insurance Reform Bill Defeated in Michigan House
Nov 6 2017 // A bill to reduce auto insurance premiums was defeated late on Nov. 2 by the Michigan House, another blow for longstanding efforts to rein in medical costs contributing to the highest average rates in the country. After...
CVS, Aetna Could Close $70B Merger Deal as Soon as December
Nov 6 2017 // U.S. pharmacy operator CVS Health Corp. and health insurer Aetna Inc. are working toward finalizing merger terms and announcing a deal for more than $70 billion as early as December, according to people familiar with the...
Aetna Keeps Quiet About Reported CVS Merger Talks; Net Income Rises 39%
Nov 1 2017 // U.S. health insurer Aetna Inc failed to provide any hints on reported merger talks with CVS Health Corp when discussing quarterly results on Tuesday and laid out obstacles to 2018 earnings growth, sending its shares...
What CVS-Aetna Deal Could Mean for Pharmacy Benefit Managers
Oct 30 2017 // If Aetna Inc. is eventually swallowed by CVS Health Corp., an important part of the health-care business will be changed — perhaps for good. For years, pharmacy benefits were largely carved out from the rest of a...
Trump Pulls Support for Senators’ Bipartisan Deal to Save Obamacare Subsidies
Oct 18 2017 // President Donald Trump on Wednesday backed away from a bipartisan deal from two U.S. senators to stabilize Obamacare by restoring subsidies to health insurers, one day after signaling his support for the plan. The...
Bill to Lower Michigan Auto Insurance Premiums on Shaky Ground
Oct 16 2017 // Legislation to reduce Michigan’s high auto insurance premiums by letting drivers opt out of mandatory unlimited medical coverage is in peril, with majority Republicans lacking enough support to pass it on their own...
Trump Ends Health Insurer Subsidy; Allows Association Health Plans, Expense Accounts
Oct 12 2017 // President Donald Trump’s administration took its most drastic step yet to roll back the Affordable Care Act, cutting off a subsidy to insurers hours after issuing an executive order designed to draw people away from...
California Division of Workers’ Comp Suspends 8 Medical Providers for Fraud
Oct 5 2017 // The Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended eight more medical providers from participating in California’s workers’ comp system, bringing the total number of providers suspended this year to...
Michigan Bill Would Cut Auto Premiums by 20%
Sep 27 2017 // Michigan drivers would no longer be required to buy unlimited medical insurance to cover serious crash injuries under legislation that high-ranking supporters proposed Tuesday to significantly reduce the country’s...
