Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Health and Wellness Consultant Peter Mangiola Helps Consumers Maximize Health Insurance Benefits
Feb 3 2015 // Health and Wellness Expert Peter Mangiola R.N. MSN Has Launched a New Jersey Consultancy Focused on Helping Consumers Gain Access to the Resources Necessary to Prevent and Treat Health Issues Medford, NJ, February 3, 2015:...
High Infection Rates Lead to Penalties for 11 Kansas Hospitals
Jan 9 2015 // Eleven Kansas hospitals are among more than 700 nationwide that have been penalized for having high rates of infections or patient injuries, leading to a 1 percent reduction in Medicare reimbursements since the current...
House Republicans Sue Obama Over Delay in Health Insurance Mandate
Nov 24 2014 // U.S. House Republicans sued President Barack Obama’s administration over implementation of the 2010 healthcare law, saying the president exceeded his authority by delaying part of the program. The complaint filed...
Number of Tennesseans Without Health Insurance at 10-Year Low
Nov 19 2014 // A new University of Tennessee report says the number of uninsured people in Tennessee has hit a 10-year low. The number of people without health insurance shrunk about 25 percent in the first year of the health insurance...
Louisiana Nonprofits: Health Insurance Misinformation a Problem
Nov 18 2014 // Nonprofit groups preparing to help people in Louisiana sign up for insurance under the federal health care law say they have had to battle misinformation and misconceptions about the program as they prepared for the Nov....
Joan Rivers Didn’t Consent to Procedures Performed at Yorkville
Nov 11 2014 // Joan Rivers, the comedian and television personality who died after undergoing a medical procedure in New York, didn’t give permission for all the work done at Yorkville Endoscopy LLC, U.S. regulators said. The...
Under Pressure, Louisiana Lowers Health Insurance Costs for State Workers
Nov 9 2014 // Under pressure from lawmakers and retirees, Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration announced it will lessen the impact of upcoming changes for the state worker health insurance program. Increases in out-of-pocket costs...
Louisiana Health Insurance Program to Refund $4.5M to State Workers
Nov 5 2014 // Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration announced that it will refund nearly $4.5 million in increased costs that state employees paid under changes to their health insurance program. The start date of insurance program...
10 Insurance Myths
Nov 3 2014 // Men may be more gullible when it comes to insurance myths than women but even women think a number of popular myths about insurance are true, according to a survey by online insurance seller insure.com. Insure.com said it...
Healthcare Overhaul Boosts Earnings at Insurer WellPoint
Oct 30 2014 // Indianapolis, Ind.-based WellPoint raised its 2014 earnings forecast again and trumped third-quarter expectations as the overhaul of the healthcare system adds millions to the nation’s health insurance rolls, and at...
UnitedHealthcare to Join Alabama Health Insurance Exchange
Oct 28 2014 // Alabama consumers will see more competition when the health insurance marketplace opens next month for its second year. United Healthcare took a cautious approach to the marketplaces the first year and chose not to...
10 Insurance Myths (Men Are More Likely Than Women to Believe 8 of Them)
Oct 21 2014 // Men may be more gullible when it comes to insurance myths than women but even women think a number of popular myths about insurance are true, according to a survey by online insurance seller insure.com. Insure.com said it...
Mass. Health Insurers Offer Online Tools to Compare Medical Procedure Prices
Oct 15 2014 // Massachusetts health insurers have recently begun providing online cost-estimator tools that allow consumers to compare prices of medical procedures by various health care providers, as required by a transparency provision...
South Dakota Proposal on Doctor Choice Opposed by Health Insurers
Oct 9 2014 // South Dakota patients could have more choice of doctors within their health insurance networks if voters approve a ballot measure that is drawing strong opposition from the health insurance industry. The proposal on the...
Missouri Consumer Group Sues Over Health Insurance Rates
Oct 6 2014 // A Missouri consumer group announced that it has sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the latest effort to obtain information used to justify the rates consumers will pay for insurance on the federally...
Changes to Louisiana State Health Insurance Program to Be Delayed
Oct 2 2014 // Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration announced that it was delaying heavily criticized changes to the state health insurance program by two months, but not backing off the rewrite to benefits. Most changes to the...
Federal Judge in Oklahoma Rules Against Health Insurance Subsidies
Oct 2 2014 // Some of the health-insurance subsidies being offered under the Affordable Care Act represent an “abuse of discretion” by the federal government, a federal judge in Oklahoma ruled on Sept. 30, marking another...
Analysis: Health Insurance, Other Issues Put Pressure on Louisiana Governor
Sep 28 2014 // Gov. Bobby Jindal has been viewed as a health care policy wonk, and he’s tried to build on that image ahead of a likely 2016 presidential campaign, positioning himself as the candidate with substantive ideas. But his...
Healthcare Firms at Risk; Hackers Value Medical Records Over Credit Data
Sep 26 2014 // Your medical information is worth 10 times more than your credit card number on the black market. Last month, the FBI warned healthcare providers to guard against cyber attacks after one of the largest U.S. hospital...
Louisiana AG: Law not Followed in Changing State Employee Health Insurance Plan
Sep 25 2014 // Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration skipped required legal steps in making changes to the health insurance plans that cover state employees, teachers and retirees, the state attorney general’s office said. In a...
