Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Former Sen. Frist Backs State Health Insurance Exchanges
Jul 23 2012 // Former Senate Majority Leader and heart surgeon Bill Frist is calling on states to get going on their health insurance exchanges. The exchanges are part of the Affordable Care Act and some Republican governors who oppose...
Health Insurance Rebates in Ohio to Total $11.3 Million
Jul 22 2012 // More than 81,000 Ohio families will be getting health insurance rebates this summer that will total $11.3 million across the state, a newspaper reported. The average refund will be $139, but some of the 81,500 families...
Plan for Mississippi Health Exchange Ready for After Election: Chaney
Jul 17 2012 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said work has been completed on a plan for an online marketplace for Mississippians to shop for insurance policies and nothing more needs to be done for now. Chaney spokesman...
‘One Way or Another’ Agencies See Growth in Group Health
Jul 16 2012 // “One way or another.” Is that the best way to describe a sound investment strategy nowadays? Yes. If you’re talking about the growing number of agencies investing in group health benefits...
Mississippi Insurance Chief to Build Health Exchange Despite Critics
Jul 13 2012 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said he’s going to continue with plans for a state-run insurance exchange, despite opposition from some in the Tea Party. More than 30 Tea Party members attended a...
Minnesota’s Gov. Dayton Affirms Plans for Health Insurance Exchange
Jul 11 2012 // Gov. Mark Dayton has reiterated his intention to continue developing a health insurance exchange for Minnesota. The Democratic governor wrote to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sibelius confirming his...
Some South Central Agencies See Potential in Dynamic Health, Benefits Market
Jul 11 2012 // The South Central region of the country, particularly Texas, has been a hotbed of activity when it comes to mergers and acquisitions of smaller health and benefit agencies. The reason, according to agencies in the region,...
Oklahoma Leaders Still Mulling Federal Health Care Law
Jul 9 2012 // More than a week after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the sweeping federal health care law, Oklahoma’s political leaders have offered few specifics about how the state will proceed in complying with its...
Kansas Governor, Insurance Chief at Odds on Health Care
Jul 2 2012 // Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback said he wants to wait until after the presidential election to comply with a key provision of the federal health care overhaul upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, but the state’s Republican...
‘One Way or Another’ Agencies See Growth in Group Health
Jul 2 2012 // “One way or another.” Is that the best way to describe a sound investment strategy nowadays? Yes. If you’re talking about the growing number of agencies investing in group health benefits...
Health Insurers to Pay $62M in Rebates in Illinois
Jul 2 2012 // The Obama administration announced that 300,000 Illinoisans will benefit from nearly $62 million in rebates from insurance companies because of the federal health law that critics have labeled “Obamacare.” The...
Consumer Watchdog Failure Could Help Auto Discount Initiative
Jun 29 2012 // Santa Monica, Calif.-based Consumer Watchdog’s proposed ballot measure to require health insurance companies to get approval before raising their rates narrowly missed qualifying for November’s ballot by...
Actuaries Say Individual Mandate Key to Viable Health Insurance Market
Jun 29 2012 // The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to keep the Affordable Care Act largely intact is a step toward ensuring that health insurance markets attract a broad cross section of risk, a cornerstone to any viable health...
Corporate Winners, Losers Under Supreme Court Healthcare Ruling
Jun 29 2012 // Hospitals and insurers providing Medicaid plans for the poor emerged as the main corporate winners from the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, while investors in...
Jones Praises Supreme Court, Calls for Health Rate Reviews
Jun 28 2012 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones praised the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Thursday to uphold the Affordable Care Act – and he took the opportunity to state his support for health rate hike reviews...
A.M. Best on Court Ruling: No Effect on Most Health Insurers But Watching Small Insurers
Jun 28 2012 // Insurance rating organization A.M. Best Co. says the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will not have a ratings impact to the majority of health insurers. However, A.M. Best...
Excerpts from Supreme Court’s Healthcare Opinion
Jun 28 2012 // Some key excerpts from the majority opinion written in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius by Chief Justice John Roberts: The Framers gave Congress the power to regulate commerce, not to compel it, and...
Reactions to Healthcare Ruling Coming In; What’s Yours?
Jun 28 2012 // Industry and other reactions to the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act have been coming in. Readers are encouraged to offer their own reactions in Comments...
Supreme Court Upholds Healthcare Law; Read Copy of Opinion
Jun 28 2012 // The U.S Supreme Court today upheld the individual mandate that is the centerpiece of President Obama’s healthcare reform law. The court has upheld most of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act but did find...
Today’s Supreme Court Healthcare Ruling: Possible Scenarios, Effects
Jun 28 2012 // The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on President Barack Obama’s 2010 healthcare law, expected on Thursday, may have wide-ranging political and economic implications. Here is a look at possible scenarios for...
