Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
A Balancing Act
Apr 4 2011 // When it comes to health insurance reform, it seems that where you’re coming from makes all the difference. Illinois Insurance Director Michael McRaith, President Obama’s pick to head the Federal Insurance...
A Balancing Act
Apr 4 2011 // When it comes to health insurance reform, it seems that where you’re coming from makes all the difference. Illinois Insurance Director Michael McRaith, President Obama’s pick to head the Federal Insurance...
Georgia Seeks Waiver from Medical Loss Ratio Rule
Apr 4 2011 // Georgia is requesting a waiver from a key element of the federal healthcare overhaul that sets how much of health insurance premiums must be spent on medical care. Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said he wants a...
Health of Agents
Apr 4 2011 // The role of health insurance agents under the new federal healthcare law is under review, again, by state and federal policymakers. Illinois Insurance Director Michael McRaith says the law’s medical loss ratio (MLR)...
Oklahoma Governor Defends Support for Health Insurance Exchange
Mar 30 2011 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin defended her efforts to create a health insurance exchange for uninsured Oklahoma residents, explaining if the state does not have an exchange in place by 2013 the federal government will step in...
9 Alternatives to Individual Health Insurance Mandate; Will They Work?
Mar 29 2011 // There are alternatives to the controversial federal government mandate that requires almost everyone to purchase health insurance, although experts are divided over how effective the alternatives might be in helping to...
Louisiana Won’t Create State Health Insurance Exchanges
Mar 25 2011 // Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration in Louisiana is opting out of creating the state insurance exchanges included in the new federal health overhaul, instead deciding the federal government should administer...
Missouri Conservatives Back Health Insurance Exchanges
Mar 21 2011 // Nearly one year after a federal law overhauling the nation’s health care system was enacted, Missouri lawmakers have taken a small step toward implementing some of its provisions by creating a health insurance...
Nebraska: Insurers May Not Collect Fees for Health Insurance Consultants
Mar 21 2011 // Health insurance companies may not collect fees from a new insured on behalf of an insurance consultant if the insurance business is placed by an insurance consultant in Nebraska, according to the Nebraska Department of...
Georgia Seeks Waiver from Medical Loss Ratio Rule
Mar 17 2011 // Georgia is requesting a waiver from a key element of the federal healthcare overhaul that sets how much of health insurance premiums must be spent on medical care. Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said he wants a...
Many Unemployed Rejected by Individual Health Insurance Market: Study
Mar 16 2011 // Of the 43 million working-age adults who lost jobs during the recession in the past two years, about nine million, or 20 percent, ended up without insurance, according to a new study. The nine million left without...
Nebraska: Insurers May Not Collect Fees for Health Insurance Consultants
Mar 14 2011 // Health insurance companies may not collect fees from a new insured on behalf of an insurance consultant if the insurance business is placed by an insurance consultant in Nebraska, according to the Nebraska Department of...
Maine Gets Break in Federal Health Care Overhaul
Mar 10 2011 // The federal government has granted Maine a waiver of a key provision in President Obama’s health care overhaul, citing the likelihood that enforcement could destabilize the state’s market for individual health...
West Virginia Agents Balk At Health Insurance Exchange
Mar 8 2011 // With the Legislature’s minority Republicans already opposing the pending bill, West Virginia’s independent insurance agents are wary of this session’s bid to create a state-run health insurance...
Illinois Governor Still Backs Obama’s Health Insurance Law
Mar 4 2011 // Illinois has forged ahead with implementing the nation’s new health care law with support from its Democratic governor. Just back from a national governors meeting in Washington, Gov. Pat Quinn started reviewing a...
Kansas Studying Impact of Health Insurance Act on Agents, Insurers
Mar 3 2011 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger will conduct a public fact-finding hearing March 14 regarding the impact on Kansas insurance companies and agents of a medical loss ratio (MLR) provision in the federal...
Minnesota Commissioner Appoints 4 to Leadership Team
Feb 15 2011 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman has announced the newest members of his leadership team. Rothman tapped attorney and experienced manager Steve Carlson to serve as Deputy Commissioner of Administration. Kevin...
Report: Calif. Health Insurers Deny 26% of All Claims
Feb 10 2011 // California’s largest, private health insurers rejected 26 percent of all claims –13.1 million — submitted for the first three quarters of 2010, according to new findings by the Institute of Health and...
Mississippi Bill Lets Employers Buy Health Policies from Other States
Feb 9 2011 // The Mississippi House has approved a plan that would allow employers to buy group health insurance policies anywhere in the country, not just from Mississippi insurers. The House, by an 83-33 margin, passed a bill to enact...
Lemons Into Lemonade:
Feb 7 2011 // Making the Best of the Medical Loss Ratio Squeeze January 1, 2011 marked the beginning of a significant transformation for the nation’s insurance brokers Ð one that, frankly, didn’t inspire celebration....
