Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.H. Reports Patriot Health Insurance to be Liquidated
Jan 23 2008 // New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny announced that Patriot Health Insurance Co. which was placed in rehabilitation on Dec.12, 2007, will be liquidated in a proceeding supervised by the Merrimack County...
The National Alliance Adds Employee Benefits Course
Jan 16 2008 // Austin, Texas-based The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research announced it has added a new course for insurance professionals: Employee Benefits – Health Insurance. The course aims to deliver...
Wash. Regulator Has Big Ideas for Health Care
Jan 15 2008 // Hoping to speed up the pace of health care reform, the state insurance commissioner has stepped from the bureaucratic supporting cast with a big idea: take over the market for “catastrophic” insurance,...
Ruling Affirms Employers May Factor Medicare into Retiree Benefits
Dec 28 2007 // Employers may continue the long-standing practice of taking Medicare into account when structuring the health care benefits voluntarily provided their retired workers, says the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a...
OC Appeals Panel Rules on Cancellation by Health Insurer
Dec 27 2007 // A state appeals panel ruled that insurers cannot rescind health policies unless they can show policyholders willfully lied on their insurance applications or prove that companies investigated applications before issuing...
California Fines Health Insurer Blue Shield $12.6 Million
Dec 14 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner is seeking $12.6 million in fines and penalties against health insurer Blue Shield for violations regarding healthcare rescissions and irresponsible claims processing. The...
Financial Burden of the Uninsured Growing in Washington
Dec 13 2007 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has released a new statewide report today that shows the costs of uncompensated health care continued to rise in 2006, posing a threat to the overall health security of all...
Kipper to Lead Oregon Insurance Division
Dec 2 2007 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has named Scott Kipper administrator of its Insurance Division, DCBS Director Cory Streisinger announced. Kipper replaces Joel Ario, who left in July to become...
Thousands Eligible, not Enrolled, in Public Insurance for Kids
Nov 29 2007 // More than 850,000 of the 1.5 million Texas children who don’t have health insurance are eligible for but not enrolled in the Children’s Health Insurance Program or Medicaid, a state official says. Health and...
Mass. Businesses Not Offering Health Insurance Options Face Fines
Nov 26 2007 // More than five hundred businesses in Massachusetts that failed to offer insurance options to their employees under the state’s landmark health care law will be required to pay $5 million in fees. That’s far...
DCBS Taps Kipper To Lead Ore. Insurance Division
Nov 15 2007 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has named Scott Kipper administrator of its Insurance Division, DCBS Director Cory Streisinger announced. Kipper replaces Joel Ario, who left in July to become...
Texas Physicians Group: New Comp Rules Benefit Workers
Nov 13 2007 // New rules proposed by the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation will help injured workers in finding and receiving care from a physician, according to the Texas Medical Association. Among...
Lawsuit: Neb. Discriminated Against Black Workers with Insurance Choices
Nov 6 2007 // The state of Nebraska discriminated against its black employees because state workers who live in Lincoln and Omaha were offered inferior health insurance than their counterparts in other parts of the state, according to a...
Insure Montana Premiums Could Go Up 32%
Oct 22 2007 // Small businesses with state-subsidized health insurance through the Insure Montana program face double-digit race increases next year, officials said. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana, the company that sells and...
N.J. Lawmaker Poised to Advance Health Insurance Mandate Plan
Oct 17 2007 // A state senator says he will soon announce plans to require all New Jerseyans to carry medical insurance, but the governor warned that the plan could cost more than $1 billion. “We are going to announce just after...
Mass. Agents Launch Site on Mandatory Health Insurance Law
Oct 15 2007 // In an effort to clarify business and individual responsibilities under the Massachusetts Health Reform Act, the Massachusetts Association of Health Underwriters (MassAHU) has launched the Web site at...
Ky.: Unauthorized Insurer Offering Health Insurance to Consumers
Oct 9 2007 // The Kentucky Office of Insurance is investigating reports that an unidentified company is selling health insurance in Kentucky without proper authorization. A flyer, which has been faxed to consumers in Kentucky, does not...
States Sue Bush Over Limits on Children’s Health Insurance
Oct 3 2007 // Several states say they will challenge the Bush administration in federal court over its new rules that block the expansion of a health insurance program for children from low-income families. Arizona, California,...
S. D. Task Force Recommends Insurance Risk Pool
Oct 3 2007 // A risk pool for uninsurable South Dakotans and Medicaid-based subsidies for health insurance premiums are among recommendations of a state task force. The group also recommends research be done into the types of assistance...
Health Insurance Tops Conn. Consumer Complaints; P/C Generates 19%
Sep 28 2007 // More than $1 million was recovered on behalf of consumers by the Connecticut Insurance Department’s Consumer Affairs Division during the second quarter, according to Insurance Commissioner Thomas R. Sullivan. The...
