Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feds Approve Ind.’s New Health Insurance Program for Low-income Adults
Sep 24 2007 // The federal government has given Indiana the go-ahead on its state-subsidized health care plan for low-income adults that will be partially funded by an increase in the cigarette tax. The deal will allow Indiana to provide...
Mo. Governor Pushes for New Health Plan for Lower-income Families
Sep 20 2007 // Mo. Gov. Matt Blunt said the number of uninsured Missourians could be reduced by nearly one-third under a plan he outlined this week to provide government-subsidized health care to lower-income families. The Republican,...
Census Report: Ill. Poverty Down, Number of Uninsured Up
Aug 30 2007 // Poverty dropped in Illinois last year, but the number of residents without health insurance increased, U.S. Census data released this week shows. About 1.39 million, or 11 percent, of state residents last year were poor,...
Humana pays $500,000 Fine in Okla. for Unlicensed Sales
Aug 24 2007 // Humana Insurance Co. has paid a $500,000 fine for using unlicensed agents to sell Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plans to Oklahoma seniors, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland said. She said Humana, which...
N.Y. AG Cuomo Takes Issue with Health Insurers’ Physician Rankings
Aug 17 2007 // New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has warned two major health insurers, Aetna and Cigna Healthcare, that their physician ranking programs, as currently designed, “are likely to confuse or even deceive...
Ala. Gov. Disapproves of Subsidized Health Insurance for State Senate
Aug 16 2007 // Governor Bob Riley is renewing his call for the State Employees Insurance Board to reject state senators’ attempts to give themselves taxpayer-subsidized health insurance. “First they gave themselves a huge pay...
Wis. Governor Pushes Insurance Coverage for Autistic Children
Aug 8 2007 // With large health insurance companies lined up to fight it, Gov. Jim Doyle and Senate Democrats are pushing a requirement that health insurance include autism treatment. Seventeen other states already have such a law, but...
China Plans to Expand Health Insurance to All Urban Citizens
Jul 30 2007 // China plans to expand its medical insurance programs over the next three years to cover all urban citizens, including children and the unemployed, a state news agency last week quoted Premier Wen Jiabao as...
Okla. Regulator’s Concerns Impacts Federal Medicare Legislation
Jul 30 2007 // Two months ago, Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland was in Washington expressing dismay to a Senate panel that government policies prevented her from protecting elderly Oklahoma consumers from unscrupulous Medicare...
N.H. Law Continues Health Insurance for Ex-Spouse After Divorce
Jul 23 2007 // New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch has signed a law extending health insurance coverage to people who lose their insurance when their marriages break up. The law, which takes effect Jan. 1., requires insurance companies to let...
Fla. CFO Paints Scenario of Post No-Fault Auto Insurance
Jul 17 2007 // After several weeks of analysis, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink sent Gov. Charlie Crist, Senate President Ken Pruitt, House Speaker Marco Rubio and other legislative leaders a letter outlining potential implications of...
Declarations
Jul 2 2007 // Declarations Dangerous pooches “You never hear stories about roving packs of golden retrievers attacking children in our streets. … But you do hear about the pit bulls, who are responsible, according to...
Fla. Governor Prepares to Call Special Session on Auto Insurance
Jun 29 2007 // Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said this week he was “pretty close” to calling a special legislative session to seek renewal of the state’s no-fault automobile insurance system, which is set to expire Oct....
Okla. Commissioner Testifies before Congressional Panel on Medicare
Jun 28 2007 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland told members of a Congressional panel on Tuesday, June 26th that insurance companies are preying on elderly Oklahomans by selling unnecessary Medicare plans. Holland traveled to...
Miss. Insurance Official Briefs Congress on Abusive Medicare Sales
Jun 27 2007 // Deputy Insurance Commissioner Lee Harrell testified before a Congressional sub-committee Tuesday on the problems Mississippi faces regarding the spread of abusive Medicare insurance sales practices. Harrell was joined by...
Poll Finds Mass. Residents Split Over New Health Insurance Requirement
Jun 20 2007 // Massachusetts residents are split on the question of whether they should be required to pay for health insurance. Nine out of ten residents say they know about the state’s new health care law, but 49 percent of those...
Mo. Doctors’ Groups Plan Legal Action to Block Midwife Law
Jun 20 2007 // Legislation allowing midwives to deliver babies at home in Missouri will likely be challenged in court by doctors’ groups. The measure was approved by lawmakers in May as part of larger health insurance bill signed...
Calif. Assembly Passes New Rate Requirements for Health Insurers
Jun 8 2007 // The California Assembly has approved a bill requiring insurance companies to get approval by the Department of Managed Health Care or the Department of Insurance before they can increase the amount of their premiums,...
Feds See No Antitrust Reason to Block Pa. Health Insurers’ Merger
Jun 1 2007 // Federal antitrust regulators this week approved a merger between Pennsylvania’s two largest health insurers. The Federal Trade Commission gave the green light to the marriage between Highmark Inc. of Pittsburgh and...
Pa. Gov. Urges Thorough State Review of Health Insurer Merger
Jun 1 2007 // Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell has renewed his call for a change in law to permit an in-depth state review of the proposed merger of Independence Blue Cross and Highmark Inc., Pennsylvania’s two largest...
