Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
La. DOI Releases 2006 Medicare Supplement Comparison Guide
Mar 23 2006 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) has released its 2006 Medicare Supplement Comparison Guide. “We surveyed insurers throughout Louisiana and put together a...
R.I. Governor Wants Health Insurers to Pay for Anti-Smoking Programs
Mar 8 2006 // Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri said he hopes to force health insurance companies pay for an anti-smoking program he wants to cut from the state budget. Carcieri’s proposed budget would eliminate the state’s...
Health Insurance Plan for Small Business Passed in Okla.
Mar 6 2006 // A bill to expand a program that provides subsidies to cover much of the health insurance costs of employees of small businesses won approval Mar. 2 in the Oklahoma Senate. In other action, senators passed a bill to cut...
N.D. Survey Says Insurers Slow to Pay for Medicare Prescriptions
Mar 3 2006 // North Dakota pharmacists say they have been forced to borrow money because insurers are slow to pay the bills under a new Medicare prescription drug program. Nearly one in five pharmacists was forced to borrow money and...
Conn. Woman Sentenced to 2 Years Probation in Health Insurer Scam
Feb 22 2006 // Kevin O’Connor, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Lee Ann Kiley, 44, formerly of Stamford and currently residing in Riverside, was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge...
Illinois state pool benefits from hard fought compromise health funding bill
Feb 20 2006 // Illinois’ state health insurance pool should get $5.4 million under a compromise measure Sen. Dick Durbin helped push through after negotiating a more than $1 million increase over what the original bill proposed....
Okla. Committee OKs Small Business Employee Health Insurance Bill
Feb 17 2006 // Hoping to reduce the number of uninsured Oklahomans, a state House of Representatives committee voted to provide financial incentives to businesses that contribute to employee health insurance premiums. House Bill 2463, by...
UniCare Launches New Options for Uninsured in Texas
Feb 8 2006 // UniCare Life & Health Insurance Company unveiled an innovative health insurance plan for Texas called Sound, which caters to the unique needs of adults between the ages of 19 and 29. There are an estimated 1.2 million...
Insurance-related measures filed in Oklahoma Legislature after Jan. 1, 2006, for 2006 Regular Session
Feb 5 2006 // HB2375 Insurance; surplus lines HB2392 Requirements for pharmacy benefits managers HB2398 Health Insurance Purchasing Groups HB2584 Health care insurance premiums; law enforcement officials HB2642 Insurance; prohibiting...
Illinois State Pool Benefits from Hard Fought Compromise Health Funding Bill
Feb 3 2006 // Illinois’ state health insurance pool should get $5.4 million under a compromise measure Sen. Dick Durbin helped push through after negotiating a more than $1 million increase over what the original bill proposed....
Nebraska Senators Take ‘Hit in the Wallet’ to Pay Health Insurance Bill
Feb 2 2006 // Nebraska state senators took a hit in the wallet recently when some were left with little of their state pay check in order to pay their health insurance premiums. Due to a 22 percent increase in health insurance costs,...
Colo. Drivers Could Pay Extra $10 to Subsidize Ambulances
Jan 26 2006 // Colorado drivers could be asked to pay about $10 extra on their annual car registration renewals in order to subsidize ambulance services under a proposed change to the state’s new car insurance system. First...
Okla. Warns of Scam Artists Targeting Seniors Enrolling in Medicare Part D
Jan 25 2006 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland and Attorney General Drew Edmondson are concerned that Oklahoma seniors will fall victim to scam artists taking advantage of the confusion created by Medicare Part D enrollment...
Montana Inks Small Business Health Insurance Contract
Jan 23 2006 // Montana sealed a deal with the state’s largest health insurer Thursday to offer affordable group coverage to small businesses that enroll in a new insurance pool. The pool is part of a $13 million state program...
Minn. Gov. Issues Executive Order to Correct Medicare Glitches
Jan 22 2006 // Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty signed an emergency executive order this month authorizing the Minnesota Department of Human Services to help cover some costs for low-income residents struggling to get prescription drugs...
Indiana Lawmakers May Lose Free Ride on Health Insurance
Jan 18 2006 // Indiana House representatives and their families could lose a lifetime of free health insurance if a policy released by the speaker of House is adopted. In 2002, a series of laws passed by the General Assemby gave...
Colo. Lawmakers Consider Car Insurance Changes
Jan 18 2006 // Nearly three years after Colorado abandoned no-fault auto insurance, hospitals complain they’re not getting paid to treat accident victims and consumers have to do some checking to make sure they’ve got enough...
W.Va. Governor Appoints Haden, Prunty to AccessWV Board of Directors
Jan 17 2006 // West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin III has announced today appointment of David E. Haden and Paul Prunty to the AccessWV Board of Directors. The AccessWV Board of Directors works to provide access to health insurance to...
Minn. Gov. Issues Executive Order to Correct Medicare Glitches
Jan 16 2006 // Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty signed an emergency executive order this weekend authorizing the Minnesota Department of Human Services to help cover some costs for low-income residents struggling to get prescription drugs...
Ky. General Assembly Bill Would Require Large Companies to Provide Health Insurance
Jan 16 2006 // A bill before Kentucky’s General Assembly follows Maryland’s lead to require Wal-Mart to spend more on health insurance for employees and would require employers with 10,000 or more workers to spend at least 8...
