July 14, 2016
An Illinois health insurance co-op with 49,000 policyholders in the state has become the latest casualty among a dwindling group of nonprofit alternative insurers set up under the Affordable Care Act. Illinois regulators took steps on July 12 to shut …
July 12, 2016
State insurance regulators are seeking public comment on requested health insurance policy rate changes. The Department of Insurance and Financial Services said that insurers’ proposed changes for individual rates in 2017 range from about 39 percent to about 6.7 percent. …
July 8, 2016
The state of Illinois has tried an unusual maneuver to save a health insurer with 49,000 Illinois policyholders from possible financial failure by blocking it from paying a $31.8 million bill to the federal government. Illinois Department of Insurance Acting …
June 27, 2016
A struggling Illinois health insurance co-op is suing the federal government, claiming it is being shortchanged $72.8 million in promised payments under the Affordable Care Act. Chicago-based Land of Lincoln Health filed the lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Federal …
June 20, 2016
Health care advocates and a U.S. senator are raising concerns that nearly 22,000 Ohioans could end up paying much more for health care as their struggling insurer winds down its operations. Republican Sen. Rob Portman has asked federal officials whether …
June 6, 2016
The New Hampshire Insurance Department has issued a consumer alert Monday on health insurance denials and mammograms. The department said that since Jan. 1, it has heard from 67 New Hampshire women who received notice from their health insurance companies …
June 6, 2016
Arkansas officials say they want the state to take responsibility for its health insurance exchange for individuals but continue enrolling them in coverage through the federal system’s mechanisms. Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s spokesman J.R. Davis told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that having …
June 3, 2016
A company spokeswoman says UnitedHealthcare is pulling out of the Affordable Care Act insurance marketplace in Illinois. Maria Gordon Shydlo of UnitedHealthcare says the company will not offer individual exchange plans in the state in 2017. The company previously told …
June 2, 2016
The Kansas Insurance Department is reviewing requested rate filings for individual and small group health plans in Kansas for 2017. The range of requested average rate revisions by insurance companies is from 3.3 percent to 49.4 percent, as proposed by …
May 30, 2016
The state’s insurance department is taking over a company that provides health insurance to nearly 22,000 residents, mainly in central Ohio. The move affects those holding InHealth Mutual policies from Coordinated Health Mutual Inc. The suburban Columbus-based company is organized …