Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida Firm Adding Jobs at Health Insurance Call Center in Texas
Aug 7 2014 // A Florida call center company plans to add about 400 jobs in Central Texas to assist people seeking federal health insurance coverage. C3/CustomerContactChannels currently employs about 600 workers in McGregor, near...
Florida Health Insurers File 2015 Rates
Aug 6 2014 // Eight insurance companies are raising the price of health plans and three are lowering them in Florida through the Affordable Care Act exchange, state insurance officials said this week. But whether some will pay more or...
20K Maine Residents to Get Health Insurance Premium Rebates
Jul 31 2014 // Nearly 20,000 Maine customers of health insurer Aetna are getting premium rebates because a provision in the Affordable Care Act limits what insurance companies can spend on administrative costs. The rebates for 2013...
UnitedHealth’s $173M Fine May Be Warning to P/C Insurers
Jul 30 2014 // A decision by California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones to fine UnitedHealth Group $173.6 million for violations having to do with the Unfair Business Practices Act, the Unfair Insurance Practice Act and unfair claims...
U.S. Attorneys in Dakotas Turning Up Heat on Health Care Fraud
Jul 30 2014 // The top federal prosecutors from South Dakota and North Dakota say they have increased their efforts to fight health care fraud. U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson of South Dakota said he has restructured his office to allow...
N.H. Issues Consumer Clarification on ‘Multi-State’ Health Insurance Plans
Jul 18 2014 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department issued a consumer clarification for state residents Thursday explaining what the term “multi-state” means on the state’s federally facilitated health insurance...
Massachusetts Reports Progress in Repairing Health Insurance Website
Jul 11 2014 // Massachusetts state officials are offering an upbeat assessment of efforts to repair the state’s hobbled health insurance website. Maydad Cohen, special assistant to Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, told the...
‘Drafting Error’ Leads to Veto of Missouri Health Insurance Navigator Bill
Jul 9 2014 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed legislation that would have limited who could work in the state as a health insurance guide and blamed a national conservative group for injecting an error into the model legislation. The...
The PPACA: What Employers Don’t Understand About Emerging Exposures
Jul 7 2014 // The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the emerging regulatory environment present difficult challenges to employers. As employers, regulators, administrators and courts begin to struggle with...
Hidden Perils of California’s Proposed Health Insurance Price Controls
Jul 7 2014 // In November, California voters will decide whether to implement state government price controls on health insurance. Insurance agents and brokers are certain to be asked by their clients whether this ballot measure merits...
5 Companies Filing 2015 Plans on Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace
Jul 2 2014 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford announced that five companies have filed to sell individual health insurance plans on Arkansas’ Federally-facilitated health insurance Marketplace for the 2015 plan...
Large Michigan Health Insurers Seeking Big Rate Increases in 2015
Jun 27 2014 // Most people buying their own health insurance in Michigan could see near double-digit premium increases next year. State insurance regulators said that dominant insurers Blue Care Network and Blue Cross Blue Shield want to...
Tech Troubles Remain at Minnesota’s Health Insurance Exchange
Jun 23 2014 // Consultants told the board that governs Minnesota’s health insurance exchange that a lot of work is needed to get the troubled system ready for open enrollment in November. MNsure hired Deloitte Consulting LLP for $5...
Wellmark Opts Out of South Dakota Health Insurance Marketplace
Jun 23 2014 // The largest private health insurer in South Dakota has opted to not sell plans through the federal marketplace during the open enrollment period that begins in November. Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield says it will...
Administration Shores Up Management of HealthCare.Gov
Jun 22 2014 // President Barack Obama‘s new health secretary moved swiftly on Friday to shore up administration oversight of Obamacare with a series of management changes to address weaknesses blamed for last year’s crash of...
N.H. Businesses Vexed by Latest Delay in Small Group Health Insurance Market
Jun 9 2014 // New Hampshire businesses aren’t happy with the latest delay in the small group health insurance market created by the Affordable Care Act, but some are more understanding than others. Companies have been able to...
Delaware Lawmakers Eye Workers’ Comp Rates
Jun 2 2014 // Delaware lawmakers are expected to act quickly on recommendations from a state task force aimed at lowering workers’ compensation insurance rates. The task force presented lawmakers a report on May 15 proposing that...
Mid-2015 Target For Alaska Workers’ Comp Changes
May 27 2014 // A new method of paying medical fees for injured workers under Alaska’s workers’ compensation program won’t be in place until mid-2015, and it will take more time for insurance companies to judge any...
Study: Number of Adults Without Health Insurance Plummeting in New Jersey
May 27 2014 // A new study finds the number of uninsured adults in New Jersey plummeted as people signed up for the new federal health insurance exchange. The Health Reform Monitoring System, which did polls across the country, found...
Delaware Lawmakers Eye Proposals to Lower Workers’ Comp Medical Costs
May 19 2014 // Delaware lawmakers are expected to act quickly on recommendations from a state task force aimed at lowering workers’ compensation insurance rates. The task force presented lawmakers a report on May 15 proposing that...
