Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Republican Sen. McConnell Calls for Delay in Obamacare Insurance Exchanges
Aug 13 2013 // Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday called on the Obama administration to delay the Oct. 1 opening of exchanges where uninsured Americans will be able to buy health insurance until the U.S. government can...
Blue Cross ‘Stores’ Offering Uninsureds Information on Obamacare Changes, Options
Aug 12 2013 // Just down from the Target and Gander Mountain big-box stores and between a nail salon and dental office in Morrisville, North Carolina’s largest health insurer opened its first retail store. It has some exercise...
Family Insurance in Jeopardy at Small Companies
Aug 9 2013 // One casualty of the new health care law may be paid coverage for families of people who work for small businesses. Insurance companies have already warned small business customers that premiums could rise 20 percent or...
Missouri Settles with Major Health Insurer over Claim Denials
Aug 9 2013 // Missouri insurance regulators announced a million-dollar settlement with a major health insurer over alleged violations that include denying childhood immunization and cancer screening claims. The Missouri Department of...
Doctors’ Fear of Lawsuits Trumps State Malpractice Tort Reforms
Aug 7 2013 // Medicare patients receive more diagnostic tests and emergency department referrals when treated by physicians who worry more about malpractice liability, regardless of whether states have adopted common malpractice tort...
Health Insurance Navigators in Missouri to Need Licenses
Aug 5 2013 // A new Missouri law will require insurance counselors to get state licenses before they can help people search for health plans on an online marketplace. Senate Bill 262, signed recently by Gov. Jay Nixon, imposes state...
Connecticut Regulator Advises Consumers: Don’t Be Fooled by Misleading Ads
Jul 31 2013 // The Connecticut Insurance Department on Tuesday issued an announcement urging consumers to be aware of unlicensed businesses promoting on television or other media platforms what is purported to be health insurance...
Vermont to Offer Voter Registration Through Health Insurance Marketplace
Jul 30 2013 // Vermont will become the third state to offer voter registration through its health insurance marketplace later this year. Secretary of State Jim Condos said Monday that he has designated Vermont Health Connect as a voter...
Oregon To Spend $20 Million Promoting Health Law
Jul 26 2013 // Two local folk singers, strumming guitars and crooning about the virtues of Oregon, have become the first tool in a $20 million campaign to convince Oregon’s uninsured to buy health insurance. Musicians Laura Gibson...
Firm Running R.I. Health Exchange’s Call Center an Affiliate of Health Insurer
Jul 22 2013 // The company that was awarded a $24 million contract to operate the Rhode Island health benefits exchange’s customer service center is an affiliate of one selling plans on the exchange, but state officials say there...
Vermont Rebuts U.S. House Panel on Health Exchange
Jul 19 2013 // The state of Vermont is telling a U.S. House panel that it has every right to set up a state health insurance marketplace and require individuals and small businesses to purchase coverage through it. State officials wrote...
Health Insurance Navigators in Missouri to Need Licenses
Jul 18 2013 // A new Missouri law will require insurance counselors to get state licenses before they can help people search for health plans on an online marketplace. The legislation, Senate Bill 262, signed recently by Gov. Jay Nixon...
New York Health Exchange Lowering Some Consumer Premiums 50%
Jul 17 2013 // Health insurance premiums will drop by about 50 percent on average for consumers in New York who buy new plans through a state-run marketplace created by the U.S. Affordable Care Act. The state approved plans to be sold by...
Wisconsin Governor Vetoes Health Insurance Tobacco Surcharge
Jul 3 2013 // Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has vetoed his own plan to charge state workers more for health insurance if they smoke. Walker’s executive state budget would have required state workers who smoke to pay $50 more per...
Employer Health Insurance Mandate Delayed Until 2015
Jul 3 2013 // The Obama administration will delay a crucial provision of its signature health care law, giving businesses an extra year to comply with a requirement that they provide their workers with insurance. The government will...
States Brace for Web Barrage When Obamacare Goes Live Oct. 1
Jul 1 2013 // About 550,000 people in Oregon do not have health insurance, and Aaron Karjala is confident the state’s new online insurance exchange will be able to accommodate them when enrollment under President Barack...
Health Insurers to Pay $500M in Rebates
Jun 25 2013 // U.S. insurers will pay $500 million in rebates to employers and individuals this summer because of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, about half the amount they paid last year. The law, often called Obamacare,...
Many in Mississippi ‘Out of Luck’ as Health Insurers Shun Exchange
Jun 25 2013 // People in 36 of Mississippi’s 82 counties may not be able to buy health insurance through the new federal online marketplace when it starts enrolling customers in October. Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said two...
Iowa Health Insurer to Seek Smaller Rate Hikes
Jun 19 2013 // Months after customers blasted the company for skyrocketing rates, Iowa’s dominant health insurer says it will limit premium increases in 2014 to less than six percent for individual and small business...
IRS Scandals Threaten Funding for Health Care Law
Jun 19 2013 // Mounting scandals at the Internal Revenue Service are jeopardizing critical funding for the agency as it gears up to play a big role in President Barack Obama’s health care law. Obama sought a significant budget...
