Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Baker Joins Texas Agent Group as Director of Health Insurance Information
Oct 20 2011 // Misty Baker has joined the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas as director of health insurance information. In this newly created role, Baker will serve as a member resource for agency personnel working in life and...
Outlining the Risks of the Business Traveler
Oct 17 2011 // Business travelers say there’s no substitute for being there. Even though budgets are tight and new technology makes it easy for people to connect virtually anywhere, businesses understand that it is crucial for...
Insurance Risks of Business Travelers
Oct 3 2011 // Business travelers say there’s no substitute for being there. Even though budgets are tight and new technology makes it easy for people to connect virtually anywhere, businesses understand that it is crucial for...
Republican Ryan Proposes Individual Health Insurance Tax Credit
Sep 28 2011 // Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, an outspoken opponent of President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform, proposed a plan Tuesday that could effectively dismantle the way most Americans get health insurance by reducing...
Judge in Louisiana Won’t Stop State Health Insurance Contracts
Sep 16 2011 // A Baton Rouge, La., judge has refused to block the state from signing contracts with three private insurance companies chosen to take part in Louisiana’s new health-care delivery system for the poor. In a separate...
Federal Judge Rejects Health Insurance Mandate in Latest Case
Sep 14 2011 // A federal judge in Pennsylvania said the insurance-buying mandate in President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul is unconstitutional, the latest ruling over an issue likely to be taken up by the U.S. Supreme...
Judge Allows Mississippi Suit Challenging Healthcare Law to Continue
Sep 2 2011 // A federal judge will allow a lawsuit filed in Mississippi challenging part of the Obama administration’s health care law to continue. U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett, in a ruling issued Aug. 29, denied the Obama...
Big Iowa Health Insurer Unsure About Exchange
Sep 1 2011 // A leading Iowa health insurer isn’t sure yet whether it will participate in the state’s planned insurance exchange. The exchanges are expected to be a key part of the national health care overhaul. Some people...
Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Overhaul Now in Effect
Aug 26 2011 // Legislation overhauling the Oklahoma workers’ compensation laws becomes effective today, Aug. 26, 2011. The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court noted that while the effective date for Senate Bill 878 is Aug....
Calif. Court Rules on Benefit from Negotiated Rate Differential
Aug 24 2011 // California’s highest court has ruled that accident plaintiffs may only recover economic damages equal to the amount paid by their insurer and not the higher amount billed. The opinion stated that “the...
New Hampshire’s Mitchell to Hear Health Insurance Pools Case
Aug 24 2011 // New Hampshire Secretary of State William Gardner has named a Sandwich attorney to hear a dispute between a nonprofit organization and New Hampshire regulators over how the nonprofit manages health insurance pools for...
Missouri Receives $21M Grant to Build Online Health Insurance Marketplace
Aug 17 2011 // Missouri has received a $21 million grant aimed at making health insurance coverage for individuals and small businesses more accessible and affordable, regulators Using the grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Health...
U.S. to Require Consumer Labels on Health Insurance Plans
Aug 17 2011 // Insurers and employers will have to spell out plainly the costs and benefits of the health plans they offer starting next year. The rule announced by U.S. health officials Wednesday is designed to better inform people...
Washington Insurance Commissioner Fines Health Insurer
Aug 16 2011 // Wshington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has fined Regence BlueShield (Regence) $100,000 for denying contraceptive coverage to 984 women. Kreidler learned about the violation from a consumer who contacted his...
U.S. Court Rules Against Obama Healthcare Mandate
Aug 15 2011 // President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law suffered a setback Friday when a U.S. appeals court ruled that it was unconstitutional to require all Americans to buy insurance or face a penalty. The U.S. Appeals...
Health Insurance Exchange Chief, Ario, Steps Down After 1 Year
Aug 2 2011 // The official charged with overseeing the creation of U.S. state-based health insurance exchanges is stepping down at a critical juncture for the Obama administration’s healthcare overhaul. Joel Ario, director of...
Iowa Health Insurance Review Process OK’d
Aug 2 2011 // Federal officials have approved Iowa’s process for external review of health insurance providers as established under the Affordable Care Act. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services notified the Iowa...
Feds to Review Iowa Health Insurance Rates
Jul 28 2011 // Federal officials say they intend to conduct their own review of Iowa’s health insurance rates because the state’s review of rates is insufficient. The Des Moines Register reports that Iowa is one of 10 states...
Feds to Review Idaho Health Insurance Rate Hikes
Jul 22 2011 // BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ The federal government will assume the responsibility of reviewing increases of 10 percent or more in health insurance premiums proposed by private Idaho insurance companies starting later this...
Morgan Keegan to Advise Louisiana on Health Insurance Privatization Effort
Jul 18 2011 // Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration has selected a company to offer financial advice on the governor’s proposal to privatize a state employee health insurance program, and pushed back any chance the...
