Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Win Ratio
Jul 18 2011 // A task force of state insurance regulators has recommended that states support legislation to protect agent and broker commissions from the expense cap imposed on health insurers by the new federal healthcare law’s...
Win Ratio
Jul 18 2011 // A task force of state insurance regulators has recommended that states support legislation to protect agent and broker commissions from the expense cap imposed on health insurers by the new federal healthcare law’s...
How Health Insurance Premiums Vary by State
Jul 15 2011 // Nationwide, private-sector employees with single coverage contributed 21 percent of the cost of their health insurance and employees with family coverage paid 27 percent, according to the latest numbers from the Agency for...
States Given Flexibility on Health Insurance Exchanges
Jul 11 2011 // The Obama administration proposed a framework for health insurance exchanges that gives states great flexibility in how and when they set up these open marketplaces designed to boost competition. The U.S. Health and Human...
Louisiana Governor to Choose Adviser on Health Insurance Privatization
Jul 11 2011 // Three firms are vying to advise the Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration on efforts to privatize a state worker health insurance program. Michael DiResto, a spokesman for the governor’s Division of...
States to Learn Details of Health Insurance Exchanges Today
Jul 11 2011 // States deciding whether to set up health insurance exchanges will get more information today when the Obama administration reveals more on how these complex marketplaces will work. The federal government has so far given...
Federal Debt Negotiators Eye Limiting Health Insurance Tax Break
Jul 11 2011 // Limiting the tax break for employer-provided health insurance became a bargaining chip on Friday in congressional negotiations to beat an Aug. 2 deadline for averting a U.S. default. “Limiting the deduction for the...
California Bill Regulating Health Insurance Rates Passes Committee
Jul 7 2011 // A California bill that would allow state officials to reject rate increases proposed by health insurers has passed a key committee vote. The Senate Health Committee approved the measure in a 5-3 vote. The bill, AB52, now...
Make Employers’ Provision of Group Health Insurance Easier, Less Costly
Jul 4 2011 // More than half of all Americans receive health insurance through an employer. Let me advance a bold premise: This is not entirely a bad thing. By insuring 150 million of us, employer-based plans relieve government of the...
Insurance Agents Cheer State Commissioners’ Vote on Medical Loss Ratio
Jul 1 2011 // In a move being applauded by insurance agents, a task force of state insurance regulators has recommended that states support legislation to protect agent and broker commissions from the expense cap imposed on health...
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Individual Health Insurance Mandate
Jun 29 2011 // A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare law that requires Americans to buy insurance as constitutional, an early victory for the White House. The U.S. Court of Appeals...
Wisconsin Health Insurance Program Participation, Claims on the Rise
Jun 29 2011 // A new report shows more people are joining a Wisconsin state program that provides health insurance for the seriously ill. The Legislative Audit Bureau reviewed the financial status of the Wisconsin Health Insurance...
Arkansas Insurance Chief to Try Again on Health Insurance Exchange
Jun 29 2011 // Arkansas’ top insurance official said he hopes to win legislative approval next year to begin implementing a key part of the federal health care overhaul. Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford said he plans to...
Georgia Law Allows Out-of-State Health Insurance Policies July 1
Jun 29 2011 // State-licensed insurance companies will soon be able to sell health policies offered in other states that provide less coverage than Georgia requires. The new law is one of dozens set to take effect in Georgia on July 1,...
New York Health Insurance Exchange Bill Preserves Agents’ Role
Jun 20 2011 // New York agents are cheering a new State Senate bill that that would guarantee a role for agents and brokers in the state’s health insurance exchange. A bill introduced this month by Sens. James L. Seward (R-Milford)...
Nearly 10% of Health Insurers Leaving Indiana; State Seeks MLR Waiver
Jun 16 2011 // Indiana Insurance Commissioner Stephen W. Robertson has announced he is seeking a waiver on behalf of Indiana from the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) 80 percent minimum medical loss ratio...
New York Health Insurance Exchange Bill Preserves Agents’ Role
Jun 10 2011 // New York agents are cheering a new Senate bill that guarantees a role for producers in the state’s health insurance exchange. A bill introduced yesterday by Sens. James L. Seward (R-Milford) and Kemp Hannon (R-Garden...
Lawyers for Obama, 26 States Square Off Over Healthcare Law
Jun 9 2011 // Lawyers for President Barack Obama and plaintiffs representing 26 states presented oral arguments Wednesday in an appeal over the government’s healthcare reform law, a contentious cornerstone of Obama’s...
Louisiana Group Benefits Chief Resigns
Jun 8 2011 // The chief executive officer of the health insurance office for state employees and retirees, hired by the Jindal administration in April, is resigning after receiving strong criticism from lawmakers about his work to help...
U.S. Court in Georgia to Hear States’ Healthcare Law Challenge Today
Jun 8 2011 // A U.S. appeals court in Atlanta will hear a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare reforms signed into law by President Barack Obama a year ago. The suit, filed by more than half the states,...
