Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Survey: Health Insurance Costs 22% More in Wisconsin
Nov 20 2009 // A new survey finds Wisconsinites pay more for health insurance than the rest of the country and the cost is rising at a faster rate. The consulting firm Mercer finds employers and their workers in Wisconsin paid an average...
House, Senate Healthcare Bills Have Major Differences
Nov 19 2009 // The healthcare legislation released by the Senate’s Democratic leaders Wednesday resembles a bill passed by the House of Representatives on Nov. 7 in many ways but there are some major differences between the...
Pros and Cons
Nov 15 2009 // Like many other insurance industry groups the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA or Big “I”) has found a lot not to like in the healthcare reform bill recently passed by the U.S. House...
Healthcare Reform Pros and Cons
Nov 15 2009 // Like many other insurance industry groups the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA or Big “I”) has found a lot not to like in the healthcare reform bill recently passed by the U.S. House...
Insurance Agents Unhappy with House Healthcare Bill
Nov 15 2009 // The leaders of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIBA) are not pleased with the healthcare reform bill that was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. Agents are particularly opposed to the...
Business Roundtable Says Health Reform Must Contain Employer Costs
Nov 13 2009 // An influential business group said Thursday that its continued support for President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul hinges on whether it slows the soaring growth rate of healthcare costs. The Business Roundtable,...
Utah Official Pleads to Health Insurance Fraud
Nov 11 2009 // The former commissioner of the Utah Department of Public Safety on Monday entered a conditional guilty plea to two third-degree felony charges of falsely obtaining a prescription and to a misdemeanor count of filing a...
Provisions of House Healthcare Bill
Nov 9 2009 // Here are the main provisions of the healthcare overhaul passed by the House of Representatives: INSURANCE MARKET CHANGES * Creates an insurance market exchange where individuals and small businesses would purchase...
Insurance Agents Hit House Health Bill As Bad for Small Business
Nov 9 2009 // The leaders of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIBA) are not pleased with the healthcare reform bill that was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. The group is particularly opposed to the...
Close House Vote on Healthcare Expected Tomorrow
Nov 6 2009 // Urged on by President Barack Obama, Democratic leaders in the House hustled Thursday to round up support for a sweeping healthcare overhaul headed to a close floor vote Saturday. The House drive for healthcare reform,...
American Empire Surplus Unveils E&O Cover for Medicare Compliance
Nov 6 2009 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based American Empire Surplus Lines Insurance Company, a member of the Great American Insurance Group, has launched an errors and omissions liability insurance product for Medicare Statutory...
Arizona Fines Aetna for Multiple Violations
Nov 4 2009 // The Arizona Department of Insurance has fined Aetna Life Insurance Company and Aetna Health, Inc., after examination of their practices exposed multiple violations of Arizona insurance laws. The department has ordered the...
House Republicans Plan Own Healthcare Reform Bill
Nov 3 2009 // Republicans in the House plan to offer an alternative to Democrats’ massive healthcare reform bill that would not raise taxes or require people or businesses to buy health insurance, the House Republican leader said...
House Health Bill Boosts FTC Authority Over Health Insurers
Nov 2 2009 // Health care legislation headed for a vote in the House would give the Federal Trade Commission authority to look into the health insurance industry at its own initiative, Democratic officials said. The FTC, which...
House Healthcare Overhaul Unveiled
Oct 30 2009 // Democrats in the House unveiled a sweeping healthcare overhaul Thursday that would transform the insurance market, create a government-run insurance plan and levy new taxes on the rich. Weeks of closed-door negotiations to...
Ohio Gov. Would not Want to Refuse Health Insurance Public Option
Oct 29 2009 // A spokeswoman for Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland said the governor would not want Ohio to opt out of any new government-run health insurance program. A health care proposal offered by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid would...
U.S. Senate Healthcare Bill to Include Public Option with State Opt-Out
Oct 27 2009 // Democratic leader Harry Reid said Monday the U.S. Senate’s healthcare overhaul will include a government-run insurance plan that lets states opt out, handing liberals an early victory on the bill’s most...
Experts Say Antitrust Repeal Unlikely to Spur Health Insurance Competition
Oct 26 2009 // Democratic lawmakers are seeking to stir up competition by stripping health insurers of their protection from certain federal antitrust laws, although experts shrug off the effort as largely symbolic. Speaker Nancy Pelosi...
California Commissioner Warns Seniors About Agents
Oct 23 2009 // California’s Insurance Commissioner is worried that crooked health insurance agents may target seniors during open enrollment for Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Program. Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner...
UAE Health Insurer Daman and Munich Re Extend Strategic Partnership
Oct 22 2009 // The United Arab Emirates National Health Insurance Company, Daman, and Munich Re have extended their strategic alliance and partnership. The bulletin noted that the “initial five-year agreement between both firms was...
