Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Thousands Eligible, not Enrolled, in Public Insurance for Kids
Nov 29 2007 // More than 850,000 of the 1.5 million Texas children who don’t have health insurance are eligible for but not enrolled in the Children’s Health Insurance Program or Medicaid, a state official says. Health and...
Mass. Businesses Not Offering Health Insurance Options Face Fines
Nov 26 2007 // More than five hundred businesses in Massachusetts that failed to offer insurance options to their employees under the state’s landmark health care law will be required to pay $5 million in fees. That’s far...
DCBS Taps Kipper To Lead Ore. Insurance Division
Nov 15 2007 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has named Scott Kipper administrator of its Insurance Division, DCBS Director Cory Streisinger announced. Kipper replaces Joel Ario, who left in July to become...
Texas Physicians Group: New Comp Rules Benefit Workers
Nov 13 2007 // New rules proposed by the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation will help injured workers in finding and receiving care from a physician, according to the Texas Medical Association. Among...
Lawsuit: Neb. Discriminated Against Black Workers with Insurance Choices
Nov 6 2007 // The state of Nebraska discriminated against its black employees because state workers who live in Lincoln and Omaha were offered inferior health insurance than their counterparts in other parts of the state, according to a...
Insure Montana Premiums Could Go Up 32%
Oct 22 2007 // Small businesses with state-subsidized health insurance through the Insure Montana program face double-digit race increases next year, officials said. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana, the company that sells and...
N.J. Lawmaker Poised to Advance Health Insurance Mandate Plan
Oct 17 2007 // A state senator says he will soon announce plans to require all New Jerseyans to carry medical insurance, but the governor warned that the plan could cost more than $1 billion. “We are going to announce just after...
Mass. Agents Launch Site on Mandatory Health Insurance Law
Oct 15 2007 // In an effort to clarify business and individual responsibilities under the Massachusetts Health Reform Act, the Massachusetts Association of Health Underwriters (MassAHU) has launched the Web site at...
Ky.: Unauthorized Insurer Offering Health Insurance to Consumers
Oct 9 2007 // The Kentucky Office of Insurance is investigating reports that an unidentified company is selling health insurance in Kentucky without proper authorization. A flyer, which has been faxed to consumers in Kentucky, does not...
States Sue Bush Over Limits on Children’s Health Insurance
Oct 3 2007 // Several states say they will challenge the Bush administration in federal court over its new rules that block the expansion of a health insurance program for children from low-income families. Arizona, California,...
S. D. Task Force Recommends Insurance Risk Pool
Oct 3 2007 // A risk pool for uninsurable South Dakotans and Medicaid-based subsidies for health insurance premiums are among recommendations of a state task force. The group also recommends research be done into the types of assistance...
Health Insurance Tops Conn. Consumer Complaints; P/C Generates 19%
Sep 28 2007 // More than $1 million was recovered on behalf of consumers by the Connecticut Insurance Department’s Consumer Affairs Division during the second quarter, according to Insurance Commissioner Thomas R. Sullivan. The...
Feds Approve Ind.’s New Health Insurance Program for Low-income Adults
Sep 24 2007 // The federal government has given Indiana the go-ahead on its state-subsidized health care plan for low-income adults that will be partially funded by an increase in the cigarette tax. The deal will allow Indiana to provide...
Mo. Governor Pushes for New Health Plan for Lower-income Families
Sep 20 2007 // Mo. Gov. Matt Blunt said the number of uninsured Missourians could be reduced by nearly one-third under a plan he outlined this week to provide government-subsidized health care to lower-income families. The Republican,...
Census Report: Ill. Poverty Down, Number of Uninsured Up
Aug 30 2007 // Poverty dropped in Illinois last year, but the number of residents without health insurance increased, U.S. Census data released this week shows. About 1.39 million, or 11 percent, of state residents last year were poor,...
Humana pays $500,000 Fine in Okla. for Unlicensed Sales
Aug 24 2007 // Humana Insurance Co. has paid a $500,000 fine for using unlicensed agents to sell Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plans to Oklahoma seniors, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland said. She said Humana, which...
N.Y. AG Cuomo Takes Issue with Health Insurers’ Physician Rankings
Aug 17 2007 // New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has warned two major health insurers, Aetna and Cigna Healthcare, that their physician ranking programs, as currently designed, “are likely to confuse or even deceive...
Ala. Gov. Disapproves of Subsidized Health Insurance for State Senate
Aug 16 2007 // Governor Bob Riley is renewing his call for the State Employees Insurance Board to reject state senators’ attempts to give themselves taxpayer-subsidized health insurance. “First they gave themselves a huge pay...
Wis. Governor Pushes Insurance Coverage for Autistic Children
Aug 8 2007 // With large health insurance companies lined up to fight it, Gov. Jim Doyle and Senate Democrats are pushing a requirement that health insurance include autism treatment. Seventeen other states already have such a law, but...
China Plans to Expand Health Insurance to All Urban Citizens
Jul 30 2007 // China plans to expand its medical insurance programs over the next three years to cover all urban citizens, including children and the unemployed, a state news agency last week quoted Premier Wen Jiabao as...
