Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Pres. Bush to Propose Health Insurance Tax Break
Jan 22 2007 // President Bush will propose a tax deduction of $7,500 for individuals and $15,000 for families regardless of whether they buy their own health insurance or receive medical coverage at work. The proposal, to be announced...
Conn. AG Urges Release of Audit on Health Insurers’ Coverage Denials
Jan 18 2007 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said his office has received several reports of health insurance companies denying coverage based on questionable conclusions that patients’ medical conditions...
Report: More Insurance Costs Being Shifted to Montana Workers
Jan 12 2007 // The number of businesses in Montana that offer health insurance to their workers is roughly unchanged since 2003, but higher costs are increasingly being shifted to employees, a new report shows. According to the report,...
Sen. Kennedy Urges Universal Health Plan, Solicits Recommendations
Jan 11 2007 // The federal government should join the state of Massachusetts in enacting universal health coverage, according to Sen. Edward Kennedy, D- Mass., the new chairman of the Senate committee with jurisdiction over numerous...
Poolman Fines Blue Cross Blue Shield of N.D.
Jan 9 2007 // North Dakota Commissioner Jim Poolman recently imposed an $8,000 penalty against Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota (BCBS) as a result of a market conduct exam that revealed various infractions of administrative rules...
Report: Calif. Health Insurers Deny Policies over Jobs, Medications
Jan 9 2007 // Some Californians are refused individual health insurance policies even if they are in good health and can afford coverage because of their jobs and use of certain medications, according to a published report. Such...
Enrollment Begins for New Mass. Health care Plan
Jan 4 2007 // Massachusetts residents who don’t have health insurance and don’t make a lot of money can enroll in a new state health plan that requires them to pay monthly premiums on a sliding scale based on their...
W. Va. Seeks Fix for Soaring Health Insurance Costs
Jan 3 2007 // Lawmakers and health care advocates in West Virginia must confront a stark reality: more than one in two residents either get their insurance from the government or have no insurance at all. Next year, the Legislature will...
Conn. Gov. Rell Unveils Health Insurance Plan
Dec 29 2006 // Gov. M. Jodi Rell unveiled a proposal this week that she says will provide affordable, comprehensive health insurance to thousands of uninsured adults in Connecticut. The initiative, called the Charter Oak Health Plan,...
N.J. Group Working On Mandatory Health Insurance Plan
Dec 26 2006 // New Jersey lawmakers and policy experts are working on a plan to overhaul the state’s health care system that would require all New Jerseyans to carry medical insurance but would keep the policies affordable for...
Maine Panel Embraces Mandatory Health Coverage
Dec 26 2006 // Elected officials should consider increases in a variety of state taxes as they look for ways to make health insurance available to more Mainers, a panel that’s been studying the issue for several months voted last...
Montana Approves Health Insurance Company
Dec 18 2006 // Montana State Auditor John Morrison has approved the formation of a new health insurance company in the state, only the third headquartered in Montana. Morrison said regulators have determined that Allegiance Life &...
Swiss Re Buys 26% Stake in Indian Health Care Provider
Dec 12 2006 // Swiss Re has signed an agreement with TTK Group and India Value Funds Advisors (IVF) to purchase a 26 percent stake in TTK Healthcare Services Pvt Ltd (TTKHCS), one of India’s leading health insurance third party...
Employers offering health coverage in California declining
Dec 11 2006 // California has the most number of people without insurance coverage compared to any other state — and the number of employers offering health insurance plans is declining. According to a recent “Snapshot of...
News Currents
Dec 10 2006 // Employers offering health coverage in California declining California has the most number of people without insurance coverage compared to any other state – and the number of employers offering health insurance plans...
Mo. Man Convicted of Medicare Scam Denies Role in Blaze That Kills 10
Dec 5 2006 // The owner of the southwest Missouri group home for the mentally ill destroyed in a fatal fire last week says he has nothing to hide, despite questions about his role in the facility and what started the blaze. In what he...
Health Care Premiums Outpace Oklahomans’ Earnings
Nov 29 2006 // The cost of health insurance for Oklahoma families rose more than four times faster than their wages over the last six years, according to a new study. The report released by Families USA, a nonprofit health care consumer...
Mo. Man Sentenced to Prison in Medicare Fraud Scam
Nov 22 2006 // The owner of two Kansas City-area medical supply businesses was sentenced Monday to three years in prison without parole for his part in a scheme that bilked Medicare out of millions of dollars. U.S. District Judge Gary A....
It Figures
Nov 20 2006 // 21 The number of health insurers fined by the New York State Insurance Department with a total of $310,300 for violations of New York’s Prompt Pay Law, which requires health insurers and HMOs to pay undisputed health...
Figures
Nov 19 2006 // 21 The number of health insurers fined by the New York State Insurance Department with a total of $310,300 for violations of New York’s Prompt Pay Law, which requires health insurers and HMOs to pay undisputed health...
