Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Conn. Doctors Hit Policy Exclusions for Alcohol-Related Injuries
Apr 18 2006 // Eight years ago, then-18-year-old Oliver Bishop IV made a costly mistake. The Guilford, Conn. teen bought a case of beer and a half-pint of liquor and visited numerous parties. Though he had a designated driver that night,...
Mass. makes health insurance history by making it compulsorypq”The state says the uninsured tend to be low income, par
Apr 17 2006 // Everyone pays their part: individuals, government, health care providers and employers,” proclaims the document outlining the latest plan to expand health insurance to all citizens in Massachusetts. The Commonwealth...
S.D. Forum Debates Health Issues
Apr 14 2006 // Rising insurance costs and increased government spending could trigger changes in the nation’s health care system, according to some participants in a health care discussion Tuesday. Republican Sen. John Thune, who...
Indiana Grappling with Half Million Uninsured Workers
Apr 14 2006 // More than a half-million people in Indiana have jobs but no health insurance, and the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration is trying to determine what, if anything, should be done about it. Agency officials...
Wis. Legislators Pushing Mandated State Health Plan Similar to Mass.
Apr 13 2006 // Two Wisconsin legislators, one Democrat and the other Republican, have worked with two health policy officials to generate interest in creating a Wisconsin Health Plan. With Massachusetts basking in the national spotlight...
Time to Join, Switch Medicare Plans Extended for Katrina Evacuees
Apr 13 2006 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that individuals deemed evacuees of Hurricane Katrina will be given a special enrollment period (SEP) allowing them more time to enroll in or change their Medicare...
Ohio Seniors Reminded of Medicare Enrollment Deadline
Apr 12 2006 // Tommy Thompson was in Columbus, Ohio to speak about the new Medicare prescription drug coverage and highlight its successes. The former Health and Human Services secretary spoke to seniors at the Westminster-Thurber...
Insurance Clouds Future of Pa. Health System, Study Claims
Apr 9 2006 // Health care plays a significant role in Pennsylvania’s economy; however, the future of patient care is uncertain as problems with insurance and supply of services as well as increased demand for care combine to...
Mass. to Impose Individual Mandate, Employer Fee to Expand Health Cover
Apr 4 2006 // The Massachusetts House and Senate have passed a landmark plan designed to expand health insurance to most of the state’s estimated 500,000 uninsured citizens. The measure requires that all residents and most...
Summit Insurance Sells Health Business to Medical Mutual of Ohio
Mar 30 2006 // Summit Insurance Company has signed a definitive agreement to sell its health insurance business to Medical Mutual of Ohio, it announced this week. The agreement, to take effect May 1, 2006, means the transfer of...
Maine GOP Candidate Unveils Health Ideas; Calls for Dirigo Suspension
Mar 27 2006 // When it comes to health care, Mainers must stop thinking Augusta knows best, Chandler Woodcock said Friday as he campaigned for the Republican nomination for governor. Unveiling his health care plan for the state, Woodcock...
Governor Says ‘Cover Tennessee’ Program to be Voluntary
Mar 27 2006 // Tenn. Gov. Phil Bredesen said he won’t force his “Cover Tennessee” plan to cover the state’s uninsured on small businesses or individuals. If the one-in-10 state residents without health insurance...
La. DOI Releases 2006 Medicare Supplement Comparison Guide
Mar 23 2006 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) has released its 2006 Medicare Supplement Comparison Guide. “We surveyed insurers throughout Louisiana and put together a...
R.I. Governor Wants Health Insurers to Pay for Anti-Smoking Programs
Mar 8 2006 // Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri said he hopes to force health insurance companies pay for an anti-smoking program he wants to cut from the state budget. Carcieri’s proposed budget would eliminate the state’s...
Health Insurance Plan for Small Business Passed in Okla.
Mar 6 2006 // A bill to expand a program that provides subsidies to cover much of the health insurance costs of employees of small businesses won approval Mar. 2 in the Oklahoma Senate. In other action, senators passed a bill to cut...
N.D. Survey Says Insurers Slow to Pay for Medicare Prescriptions
Mar 3 2006 // North Dakota pharmacists say they have been forced to borrow money because insurers are slow to pay the bills under a new Medicare prescription drug program. Nearly one in five pharmacists was forced to borrow money and...
Conn. Woman Sentenced to 2 Years Probation in Health Insurer Scam
Feb 22 2006 // Kevin O’Connor, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Lee Ann Kiley, 44, formerly of Stamford and currently residing in Riverside, was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge...
Illinois state pool benefits from hard fought compromise health funding bill
Feb 20 2006 // Illinois’ state health insurance pool should get $5.4 million under a compromise measure Sen. Dick Durbin helped push through after negotiating a more than $1 million increase over what the original bill proposed....
Okla. Committee OKs Small Business Employee Health Insurance Bill
Feb 17 2006 // Hoping to reduce the number of uninsured Oklahomans, a state House of Representatives committee voted to provide financial incentives to businesses that contribute to employee health insurance premiums. House Bill 2463, by...
UniCare Launches New Options for Uninsured in Texas
Feb 8 2006 // UniCare Life & Health Insurance Company unveiled an innovative health insurance plan for Texas called Sound, which caters to the unique needs of adults between the ages of 19 and 29. There are an estimated 1.2 million...
