Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Delaware Gov. Minner Puts Workers’ Comp Reform, Health Purchasing Pools on Her Second Term Agenda
Jan 27 2005 // Delaware Democratic Gov. Ruth Ann Minner outlined her agenda for the coming year in the first state of the state address of her second term. Her agenda includes lowering workers’ compensation costs and improving...
R.I. Gov. Carcieri Nominates Medicaid-HMO Exec Koller as State’s First Health Insurance Chief
Jan 13 2005 // Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri has nominated Christopher Koller, chief executive officer of an HMO that serves primarily Medicaid recipients, to serve as the state’s first health insurance commissioner. The General...
Mass. AG Probes Municipal Health Insurance Buying
Jan 11 2005 // The Massachusetts attorney general is expanding his probe into the commissions that insurers pay insurance brokers who promote their products to include contracts with cities and towns. The investigation by Attorney...
HEALTH INSURANCE 'AFFORDABLE' IN NASHVILLE:
Jan 3 2005 // This Tennessee city ranks No. 15 among the 50 most affordable cities for families to obtain health insurance, according to a study by eHealthInsurance.com in Mountain View, Calif. The monthly premium for health insurance...
Medicare Looms as Budget Remains a Logistical Issue for States
Dec 20 2004 // A Medicare prescription drug benefit for senior citizens through private plans is still more than a year away. But for state lawmakers and health officials preparing to help administer the complex new law, crunch time is...
Survey Points to Public Blind Eye to Fake Insurance
Dec 14 2004 // According to the General Accounting Office, the number of fake insurance policies sold to consumers is on the rise, resulting in $252 million in unpaid health insurance claims alone. According to a survey conducted by the...
Report Says Ark. Has Fewer Children Without Health Insurance; Lower than National Average
Dec 13 2004 // A new report says the share of Arkansas children not covered by health insurance declined from 19.4 percent in 1996 to 11 percent in 2002—lower than the national average of 12 percent. Rhonda Sanders, director of health...
Nashville Ranks No. 15, Memphis 19, In Affordable Health Insurance
Dec 8 2004 // Nashville, Tenn. ranks No. 15 among the 50 most affordable city for families to get health insurance, according to a study released today by eHealthInsurance.com. The monthly premium for health insurance in Nashville is...
Mass. AG Targets Health Insurance Brokers’ Pay
Nov 15 2004 // The Massachusetts attorney general’s office is scrutinizing the practice of health insurers offering lucrative commissions to brokers who are supposed to lock in the best deals for employers. Insurers have for years...
TDI Cracks Down on Sales of Bogus Health Insurance
Nov 1 2004 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced it has imposed stiff sanctions against a Florida man found to be recruiting and training Texas agents to sell unauthorized health insurance plans. Texas Insurance Commissioner...
Spitzer Invites Health Insurer into Expanding Broker Compensation Probe
Oct 19 2004 // After going after a number of big property/casualty and life insurers, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer appears to have UnumProvident Corporation on his radar screen too. UnumProvident Corporation (NYSE: UNM) today...
Cheney, Edwards Spar Over Medical Liability Issue During VP Debate
Oct 6 2004 // Around and around they went. For some 90 minutes, Vice President Dick Cheney and North Carolina Sen. John Edwards debated and most often, disagreed on the issues, during the first and only Vice Presidential debate Tuesday...
Ky Att. Gen., Legislative Session to Investigate Health Insurance Plan
Oct 4 2004 // Attorney General Greg Stumbo has decided to investigate whether a former insurance executive improperly influenced the creation of a state health insurance plan that has angered teachers and state workers, his spokeswoman...
NAIC Adopts Amendments to Medicare Model Law
Sep 27 2004 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has adopted amendments to its Model Regulation to Implement the NAIC Medicare Supplement Insurance Minimum Standards Model Act to make it compliant with the...
Delaware’s Race for Insurance Commissioner Pits Advocate Denn Vs. Conciliator Ennis
Sep 7 2004 // Delaware voters face a choice in this year’s election for state insurance commissioner between a Democratic counsel to the current governor who vows to “stand up for Delawareans” and a Republican veteran...
The Race For Delaware Insurance Commissioner: The Advocate Vs. The Conciliator
Sep 7 2004 // INSURANCE JOURNAL PUTS CANDIDATES DENN AND ENNIS ON THE RECORD, ON THE ISSUES September 7, 2004–Delaware voters face a choice in this year’s election for state insurance commissioner between a Democratic...
On the Record: The Race for Delaware’s Insurance Commissioner
Sep 6 2004 // Delaware voters face a choice in this year’s election for state insurance commissioner between a Democratic counsel to the current governor who vows to “stand up for Delawareans” and a Republican veteran...
Short Term Medical Insurance: Low Cost, Sold Online, Gaining in Popularity
Aug 23 2004 // Short term medical insurance has become the most popular type of health insurance purchased online by individuals. The growth is driven by low cost and easy online enrollment. In addition, insurers have taken steps to make...
Kentucky Governor Fletcher Keeps Commonwealth in Stride
Aug 23 2004 // Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher (R) has had a busy last few weeks. Between weighing in on the AIK Comp Fund issue in the Commonwealth and seeing to it that residents get the help they need from storms that rumbled through...
AIA Backs Medicare-Based Fee Schedule for Tenn. Workers’ Comp Medical Services
Aug 20 2004 // In testimony Friday before the Tennessee Department of Labor’s Medical Care and Cost Containment Committee, the American Insurance Association (AIA) endorsed a Medicare-based, objective fee schedule for provider...
