Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
E. Baton Rouge Refuses to Hike Employee Insurance Premiums
Oct 16 2015 // East Baton Rouge, La., city-parish government employees will not see an increase in their health insurance premiums. The Metro Council on Oct. 14 refused to raise health insurance premiums for city employees. The decision...
Illinois Supreme Court: Village Must Pay Health Insurance for Disabled Cop
Oct 5 2015 // In an opinion filed on Sept. 24, the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the decisions of two lower courts that an Illinois municipality must pay health insurance premiums for a policeman and his family after the officer was...
Massachusetts Announces $430K Settlement With AIG Subsidiary
Oct 5 2015 // The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania (ICSOP), a subsidiary of the American International Group (AIG), has agreed to pay $430,000 to settle allegations that it sold unauthorized health insurance to...
Illinois High Court: Village Must Pay for Disabled Cop’s Health Insurance
Sep 30 2015 // In an opinion filed on Sept. 24, the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the decisions of two lower courts that an Illinois municipality must pay health insurance premiums for a policeman and his family after the police officer...
Pennsylvania Reminds Health Insurers to Keep Provider Directories Up to Date
Sep 24 2015 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller is reminding health insurers that they must keep their provider directories up to date and that consumers should not pay higher out-of-network costs if they use a health...
Health Insurer CEOs Defend Big Mergers Before Senate
Sep 24 2015 // Leaders of two major health insurers planning multibillion dollar acquisitions made their case to Congress this week that bigger can mean better in their industry, but concerns are being raised in Washington about how...
Employees’ Share of Health Insurance Costs Rising
Sep 22 2015 // Health insurance costs have been rising at historically low rates over the last several years. Yet it may not feel that way to consumers. While premiums — what companies and workers pay to buy health insurance–...
17.6 Million Gained Health Insurance Through Law: Report
Sep 22 2015 // The U.S. national healthcare reform law has extended health insurance coverage to 17.6 million Americans, according to a new government report on Tuesday, up from its previous estimate of 16.4 million. The number of...
Pennsylvania to Hold Hearing on Health Insurer Balance Billing
Sep 21 2015 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller announced that the state’s Insurance Department will hold a public hearing in October on the issue of “balance billing” of health insurance...
New York Health Insurer’s Data Breach Puts 10M Records at Risk
Sep 21 2015 // Upstate New York health insurer Excellus BlueCross BlueShield said on Sept. 10 that its computer systems and those at affiliates had been breached, exposing data from more than 10 million members, in the latest case to...
Massachusetts AG Healey Announces $430K Settlement With AIG Subsidiary
Sep 16 2015 // The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania (ICSOP), a subsidiary of the American International Group (AIG), has agreed to pay $430,000 to settle allegations that it sold unauthorized health insurance to...
New York Health Insurer’s Data Breach Puts 10M Records at Risk
Sep 11 2015 // Upstate New York health insurer Excellus BlueCross BlueShield on Wednesday said its computer systems and those at affiliates had been breached, exposing data from more than 10 million members, in the latest case to show...
Penn. to Hold Hearing on Balance Billing of Health Insurance Consumers
Sep 10 2015 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller announced that her department will hold a public hearing on the issue of “balance billing” of health insurance consumers. Balance billing occurs when a patient...
Pending Mergers Will Harm Health Insurance Competition: AMA
Sep 8 2015 // The nation’s doctors say the proposed mergers among four of the nation’s largest health insurance companies would violate federal antitrust guidelines and seriously erode health insurance competition. According...
Louisiana Regulators Take Over Health Insurance CO-OP
Sep 2 2015 // The 19th Judicial District Court granted an Order of Rehabilitation and Injunctive Relief giving Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon possession and control of the Louisiana Health Cooperative Inc. (LAHC, aka CO-OP), the...
R.I. AG Sues Health Insurance Commissioner Over 10% Blue Cross Rate Hike
Sep 2 2015 // Rhode Island’s attorney general has sued the state’s health insurance commissioner for allowing Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island to hike premiums for some residents 10 percent. Attorney General Peter...
300K Massachusetts Resident to See Their Health Insurance Rates Jump 6%
Aug 30 2015 // About 300,000 Massachusetts residents who buy their own health insurance or work for small businesses are about to see their premiums jump more than 6 percent on average. The increase approved by the state Division of...
Walker’s Proposed Health Insurance Plan Features Tax Credits
Aug 19 2015 // Republican presidential candidate and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s plan for replacing President Barack Obama’s health care law would extend refundable tax credits to help pay for private health insurance based...
Missouri Fines Health Insurer Cigna for Various Violations
Aug 14 2015 // The Missouri Department of Insurance has fined Cigna subsidiaries $140,800 for using unapproved forms, incorrectly denying chiropractic claims, charging copayments of more than 50 percent and failing to send an explanation...
Blue Cross Seeks 34% Rate Hike in North Carolina for ACA Plans
Aug 13 2015 // North Carolina’s largest health insurer says higher-than-anticipated costs after two years of selling federally subsidized coverage has forced it to seek premium increases even greater than it thought would be...
