Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Swiss Health Insurer Under Fire for Offering Discount to Members of Pro-Life Group
Aug 26 2022 // Swiss-based health insurance company Helsana AG came under fire this week for offering a 10% discount to members of the Pro Life Switzerland organization. Members of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland wrote a...
California Announces $1.9M Settlement with Health Insurer
Aug 18 2022 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced a major settlement with National Health Insurance Co. The California Department of Insurance alleged that the company continuously violated California law since 2015...
New Edition: Fundamentals of Life & Health Insurance, Agency Library Essential
Aug 10 2022 // Austin, TX., August 10, 2022 — The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research announces the launch of a new Life & Health Insurance publication, authored by Tom Faulconer, CFP, CLY, ChFC, CASL, CPCU and...
Medicare Open Enrollment Season: Best Practices for Producers
Jul 29 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Fall is nearly here: In the north, you may have changing leaves while in the south, you may get a slight break from the heat. Regardless of your geography, one season...
Medicare Open Enrollment Season: Best Practices for Carriers, Agencies, and MGAs/MGUs
Jul 27 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. With pumpkin spice lattes nigh, we can nearly smell the coming of a very busy time of year for carriers, agencies, MGAs/MGUs. Yes, you guessed it, we’re talking...
Medicare Open Enrollment Season: The Big Picture
Jul 25 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. It’s almost that time of year again. No, we’re not talking about spooky season, the holiday season, or even ski season. Believe it or not, we’re...
Medicarians 2022: The Future of Medicare Advantage and Supplement Insurance Producers
Jul 22 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Medicare faces numerous challenges in the years to come, with regulatory trends, federal funding, and increasing lifespans all playing a role in the future of the...
‘Injections, Injections, Injections’: Troubling Questions Follow Closure of Sprawling Pain Clinic Chain
Mar 2 2022 // HANFORD, Calif. — On May 13 of last year, the cellphones of thousands of California residents undergoing treatment for chronic pain lit up with a terse text message: “Due to unforeseen circumstances, Lags Medical...
Florida Appeal Courts Side with Insurers in Attorney Fees, AOB and PIP Cases
Feb 23 2022 // From attorneys’ fees to water damage to reimbursement limits in no-fault auto insurance, Florida appeals courts have sided with insurers in several cases in recent days. Here’s a look: Attorney Fees and Another...
Record Number Signing Up for Affordable Care Act Health Insurance
Jan 14 2022 // More than 14.2 million people have selected 2022 health insurance plans offered under the Affordable Care Act since open enrollment began on November 1, 2021, according to federal health officials. This number includes...
Health Insurers Cooperating With Plan to Pay for Home COVID Tests Starting Saturday
Jan 13 2022 // Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for people on their plans. The Biden administration announced the change Monday as it looks to lower costs and...
‘Catch-Up Care’ Helps Explain Rise in Employers’ Health Insurance Costs: Mercer
Dec 14 2021 // Health insurance costs for employers rose the most in over a decade this year as Americans resumed non-urgent procedures delayed earlier due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey published on Monday. The survey...
Nevada Jury Says Health Insurers Owe ER Doctors $60M in Damages
Dec 9 2021 // One of the largest U.S. health insurance companies and its branches in Nevada were found liable for $60 million in punitive damages for underpaying out-of-network emergency medical providers. A state court jury said three...
Employers in Qatar to Be Required to Provide Health Insurance for Expatriates
Oct 22 2021 // DOHA – Employers in Qatar will be required to provide health insurance coverage for expatriates and their families under a new law issued by the emir this week, a senior Qatari official said on Thursday. The huge number...
Aston Lark Buys 2 Brokers: Abbey Murphy Insurance and The Health Insurance Co.
Sep 21 2021 // Aston Lark, the Goldman Sachs-based insurance broker, announced two acquisitions in one day: Deanspoint Insurance Brokers, which trades in Ireland as Abbey Murphy Insurance, and The Health Insurance Company, based in...
Why Health Insurance & Workers’ Compensation Insurance Are Not True Insurance
Aug 16 2021 // Fully funded or level funded traditional health insurance provided by employers is not insurance except for people who buy their own insurance, i.e., the small business owner. To qualify as insurance, the insurance policy...
The Misnomer of ‘Insurance’ in Health Insurance, Why Health Insurance Is Not Really Insurance
Feb 22 2021 // Insurance is a financial product designed to protect consumers’ and businesses’ balance sheets. If your house burns down and you have insurance, the insurance company pays to rebuild the asset known as your...
Court Upholds Trump Rule Requiring Hospitals to Disclose Health Insurer Prices
Dec 30 2020 // A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a White House-backed rule to require hospitals to disclose the prices they negotiate with insurers for an array of common tests and procedures. The 2-0 decision by the U.S. Court...
How Government Plans to Make COVID-19 Vaccine Free for Every American
Oct 30 2020 // Federal health officials Wednesday issued insurance coverage rules designed to deliver on the promise that every American will have access to free COVID-19 vaccines when they are approved. The regulations from the Centers...
Health Insurer Anthem Settles States’ Cyber Breach Probe for $40 Million
Sep 30 2020 // Anthem Inc. said on Wednesday it would pay $39.5 million as part of a settlement with U.S. states attorneys general following an investigation into a massive cyber-attack at the company in 2015. The second largest U.S....
