Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
10 Insurance Myths (Men Are More Likely Than Women to Believe 8 of Them)
Oct 21 2014 // Men may be more gullible when it comes to insurance myths than women but even women think a number of popular myths about insurance are true, according to a survey by online insurance seller insure.com. Insure.com said it...
Mass. Health Insurers Offer Online Tools to Compare Medical Procedure Prices
Oct 15 2014 // Massachusetts health insurers have recently begun providing online cost-estimator tools that allow consumers to compare prices of medical procedures by various health care providers, as required by a transparency provision...
South Dakota Proposal on Doctor Choice Opposed by Health Insurers
Oct 9 2014 // South Dakota patients could have more choice of doctors within their health insurance networks if voters approve a ballot measure that is drawing strong opposition from the health insurance industry. The proposal on the...
Missouri Consumer Group Sues Over Health Insurance Rates
Oct 6 2014 // A Missouri consumer group announced that it has sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the latest effort to obtain information used to justify the rates consumers will pay for insurance on the federally...
Changes to Louisiana State Health Insurance Program to Be Delayed
Oct 2 2014 // Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration announced that it was delaying heavily criticized changes to the state health insurance program by two months, but not backing off the rewrite to benefits. Most changes to the...
Federal Judge in Oklahoma Rules Against Health Insurance Subsidies
Oct 2 2014 // Some of the health-insurance subsidies being offered under the Affordable Care Act represent an “abuse of discretion” by the federal government, a federal judge in Oklahoma ruled on Sept. 30, marking another...
Analysis: Health Insurance, Other Issues Put Pressure on Louisiana Governor
Sep 28 2014 // Gov. Bobby Jindal has been viewed as a health care policy wonk, and he’s tried to build on that image ahead of a likely 2016 presidential campaign, positioning himself as the candidate with substantive ideas. But his...
Healthcare Firms at Risk; Hackers Value Medical Records Over Credit Data
Sep 26 2014 // Your medical information is worth 10 times more than your credit card number on the black market. Last month, the FBI warned healthcare providers to guard against cyber attacks after one of the largest U.S. hospital...
Louisiana AG: Law not Followed in Changing State Employee Health Insurance Plan
Sep 25 2014 // Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration skipped required legal steps in making changes to the health insurance plans that cover state employees, teachers and retirees, the state attorney general’s office said. In a...
Number of Carriers in Missouri’s Health Insurance Marketplace to Double
Sep 25 2014 // Missouri could have twice as many health insurers participating next year in a federally run website. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says eight insurers plan to offer policies for 2015 on Missouri’s...
Kansas City Medical Center to Stop Refusing Health Insurance for Crash Injuries
Sep 22 2014 // Truman Medical Center in Kansas City has agreed to stop rejecting health insurance for some patients injured in auto accidents in order to collect more money from other sources, according to court records. The agreement,...
Louisiana Public Worker Health Insurance Program Hemorrhaging Cash
Sep 22 2014 // Despite sweeping changes enacted by Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration, the health insurance program for state workers and public school employees will have to use $88 million from its reserve fund to cover its costs...
Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange Losing Low-Cost Carrier
Sep 18 2014 // The insurance company that grabbed the most customers on Minnesota’s health care exchange by offering the lowest rates told state officials that it’s pulling out of MNsure, a major blow to the exchange as the...
Launch of State-Run Health Insurance Exchange Delayed in Arkansas
Sep 12 2014 // A nonprofit created by the Arkansas legislature has decided to delay establishing a state-run health insurance exchange until 2016 to avoid a rush to build the technology system for it. The Arkansas Health Insurance...
Florida Gets $7 Million in Grants for Health Insurance Navigators
Sep 12 2014 // Three Florida organizations will receive nearly $7 million to help consumers sign up for health insurance during the second enrollment season under the Affordable Care Act. Health and Human Services officials said that the...
Alcoa, Others, Moving Some Retirees to Exchanges for Health Insurance
Sep 10 2014 // Alcoa Inc. is sending its white-collar retirees to a private exchange to shop for health insurance as the aluminum maker joins the growing ranks of large companies looking for ways to control benefit costs. The move by...
Oklahoma 2015 Health Insurance Exchange Rates Include Hikes, Decreases
Sep 5 2014 // Oklahomans shopping for individual health insurance policies through the federal exchange will be able to choose from six different companies offering multiple plans, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced. Rate...
Arkansas Board Delays Health Insurance Exchange Grant Request
Aug 14 2014 // An Arkansas board is delaying its application for funding to establish a state-run health insurance exchange. The Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace Board, created by a law passed by state legislators last year, was...
Massachusetts Will Keep State-Based Health Website
Aug 11 2014 // Massachusetts officials overseeing the state’s hobbled health care exchange decided last Friday to stick with new software designed to upgrade the website rather than switching over to the federal government’s...
Poll: Only Kansas Sees Big Jump in Those Without Health Insurance
Aug 8 2014 // A new Gallup poll shows Kansas is the only state in the nation to see a significant increase in its uninsured rate for health coverage this year, while states that adopted parts of the Affordable Care Act have seen the...
