Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Delaware Officials: About 7,000 Enrollments in Health Insurance Exchange
Mar 7 2014 // Delaware state officials say about 7,000 Delawareans have chosen private insurance plans under the federal Affordable Care Act. Delaware’s Health and Social Services Secretary Rita Landgraf told the state Health Care...
‘Vulnerability’ in California Insurance Exchange
Feb 28 2014 // More than three months after it opened for business, California’s online health insurance marketplace had what federal officials described as a potential security flaw in its computer system and one that had already...
Who’s Worth What in the Independent Agency System
Feb 24 2014 // Exclusive Survey Shows Compensation Up, Benefits Up With a Cost For the second year in a row, salaries and total compensation rose in independent insurance agencies across the nation. More agencies are offering health...
How ACA Healthcare Law Could Affect P/C Insurance Costs and Claims
Feb 21 2014 // The property/casualty insurance industry is likely to face cost shifting by hospitals, physicians and other medical providers due to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to an insurance industry...
Texas Cities Find Loophole in Health Insurance Exchange Training Rule
Feb 19 2014 // The Houston Health Department likely won’t have to pay for additional training for most of the “navigators” who are helping city residents enroll in the new federal health insurance marketplace. All it...
More Employers to Move to Private Health Insurance Exchanges
Feb 19 2014 // One-third of U.S. employers plan to move their workers’ healthcare coverage to a private exchange in the next few years, a survey found, following the lead of companies like Walgreen Co. seeking to reduce...
In Penn., ACA Exchange Sign-Ups Top 100K Mark as Website Troubles Subside
Feb 14 2014 // More than 123,000 Pennsylvanians have selected an insurance plan under the new federal health care law as troubles with the gateway website have subsided, the U.S. government said Wednesday, although tens of thousands more...
N.Y. Health Insurer to Give Thousands of Customers 3 Weeks Free Coverage
Feb 11 2014 // Thousands of New York consumers who faced enrollment problems will get three weeks of free coverage from Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the agreement follows a Department of Financial...
Texas Adopts Rules for Health Insurance Exchange Navigators
Feb 10 2014 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) issued final rules that it says will strengthen protections for consumers who seek assistance from federal health benefit exchange navigators. The rules do not apply to licensed...
Maryland Gov. Signs Retroactive Health Insurance Bill
Feb 3 2014 // Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley on Jan. 30 signed into law a measure to help people get medical insurance retroactive to Jan. 1, if computer problems with Maryland’s health exchange prevented them from signing up...
10 Regions of U.S. with Highest Health Insurance Premiums
Feb 3 2014 // These are the 10 regions of the country with the highest premiums for people buying insurance on the health law’s new marketplaces. The ranking is based on the lowest price “silver” plan, which is the...
Wisconsin Health Insurer Missing Hard Drive with Customer Data
Feb 2 2014 // Wisconsin’s Unity health insurance says a portable hard drive containing health information for about 41,000 people has been missing for seven weeks. The insurance company said it was offering identity theft...
Harvey Named Deputy Commissioner of Health Insurance in Louisiana
Jan 23 2014 // Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced to Korey Harvey has been appointed deputy commissioner of health insurance at the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI). Harvey is a Louisiana native and received his...
Arkansas: License Required for Assisting with Health Insurance Marketplace
Jan 22 2014 // The Arkansas Insurance Department issued a reminder that all individuals and entities intending to assist consumers with the purchase of health insurance policies through the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace or the...
Texas Adopts Rules for Health Insurance Exchange Navigators
Jan 22 2014 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) issued final rules that it says will strengthen protections for consumers who seek assistance from federal health benefit exchange navigators. The department says the rules address...
Obamacare to Ramp Up Pitch to Younger Insureds
Jan 14 2014 // The U.S. government said it would ramp up Obamacare outreach in 25 cities to lure younger people to the program after a report showed about 70 percent of the initial customers are 35 years of age or older. The effort by...
Minnesota Auditor Investigating Health Insurance Exchange, MNsure
Jan 8 2014 // Minnesota’s legislative auditor is conducting an investigation into the launch of MNsure, the state’s new online health insurance exchange. Since its launch, MNsure has been beset with problems such as a...
Texas Health Advisers Blast New Proposed Navigator Rules
Jan 7 2014 // During a public hearing on Jan. 5, counselors who help Texas residents up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act criticized proposed state rules that would require them to undergo additional training and pay...
Maryland Gov. O’Malley to Push Emergency Health Insurance Bill
Jan 6 2014 // Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley’s administration will submit emergency legislation at the start of Maryland’s legislative session this week aimed at insuring people who thought they had successfully...
More than 116K Kentuckians Enroll for Health Insurance Through Kynect
Jan 2 2014 // Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear’s office says more than 116,000 Kentuckians have enrolled in health insurance through the commonwealth’s kynect website. Since Thanksgiving week, enrollments are up nearly 93 percent...
