Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Okla. Regulator’s Concerns Impacts Federal Medicare Legislation
Jul 30 2007 // Two months ago, Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland was in Washington expressing dismay to a Senate panel that government policies prevented her from protecting elderly Oklahoma consumers from unscrupulous Medicare...
N.H. Law Continues Health Insurance for Ex-Spouse After Divorce
Jul 23 2007 // New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch has signed a law extending health insurance coverage to people who lose their insurance when their marriages break up. The law, which takes effect Jan. 1., requires insurance companies to let...
Fla. CFO Paints Scenario of Post No-Fault Auto Insurance
Jul 17 2007 // After several weeks of analysis, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink sent Gov. Charlie Crist, Senate President Ken Pruitt, House Speaker Marco Rubio and other legislative leaders a letter outlining potential implications of...
Declarations
Jul 2 2007 // Declarations Dangerous pooches “You never hear stories about roving packs of golden retrievers attacking children in our streets. … But you do hear about the pit bulls, who are responsible, according to...
Fla. Governor Prepares to Call Special Session on Auto Insurance
Jun 29 2007 // Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said this week he was “pretty close” to calling a special legislative session to seek renewal of the state’s no-fault automobile insurance system, which is set to expire Oct....
Okla. Commissioner Testifies before Congressional Panel on Medicare
Jun 28 2007 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland told members of a Congressional panel on Tuesday, June 26th that insurance companies are preying on elderly Oklahomans by selling unnecessary Medicare plans. Holland traveled to...
Miss. Insurance Official Briefs Congress on Abusive Medicare Sales
Jun 27 2007 // Deputy Insurance Commissioner Lee Harrell testified before a Congressional sub-committee Tuesday on the problems Mississippi faces regarding the spread of abusive Medicare insurance sales practices. Harrell was joined by...
Poll Finds Mass. Residents Split Over New Health Insurance Requirement
Jun 20 2007 // Massachusetts residents are split on the question of whether they should be required to pay for health insurance. Nine out of ten residents say they know about the state’s new health care law, but 49 percent of those...
Mo. Doctors’ Groups Plan Legal Action to Block Midwife Law
Jun 20 2007 // Legislation allowing midwives to deliver babies at home in Missouri will likely be challenged in court by doctors’ groups. The measure was approved by lawmakers in May as part of larger health insurance bill signed...
Calif. Assembly Passes New Rate Requirements for Health Insurers
Jun 8 2007 // The California Assembly has approved a bill requiring insurance companies to get approval by the Department of Managed Health Care or the Department of Insurance before they can increase the amount of their premiums,...
Feds See No Antitrust Reason to Block Pa. Health Insurers’ Merger
Jun 1 2007 // Federal antitrust regulators this week approved a merger between Pennsylvania’s two largest health insurers. The Federal Trade Commission gave the green light to the marriage between Highmark Inc. of Pittsburgh and...
Pa. Gov. Urges Thorough State Review of Health Insurer Merger
Jun 1 2007 // Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell has renewed his call for a change in law to permit an in-depth state review of the proposed merger of Independence Blue Cross and Highmark Inc., Pennsylvania’s two largest...
Ohio Governor to Pass Up State Health Insurance Benefit
May 25 2007 // Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, who took office in January, will not accept the state’s health insurance benefit for employees while so many Ohioans are uninsured, a spokesman said. Strickland took the same position when...
Red Sox Go to Bat for New Mass. Health Insurance Requirement
May 23 2007 // Going without health insurance is no day at the ballpark. That’s the message from the Boston Red Sox and the state panel overseeing Massachusetts’ landmark health care insurance law. The two are teaming up to...
Okla. Commissioner Flexes Regulatory Muscle in Marketing Flap
May 22 2007 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland is flexing her regulatory muscle in an investigation of Medicare marketing that has uncovered misconduct by some insurance agents, The probe led to an appearance before a U.S....
Medicare Fraud on Rise in Mississippi
May 22 2007 // Insurance agents have sold fraudulent Medicare plans to an estimated 1,000 Mississippians over the past year, forcing them to spend months untangling the mess to regain coverage under a traditional Medicare program. State...
N.J. Charges Health Insurer with Alleged Steering of Small Businesses
May 21 2007 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) has filed an administrative order alleging CIGNA HealthCare of New Jersey and an affiliate, Connecticut General Life Insurance Co., failed to properly notify 2,123...
Bill Would Expand Okla. Small Business Insurance Plan
May 21 2007 // A bill vastly expanding the number of small businesses that qualify for a health insurance subsidy program is nearing floor action in the Oklahoma Legislature, a key lawmaker said recently. Gov. Brad Henry’s...
Okla. Commissioner Testifies Before U.S. Senate
May 18 2007 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland told members of a U.S. Senate committee recently that federal law is impeding the ability of insurance commissioners to protect the elderly who buy Medicare managed care...
Mo. Lawmakers Pass Legislation to Expand Heath Coverage
May 14 2007 // Some of the roughly 700,000 Missourians lacking health insurance could find it a little more affordable to get. But people who don’t pay their medical bills could lose their state income tax refunds under legislation...
