All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 11 2015 // The American Medical Association asked U.S. antitrust regulators to block two proposed mergers that could reshape the health insurance industry.Anthem Inc. shouldn’t be permitted to buy Cigna Corp. and Aetna Inc....
Nov 6 2015 // Consumers Mutual Co-Op, in consultation with the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS), has decided to enter into a run off of its health insurance business, the DIFS announced.Consumers Mutual...
Nov 4 2015 // Two companies are planning a merger to become one of the largest health insurers in Michigan. Flint-based HealthPlus of Michigan and Detroit-based Health Alliance Plan announced Nov. 2 that they have reached an agreement...
Nov 2 2015 // Slipping enrollment and struggling competitors have done little to shake the faith that the nation’s biggest health insurers have placed in the Affordable Care Act’s public insurance exchanges.Aetna executives...
Oct 29 2015 // Thousands of Oklahoma residents who are expected to participate in the open enrollment period under the federal Affordable Care Act that begins this weekend can expect some dramatic increases in the cost of health...
Oct 22 2015 // Illinois consumers shopping for health insurance for 2016 will see familiar companies, newcomers and health plans with narrow networks when the marketplace opens in less than two weeks.The Illinois Department of Insurance...
Oct 22 2015 // The math is harsh: The federal penalty for having no health insurance is set to jump to $695, and the Obama administration is being urged to highlight that cold fact in its new pitch for health law sign-ups.That means the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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–...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...