All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Aug 7 2014 // A Florida call center company plans to add about 400 jobs in Central Texas to assist people seeking federal health insurance coverage. C3/CustomerContactChannels currently employs about 600 workers in McGregor, near...
Aug 6 2014 // Eight insurance companies are raising the price of health plans and three are lowering them in Florida through the Affordable Care Act exchange, state insurance officials said this week. But whether some will pay more or...
Jul 31 2014 // Nearly 20,000 Maine customers of health insurer Aetna are getting premium rebates because a provision in the Affordable Care Act limits what insurance companies can spend on administrative costs. The rebates for 2013...
Jul 30 2014 // A decision by California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones to fine UnitedHealth Group $173.6 million for violations having to do with the Unfair Business Practices Act, the Unfair Insurance Practice Act and unfair claims...
Jul 30 2014 // The top federal prosecutors from South Dakota and North Dakota say they have increased their efforts to fight health care fraud.U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson of South Dakota said he has restructured his office to allow...
Jul 18 2014 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department issued a consumer clarification for state residents Thursday explaining what the term “multi-state” means on the state’s federally facilitated health insurance...
Jul 11 2014 // Massachusetts state officials are offering an upbeat assessment of efforts to repair the state’s hobbled health insurance website.Maydad Cohen, special assistant to Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, told the...
Jul 9 2014 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed legislation that would have limited who could work in the state as a health insurance guide and blamed a national conservative group for injecting an error into the model legislation.The...
Jul 7 2014 // The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the emerging regulatory environment present difficult challenges to employers.As employers, regulators, administrators and courts begin to struggle with...
Jul 7 2014 // In November, California voters will decide whether to implement state government price controls on health insurance.Insurance agents and brokers are certain to be asked by their clients whether this ballot measure merits...
Jul 2 2014 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford announced that five companies have filed to sell individual health insurance plans on Arkansas’ Federally-facilitated health insurance Marketplace for the 2015 plan...
Jun 27 2014 // Most people buying their own health insurance in Michigan could see near double-digit premium increases next year.State insurance regulators said that dominant insurers Blue Care Network and Blue Cross Blue Shield want to...
Jun 23 2014 // Consultants told the board that governs Minnesota’s health insurance exchange that a lot of work is needed to get the troubled system ready for open enrollment in November.MNsure hired Deloitte Consulting LLP for $5...
Jun 23 2014 // The largest private health insurer in South Dakota has opted to not sell plans through the federal marketplace during the open enrollment period that begins in November.Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield says it will...
Jun 22 2014 // President Barack Obama‘s new health secretary moved swiftly on Friday to shore up administration oversight of Obamacare with a series of management changes to address weaknesses blamed for last year’s crash of...