All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 28 2013 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said on Tuesday it will offer health insurance benefits to domestic partners of its U.S. employees starting next year, following the lead of other major companies.The world’s largest retailer,...
Aug 23 2013 // If uninsured young Americans shun the new health plans offered under President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law, it will be because the insurance costs too much and not because they don’t expect to need...
Aug 22 2013 // Four companies have declared their intentions to sell health insurance to Nebraskans who can’t get coverage from their employers.The companies are Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska; Coventry Health Care, of...
Aug 21 2013 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott has joined other Republicans lawmakers around the country in questioning privacy issues surrounding the navigators hired to walk people through their health insurance options under the Affordable...
Aug 16 2013 // A year ago, Teresa Hartnett was on the verge of expanding her small business. The company had hit $1 million in sales, and requests from clients were flowing in. She planned to transition from nearly 30 freelancers to a...
Aug 13 2013 // Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday called on the Obama administration to delay the Oct. 1 opening of exchanges where uninsured Americans will be able to buy health insurance until the U.S. government can...
Aug 12 2013 // Just down from the Target and Gander Mountain big-box stores and between a nail salon and dental office in Morrisville, North Carolina’s largest health insurer opened its first retail store.It has some exercise...
Aug 9 2013 // One casualty of the new health care law may be paid coverage for families of people who work for small businesses.Insurance companies have already warned small business customers that premiums could rise 20 percent or more...
Aug 9 2013 // Missouri insurance regulators announced a million-dollar settlement with a major health insurer over alleged violations that include denying childhood immunization and cancer screening claims.The Missouri Department of...
Aug 7 2013 // Medicare patients receive more diagnostic tests and emergency department referrals when treated by physicians who worry more about malpractice liability, regardless of whether states have adopted common malpractice tort...
Aug 5 2013 // A new Missouri law will require insurance counselors to get state licenses before they can help people search for health plans on an online marketplace.Senate Bill 262, signed recently by Gov. Jay Nixon, imposes state...
Jul 31 2013 // The Connecticut Insurance Department on Tuesday issued an announcement urging consumers to be aware of unlicensed businesses promoting on television or other media platforms what is purported to be health insurance...
Jul 30 2013 // Vermont will become the third state to offer voter registration through its health insurance marketplace later this year.Secretary of State Jim Condos said Monday that he has designated Vermont Health Connect as a voter...
Jul 26 2013 // Two local folk singers, strumming guitars and crooning about the virtues of Oregon, have become the first tool in a $20 million campaign to convince Oregon’s uninsured to buy health insurance.Musicians Laura Gibson...
Jul 22 2013 // The company that was awarded a $24 million contract to operate the Rhode Island health benefits exchange’s customer service center is an affiliate of one selling plans on the exchange, but state officials say there...
Jul 19 2013 // The state of Vermont is telling a U.S. House panel that it has every right to set up a state health insurance marketplace and require individuals and small businesses to purchase coverage through it.State officials wrote...
Jul 18 2013 // A new Missouri law will require insurance counselors to get state licenses before they can help people search for health plans on an online marketplace.The legislation, Senate Bill 262, signed recently by Gov. Jay Nixon...
Jul 17 2013 // Health insurance premiums will drop by about 50 percent on average for consumers in New York who buy new plans through a state-run marketplace created by the U.S. Affordable Care Act.The state approved plans to be sold by...
Jul 3 2013 // Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has vetoed his own plan to charge state workers more for health insurance if they smoke.Walker’s executive state budget would have required state workers who smoke to pay $50 more per...
Jul 3 2013 // The Obama administration will delay a crucial provision of its signature health care law, giving businesses an extra year to comply with a requirement that they provide their workers with insurance.The government will...