All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 14 2013 // The Obama administration on Thursday assured U.S. lawmakers that it is on track to enroll millions of people in new state health insurance markets, but it quickly came under fire from Republicans and Democrats about how...
Feb 11 2013 // A 2011 decision by Oklahoma’s insurance commissioner to return a federal health care grant came just days after a prominent conservative encouraged state officials to reconsider their approach to President Barack...
Feb 11 2013 // After blocking Mississippi’s proposal for a state-run health insurance exchange because of divisions among state leaders on the plan, federal officials said Friday that they’re encouraging the state to seek...
Feb 11 2013 // The outlook for Florida’s workers’ compensation market continues to be strong as a competitive market offers affordable rates, although costs could be reduced further if the state addressed prescription drug...
Feb 6 2013 // Florida lawmakers heard this week from two organizations that could serve as partners in running an insurance exchange under the federal health overhaul.Florida has missed the deadline to run its own online marketplace...
Jan 31 2013 // North Carolina’s Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced that the state’s insurance department saved or recovered more than $26 million for North Carolinians in 2012.“The Department of Insurance is...
Jan 28 2013 // If you like your 401(k) retirement savings account, you’re going to love what healthcare reform does to your employer-provided health care plan.In a post-Obamacare future, expect more employers to adopt defined...
Jan 24 2013 // Florida lawmakers considering how to implement the federal health care overhaul sought information this week from two economists on the Massachusetts initiative that served as the blueprint for the national...
Jan 23 2013 // An Ohio health insurance company is suing state and federal officials over confusion in rules for a program for patients with pre-existing conditions.At issue is a high-risk insurance pool created by President Barack...
Jan 18 2013 // It turns out that the state of Florida has yet another major decision to make in the next few months when it comes to the federal healthcare overhaul.The state may be forced to make sweeping changes to its health insurance...
Jan 17 2013 // If you like your 401(k) retirement savings account, you’re going to love what healthcare reform does to your employer-provided health care plan.In a post-Obamacare future, expect more employers to adopt defined...
Jan 11 2013 // The United States could save $2 trillion in healthcare spending over the next decade, if the U.S. government used its influence in the public and private sectors to nudge soaring costs into line with economic growth, a...
Jan 8 2013 // The Florida Hospital group has announced it will begin offering patients health insurance starting in January 2014.The Daytona-based Florida Hospital, which has five hospitals in the state, is part of the Adventist Health...
Jan 7 2013 // Mississippi’s proposed health insurance exchange is in limbo because of a dispute between the governor and the insurance commissioner.Gov. Phil Bryant and Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney, both Republicans,...
Jan 7 2013 // Injecting a rare shot of bipartisanship in the nation’s contentious health care overhaul, the Obama administration Thursday cleared four Republican-led states to build their own consumer-friendly insurance...
Jan 3 2013 // Florida-based title insurer and financial services firm Fidelity National Financial Inc. has acquired Digital Insurance Inc., a health insurance distribution and benefits management firm for small and medium sized...
Dec 31 2012 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens has signed an order allowing insurance companies to begin selling individual policies for children next year. Hudgens says people who are uninsured or whose employers do not...
Dec 14 2012 // Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter said a state-built health insurance exchange is the best option for Idaho under the federal government’s health care overhaul, but left the final decision up to lawmakers who...
Dec 13 2012 // Only 15 U.S. states plan to operate health insurance exchanges under President Barack Obama’s reform law, leaving Washington with the daunting prospect of creating and operating the new online marketplaces in at...
Dec 12 2012 // Utah Gov. Gary Herbert asked President Barack Obama on Tuesday for help getting the state’s small-business health insurance marketplace approved as good enough for Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care...