All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 24 2011 // IronHealth, the specialty healthcare unit of Ironshore Inc., has introduced an insurance program to address the institutional risk exposure created by the specific reporting requirements of Section 111 of the Medicare,...
Oct 24 2011 // The parent company of American Republic has told employees in Des Moines, Iowa, and Omaha, Neb., it is getting out of the individual major medical insurance business.The Des Moines Register reported 110 positions will be...
Oct 20 2011 // Misty Baker has joined the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas as director of health insurance information. In this newly created role, Baker will serve as a member resource for agency personnel working in life and...
Oct 17 2011 // Business travelers say there’s no substitute for being there.Even though budgets are tight and new technology makes it easy for people to connect virtually anywhere, businesses understand that it is crucial for...
Oct 3 2011 // Business travelers say there’s no substitute for being there. Even though budgets are tight and new technology makes it easy for people to connect virtually anywhere, businesses understand that it is crucial for...
Sep 28 2011 // Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, an outspoken opponent of President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform, proposed a plan Tuesday that could effectively dismantle the way most Americans get health insurance by reducing...
Sep 16 2011 // A Baton Rouge, La., judge has refused to block the state from signing contracts with three private insurance companies chosen to take part in Louisiana’s new health-care delivery system for the poor. In a separate...
Sep 14 2011 // A federal judge in Pennsylvania said the insurance-buying mandate in President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul is unconstitutional, the latest ruling over an issue likely to be taken up by the U.S. Supreme...
Sep 2 2011 // A federal judge will allow a lawsuit filed in Mississippi challenging part of the Obama administration’s health care law to continue.U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett, in a ruling issued Aug. 29, denied the Obama...
Sep 1 2011 // A leading Iowa health insurer isn’t sure yet whether it will participate in the state’s planned insurance exchange.The exchanges are expected to be a key part of the national health care overhaul. Some people...
Aug 26 2011 // Legislation overhauling the Oklahoma workers’ compensation laws becomes effective today, Aug. 26, 2011. The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court noted that while the effective date for Senate Bill 878 is Aug....
Aug 24 2011 // California’s highest court has ruled that accident plaintiffs may only recover economic damages equal to the amount paid by their insurer and not the higher amount billed. The opinion stated that “the...
Aug 24 2011 // New Hampshire Secretary of State William Gardner has named a Sandwich attorney to hear a dispute between a nonprofit organization and New Hampshire regulators over how the nonprofit manages health insurance pools for...
Aug 17 2011 // Missouri has received a $21 million grant aimed at making health insurance coverage for individuals and small businesses more accessible and affordable, regulatorsUsing the grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Health...
Aug 17 2011 // Insurers and employers will have to spell out plainly the costs and benefits of the health plans they offer starting next year.The rule announced by U.S. health officials Wednesday is designed to better inform people about...
Aug 16 2011 // Wshington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has fined Regence BlueShield (Regence) $100,000 for denying contraceptive coverage to 984 women.Kreidler learned about the violation from a consumer who contacted his...
Aug 15 2011 // President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law suffered a setback Friday when a U.S. appeals court ruled that it was unconstitutional to require all Americans to buy insurance or face a penalty.The U.S. Appeals...
Aug 2 2011 // The official charged with overseeing the creation of U.S. state-based health insurance exchanges is stepping down at a critical juncture for the Obama administration’s healthcare overhaul.Joel Ario, director of...
Aug 2 2011 // Federal officials have approved Iowa’s process for external review of health insurance providers as established under the Affordable Care Act. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services notified the Iowa...
Jul 28 2011 // Federal officials say they intend to conduct their own review of Iowa’s health insurance rates because the state’s review of rates is insufficient.The Des Moines Register reports that Iowa is one of 10 states...