All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 7 2011 // A California bill that would allow state officials to reject rate increases proposed by health insurers has passed a key committee vote.The Senate Health Committee approved the measure in a 5-3 vote. The bill, AB52, now...
Jul 4 2011 // More than half of all Americans receive health insurance through an employer. Let me advance a bold premise: This is not entirely a bad thing. By insuring 150 million of us, employer-based plans relieve government of the...
Jul 1 2011 // In a move being applauded by insurance agents, a task force of state insurance regulators has recommended that states support legislation to protect agent and broker commissions from the expense cap imposed on health...
Jun 29 2011 // A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare law that requires Americans to buy insurance as constitutional, an early victory for the White House.The U.S. Court of Appeals for...
Jun 29 2011 // A new report shows more people are joining a Wisconsin state program that provides health insurance for the seriously ill. The Legislative Audit Bureau reviewed the financial status of the Wisconsin Health Insurance...
Jun 29 2011 // Arkansas’ top insurance official said he hopes to win legislative approval next year to begin implementing a key part of the federal health care overhaul.Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford said he plans to...
Jun 29 2011 // State-licensed insurance companies will soon be able to sell health policies offered in other states that provide less coverage than Georgia requires.The new law is one of dozens set to take effect in Georgia on July 1,...
Jun 20 2011 // New York agents are cheering a new State Senate bill that that would guarantee a role for agents and brokers in the state’s health insurance exchange.A bill introduced this month by Sens. James L. Seward (R-Milford)...
Jun 16 2011 // Indiana Insurance Commissioner Stephen W. Robertson has announced he is seeking a waiver on behalf of Indiana from the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) 80 percent minimum medical loss ratio...
Jun 10 2011 // New York agents are cheering a new Senate bill that guarantees a role for producers in the state’s health insurance exchange.A bill introduced yesterday by Sens. James L. Seward (R-Milford) and Kemp Hannon (R-Garden...
Jun 9 2011 // Lawyers for President Barack Obama and plaintiffs representing 26 states presented oral arguments Wednesday in an appeal over the government’s healthcare reform law, a contentious cornerstone of Obama’s...
Jun 8 2011 // The chief executive officer of the health insurance office for state employees and retirees, hired by the Jindal administration in April, is resigning after receiving strong criticism from lawmakers about his work to help...
Jun 8 2011 // A U.S. appeals court in Atlanta will hear a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare reforms signed into law by President Barack Obama a year ago. The suit, filed by more than half the states,...
May 17 2011 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department has formally notified federal officials that it is returning nearly $1 million in federal funds targeted for health insurance rate reviews, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak...
May 16 2011 // Officials are staging a series of public hearings around New York on designing the state’s health insurance exchange as part of federal health care reform. The exchanges are intended to create a market for small...
May 16 2011 // “The impact of the medical loss ratio has been dramatic on the agents and brokers in this country and it was dramatic immediately.”That’s a quote from Beth Ashmore, an independent insurance agency owner...
May 16 2011 // The impact of the medical loss ratio has been dramatic on the agents and brokers in this country, and it was dramatic immediately.”That’s a quote from Beth Ashmore, an independent insurance agency owner from...
May 2 2011 // The impact of the medical loss ratio has been dramatic on the agents and brokers in this country and it was dramatic immediately.”That’s a quote from Beth Ashmore, an independent insurance agency owner from...
May 2 2011 // The impact of the medical loss ratio has been dramatic on the agents and brokers in this country and it was dramatic immediately.”That’s a quote from Beth Ashmore, an independent insurance agency owner from...
May 2 2011 // The role of health insurance agents under the new federal healthcare law is under review, again, by state and federal policymakers.Illinois Insurance Director Michael McRaith says the law’s medical loss ratio (MLR)...