All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 22 2009 // Health insurance advisors, independent agents and brokers, consultants and employee benefit specialists combined forces again recently to voice their concerns over the single most important issue for insurance providers...
Jul 6 2009 // The last thing short-track driver Tim McCreadie remembers, he was leading in the semifinal qualifier at the Chili Bowl in Tulsa, Okla.When he awoke, he had two problems. His back was broken and he didn’t have health...
Jun 25 2009 // A nationwide health insurance exchange that includes a Medicare-like government option could save $1.8 trillion more than if only private plans are offered, a prominent private U.S. health policy group said...
Jun 22 2009 // Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation designed to make health insurance coverage for workers laid off from small businesses more affordable. Under federal legislation, people who formerly worked at firms of 20 employees or...
Jun 17 2009 // President Barack Obama warned doctors Monday the U.S. healthcare system was a ticking time bomb and urged them to support his overhaul, which includes a public insurance plan that many of them view with skepticism.Obama...
Jun 16 2009 // With Republicans fighting the idea of a government-run health insurance plan, Obama administration officials said that they are open to a compromise: a cooperative program that would expand coverage with taxpayer money but...
Jun 12 2009 // President Barak Obama takes his case for reform of the nation’s health insurance system to the American Medical Association, the nation’s largest physicians group, on June 15.While the AMA says it is honored to...
Jun 1 2009 // Congressional Republicans unveiled a health care reform plan they hope will compete with what Democrats are planning to offer.U.S. Sens. Tom Coburn, M.D., of Oklahoma, and Richard Burr of North Carolina, along with U.S....
May 20 2009 // Congressional Republicans today unveiled a health care reform plan they hope will compete with what Democrats are planning to offer.U.S. Senators Tom Coburn, M.D., of Oklahoma, and Richard Burr, of North Carolina, along...
May 18 2009 // Lobbyists for property/casualty insurance agents have elevated health care reform to the top of their political agenda.P/C agents have addressed health insurance legislation in the past but the issue has taken on new...
May 18 2009 // Property/casualty insurance agents have elevated health care reform to the top of their political agenda; the matter is now just a notch below the perennial battle against federal regulation of insurance on their...
May 15 2009 // House Democrats are looking at big health care changes, including federal aid to help families earning up to $88,000 pay for insurance and a requirement that all must carry coverage.A document obtained by The Associated...
May 12 2009 // President Barack Obama’s plan to provide medical insurance for all Americans took a big step toward becoming reality after leaders of the health care industry offered $2 trillion in spending reductions over 10 years...
Apr 23 2009 // An advocacy group criticized Oklahoma legislative leaders on April 21 for what it described as a host of bills that help the health insurance industry at the expense of consumers.Dr. Rene McNall Knapp, who specializes in...
Apr 6 2009 // California Assembly Member Dave Jones, D-Sacramento, has introduced AB 1521, “Health care coverage: solicitation,” that would establish a fiduciary duty for persons or entities that submit an application to a...
Mar 30 2009 // California Assembly Member Dave Jones, D-Sacramento, has introduced AB 1521, “Health care coverage: solicitation,” that would establish a fiduciary duty for persons or entities that submit an application to a...
Mar 4 2009 // Nebraska’s highest court will determine whether a state insurance guaranty fund must cover nearly $1 million in losses suffered by 26 Nebraskans in a life insurance deal.The Nebraska Supreme Court heard arguments...
Mar 2 2009 // Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is President Barack Obama’s choice for secretary of health and human services, a White House source said Saturday.The source, who was not authorized to speak on the record, said Obama...
Feb 9 2009 // Senior Market Sales, Inc. has partnered with CalSurance (Brown and Brown of California, Inc.) to offer errors and omissions insurance at discounted rates for life and health insurance agents who do business with Senior...
Dec 18 2008 // A tax break that takes effect for many Alabama small businesses on Jan. 1 is being implemented by state tax officials to cover as many companies as possible. State Revenue Commissioner Tim Russell said his department is...