All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 3 2007 // Lawmakers and health care advocates in West Virginia must confront a stark reality: more than one in two residents either get their insurance from the government or have no insurance at all.Next year, the Legislature will...
Dec 29 2006 // Gov. M. Jodi Rell unveiled a proposal this week that she says will provide affordable, comprehensive health insurance to thousands of uninsured adults in Connecticut.The initiative, called the Charter Oak Health Plan,...
Dec 26 2006 // New Jersey lawmakers and policy experts are working on a plan to overhaul the state’s health care system that would require all New Jerseyans to carry medical insurance but would keep the policies affordable for...
Dec 26 2006 // Elected officials should consider increases in a variety of state taxes as they look for ways to make health insurance available to more Mainers, a panel that’s been studying the issue for several months voted last...
Dec 18 2006 // Montana State Auditor John Morrison has approved the formation of a new health insurance company in the state, only the third headquartered in Montana.Morrison said regulators have determined that Allegiance Life &...
Dec 12 2006 // Swiss Re has signed an agreement with TTK Group and India Value Funds Advisors (IVF) to purchase a 26 percent stake in TTK Healthcare Services Pvt Ltd (TTKHCS), one of India’s leading health insurance third party...
Dec 11 2006 // California has the most number of people without insurance coverage compared to any other state — and the number of employers offering health insurance plans is declining.According to a recent “Snapshot of...
Dec 10 2006 // Employers offering health coverage in California decliningCalifornia has the most number of people without insurance coverage compared to any other state – and the number of employers offering health insurance plans...
Dec 5 2006 // The owner of the southwest Missouri group home for the mentally ill destroyed in a fatal fire last week says he has nothing to hide, despite questions about his role in the facility and what started the blaze.In what he...
Nov 29 2006 // The cost of health insurance for Oklahoma families rose more than four times faster than their wages over the last six years, according to a new study.The report released by Families USA, a nonprofit health care consumer...
Nov 22 2006 // The owner of two Kansas City-area medical supply businesses was sentenced Monday to three years in prison without parole for his part in a scheme that bilked Medicare out of millions of dollars.U.S. District Judge Gary A....
Nov 20 2006 // 21 The number of health insurers fined by the New York State Insurance Department with a total of $310,300 for violations of New York’s Prompt Pay Law, which requires health insurers and HMOs to pay undisputed health...
Nov 19 2006 // 21The number of health insurers fined by the New York State Insurance Department with a total of $310,300 for violations of New York’s Prompt Pay Law, which requires health insurers and HMOs to pay undisputed health...
Nov 16 2006 // Most Americans think there is something wrong about the state of U.S. health insurance, but they disagree on what to do about it.A study released Tuesday by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago...
Nov 15 2006 // New York City officials are trying to stop a major health-insurance merger, saying it would create a near-monopoly.New York City filed court papers Monday to prevent the region’s biggest nonprofit insurers — GHI...
Nov 15 2006 // Health insurance companies proposed a national $300 billion plan this week aimed at getting coverage for all uninsured children in three years and for most adults within 10.The plan includes tax breaks for the working poor...
Nov 15 2006 // A judge on Tuesday refused a request by New York City officials to immediately stop the merger of two nonprofit insurance companies that provide coverage to city workers because it violates antitrust laws.U.S. District...
Nov 13 2006 // Financial Investigator Jeff Leovic, a member of Medical Mutual of Ohio’s Financial Investigations unit, is among the winners of the 2006 National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association’s (NHCAA) Investigation of...
Nov 10 2006 // The New York State Insurance Department has levied fines totaling $310,300 against 21 health insurers and health maintenance organizations (HMOs) for violations of New York’s Prompt Pay Law.The violations and...
Oct 26 2006 // A consumer advocacy group filed a lawsuit this week against health insurer Aetna Inc., one of its subsidiaries and the Connecticut Department of Insurance, hoping to stop the sale of new health insurance plans it claims...