All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 17 2006 // Hoping to reduce the number of uninsured Oklahomans, a state House of Representatives committee voted to provide financial incentives to businesses that contribute to employee health insurance premiums.House Bill 2463, by...
Feb 8 2006 // UniCare Life & Health Insurance Company unveiled an innovative health insurance plan for Texas called Sound, which caters to the unique needs of adults between the ages of 19 and 29.There are an estimated 1.2 million...
Feb 5 2006 // HB2375 Insurance; surplus linesHB2392 Requirements for pharmacy benefits managers HB2398 Health Insurance Purchasing GroupsHB2584 Health care insurance premiums; law enforcement officialsHB2642 Insurance; prohibiting the...
Feb 3 2006 // Illinois’ state health insurance pool should get $5.4 million under a compromise measure Sen. Dick Durbin helped push through after negotiating a more than $1 million increase over what the original bill proposed....
Feb 2 2006 // Nebraska state senators took a hit in the wallet recently when some were left with little of their state pay check in order to pay their health insurance premiums.Due to a 22 percent increase in health insurance costs,...
Jan 26 2006 // Colorado drivers could be asked to pay about $10 extra on their annual car registration renewals in order to subsidize ambulance services under a proposed change to the state’s new car insurance system.First...
Jan 25 2006 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland and Attorney General Drew Edmondson are concerned that Oklahoma seniors will fall victim to scam artists taking advantage of the confusion created by Medicare Part D enrollment...
Jan 23 2006 // Montana sealed a deal with the state’s largest health insurer Thursday to offer affordable group coverage to small businesses that enroll in a new insurance pool.The pool is part of a $13 million state program called...
Jan 22 2006 // Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty signed an emergency executive order this month authorizing the Minnesota Department of Human Services to help cover some costs for low-income residents struggling to get prescription drugs...
Jan 18 2006 // Indiana House representatives and their families could lose a lifetime of free health insurance if a policy released by the speaker of House is adopted. In 2002, a series of laws passed by the General Assemby gave...
Jan 18 2006 // Nearly three years after Colorado abandoned no-fault auto insurance, hospitals complain they’re not getting paid to treat accident victims and consumers have to do some checking to make sure they’ve got enough...
Jan 17 2006 // West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin III has announced today appointment of David E. Haden and Paul Prunty to the AccessWV Board of Directors.The AccessWV Board of Directors works to provide access to health insurance to...
Jan 16 2006 // Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty signed an emergency executive order this weekend authorizing the Minnesota Department of Human Services to help cover some costs for low-income residents struggling to get prescription drugs...
Jan 16 2006 // A bill before Kentucky’s General Assembly follows Maryland’s lead to require Wal-Mart to spend more on health insurance for employees and would require employers with 10,000 or more workers to spend at least 8...
Jan 13 2006 // Maryland became the first state to pass legislation requiring Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. to spend a minimum amount on health care for its employees or pay the difference in taxes as the Democrat-controlled legislature overrode...
Jan 13 2006 // Low-income Kansas residents, who have not had health insurance for more than a year, may qualify for a new program that promises half-price premiums, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas announced this week.Named...
Jan 9 2006 // A St. Paul, Minnesota Medicare official said today that a system glitch that has left hundreds of Minnesotans unable to get prescription drugs should be able to be identified and quickly fixed.Low-income people on both...
Jan 4 2006 // American Community Mutual Insurance Company, a provider of individual and group health insurance, home-based in Livonia, Mich., honored its top-producing independent agents earlier this year.The annual event recognizes...
Jan 3 2006 // The acquisition of a Washington-based health care service contractor as part of a national merger involving 10 states was approved recently by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s office.The acquisition of...
Jan 2 2006 // More universities that offer insurance degreesIn this second installment in a series, Insurance Journal profiled five universities that offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in insurance. More universities will be...