All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 19 2005 // The Ohio Association of Health Underwriters (OAHU) announced that efforts to establish a High Risk Pool in Ohio have been supported by a study recently released by the Ohio Department of Insurance (ODI).A High Risk Pool...
Jul 4 2005 // Over the past couple of years, the most used phrase in the employee benefits industry has been consumer-driven health care. Though its broadest definition may refer to limited employer contribution or dual option plans,...
Jul 4 2005 // Analysis From Three Perspectives: Consumer, Employer and BrokerOver the past couple of years, the most used phrase in the employee benefits industry has been consumer-driven health care. Though its broadest definition may...
Jun 29 2005 // Hotchkiss Insurance Agency Inc. (HIA) reported that the firm has received the endorsement of the Home Builders Association of Greater Dallas (HBA of Greater Dallas) as the independent insurance agency of choice for members...
Jun 23 2005 // Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney would require every person in the state to have health insurance under his plan for universal health coverage.The governor described the plan at a health care conference at the John F....
Jun 2 2005 // The director of the Louisiana Department of Insurance Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) has been elected by his peers to serve as one of eight members of the national State Health Insurance Assistance...
May 23 2005 // Most everything I know about growing my book of business I learned from the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. My lessons learned do not come from the beautiful and historic works of art, rather, my lessons learned are...
May 20 2005 // Arkansas has a healthy market for auto and homeowners policies, but not for health insurance, the state’s new insurance commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman said.According to the Associated Press, Bowman said she...
May 13 2005 // The South Carolina Senate and House have approved legislation requiring health insurers to include coverage for some mental illnesses and it has been passed on to Governor Mark Sanford for his signature.The legislation...
May 6 2005 // A health insurance company has been ordered to pay a Louisiana woman more than $2 million for delaying the discovery of a spinal tumor, according to the Associated Press.Christaine Hymel, of Mandeville, had to delay an MRI...
May 6 2005 // Congress should make it “a great national priority” to help provide health insurance for America’s uninsured, Arkansas’ U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln says.The Associated Press reported that Lincoln was...
Apr 18 2005 // Georgia’s Senate Bill 174, allowing small companies to offer employees pared-down health plans, has been approved by the House of Representatives. The bill, estimated to save 10 to 15 percent on health insurance...
Mar 31 2005 // The Wyoming Healthcare Commission is looking at setting up a “Wyo-Care” health care savings account system to help insure workers.The goal is to reduce the number of workers not covered by employer-provided...
Mar 30 2005 // Ga. Senate Bill 174, allowing small companies to offer employees pared-down health plans that do not comply with all state-mandated insurance requirements has been approved by the House of Representatives. The Senate...
Mar 21 2005 // New York is one of the worst; New Jersey is also poor; Virginia remains among the best; Massachusetts and Maryland are looking better and better; Connecticut is holding steady, while Pennsylvania has some catching up to...
Mar 21 2005 // Employer responsibility for the expense of accidents and in some cases occupational illnesses, varies from state to state. Em-ployers must provide reasonable information, rules, supervision, training and safety. The word...
Mar 21 2005 // You may have read about a recent survey–the LTC IQ test–that over 60 percent of respondents failed. Almost 90 percent knew what long-term care was, but over 40 percent thought the government would provide...
Mar 15 2005 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners recently named its funded consumer liaison representatives for 2005. Established in 1992, the program promotes consumer representation and interaction with NAIC members,...
Mar 9 2005 // Companies in Connecticut with 100 or more employees could be forced to pay a fee to help cover their workers’ health insurance expenses if they don’t already offer coverage, under a preliminary legislative...
Mar 7 2005 // The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal government agency responsible for administration of the Medicare program, has awarded Palmetto GBA, a subsidiary of BlueCross BlueShield of South...