Search Results

Proposed health insurance changes required by the federal government may provide North Dakotans more benefit options, but the package's $83 million price tag will make it a difficult sell, lawmakers predicted Thursday.

Nebraska insurance officials can't decide whether to recommend a state-based health insurance exchange or follow a proposed federal model until they know how much the national plan will cost, Nebraska Department of Insurance Director Bruce Ramge said.

The House on Thursday returned to an abortion issue that nearly sank President Barack Obama's health care law last year with legislation that bars an insurance plan regulated under the new law from covering abortion if any of its customers receive federal subsidies.

Some Florida health insurers may be sending in letters of intent this Friday to join Florida Health Choices, a web-based marketplace that may have to stand in as the state health care exchange, as Florida has sent the Feds packing as far as implementing an exchange under the PPACA. ...

Including Social Security benefits when deciding whether families qualify for health insurance purchase subsidies could save the government about $13 billion from 2014 through 2021, budget analysts say.

Health insurers and HMOs will have to put a larger share of the money they collect from consumers into medical care under a new medical loss ratio (MLR) law that goes into effect Jan. 1, one of 10 new California Department of Insurance (CDI) bills signed by the governor recently.

Presidential challenger Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama of failing to lead in a time of economic peril but sounded less conservative than his Republican rivals in their debate Tuesday night, defending the 2008-2009 Wall Street bailout and declaring he could work with "good" Democrats.

Arkansas insurance officials held a summit Tuesday to discuss how to set up an insurance exchange required under the federal health care overhaul, prompting complaints from Republican legislators who have objected to the state seeking funds for the program.