Monday, August 9, 2010

New health law may bring pricier premiums

Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Employers and consumers sorting through their health insurance options may see a bump in their rates next year to account for the potential impact of some of the early elements of the federal health overhaul law, according to some health experts.

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Monday, June 21, 2010

Fate of COBRA subsidy extension in limbo

Source: The Hill
Though scaled back to address budget concerns, legislation extending health insurance benefits for the unemployed remains in jeopardy.
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Monday, June 21, 2010

Survey: Individual health insurance premiums jump

Source: Miami Herald
People who buy their own health insurance have been hit lately with premium hikes that far exceed increases in the premiums for employer-sponsored coverage, according to a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Friday, May 14, 2010

Health legislation aims to help employees' adult children

Source: The Washington Post

Federal workers with adult children moved another step closer to having them covered by employer-sponsored health insurance this year, instead of next, with the introduction of Senate legislation designed to help.

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Monday, May 10, 2010

Fight Erupts Over Rules Issued for ‘Mental Health Parity’ Insurance Law

Source: The New York Times

A huge fight has erupted over rules issued by the Obama administration to enforce a 2008 law that requires equal insurance coverage for the treatment of mental and physical illnesses.

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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Quicker coverage sought for federal workers' adult children

Source: The Washington Post

Lawmakers introduced a measure Tuesday that would allow the Office of Personnel Management to extend health-care coverage to the adult children of federal workers before the new federal health-care law takes effect next year.

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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Health Care Insurance Scams Rise as Layoffs Leave Workers Uninsured

Source: The Fiscal Times

Preying on jobless consumers, fraudulent companies rake it in.

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Friday, April 30, 2010

Washington State OK's fed health plan for those in high-risk pool

Source: The Seattle Times

Washington state will administer a federal high-risk pool for people with serious health problems, despite worries by other states that the program could create budget problems for state taxpayers.

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Thursday, April 29, 2010

The Insurance Mandate in Peril

Source: The Wall Street Journal

Opinion by Randy E. Barnett

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