Insurance Law

Those who fall into the new gap would neither qualify for Medicaid in their states under current rules nor be eligible for subsidized private insurance in new state marketplaces that Obama’s law calls exchanges. Low-income children and mothers …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – Alaska will not set up a program allowing residents to buy health insurance across state lines as envisioned under the Obama administration’s new healthcare law, leaving that task to the U.S. government, Governor Sean Parnell …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – Alaska will not set up a program allowing residents to buy health insurance across state lines as envisioned under the Obama administration’s new healthcare law, leaving that task to the U.S. government, Governor Sean Parnell …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – Alaska will not set up a program allowing residents to buy health insurance across state lines as envisioned under the Obama administration’s new healthcare law, leaving that task to the U.S. government, Governor …

and our health insurance laws are being eviscerated so that fly-by-night insurance companies can come in here from “away,” sell cheap insurance and kick people off their policies when they get sick. All this for the sake of jobs. Where … Continue reading →

That’s because the health care reform law requires health insurance companies that don’t meet a certain standard of value to reimburse policyholders. Under the law, health insurers cannot spend less than 80% of premiums — 85% for large group …

According to news reports, critics have pinpointed this part of the health law in their effort to undo the sweeping overhaul. Meanwhile, USA Today reports that very few middle-income taxpayers will pay more as a result of the measure’s …

is the third purchasing cooperative approved by Massachusetts insurance regulators under a 2010 law signed by Gov. Deval Patrick as part of a push to ease the burden of rising health care costs for small businesses. In January, the insurance … Continue reading →

includes any tax subsidies that the law would provide to the employees in this study: Truven’s research aligns well with other work, from consulting firms, that have modeled the impact of employers dropping insurance. Benefits firm Lockton has …

Utah, with its conservative regulatory climate, was not a place you wanted to try to get health insurance with a pre-existing condition. In 1999, the state had no laws stopping health insurance companies from denying coverage to people with pre … Continue reading →