Health Insurance News

At the last minute, the 2013 session of the Arkansas Legislature created the Health Insurance Marketplace, a private insurance option for expanding government-subsidized health care coverage to more than 250,000 additional Arkansas residents.

Jim Stott, co-owner of Stonewall Kitchen, left, speaks about once needing a bone marrow transfusion and wonders, if he didn't have health insurance at the time, what would have been the outcome.

President Bush, second from right, speaks during his roundtable discussion on health savings accounts in 2008 in Oklahoma City.

Republicans must be getting nervous about their refusal to expand Medicaid in Montana.

May 8, 2013 - Now that the federal government is building health insurance Marketplaces in 34 states, the question is: Will customers come? The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services , the government division overseeing the roll out of the new Marketplaces, is getting ready.

Imagine an academic study that is so well-timed, so relevant to a current policy debate, that it's widely cited to support a major policy decision.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has made in important step in implementing the Affordable Care Act by providing $9.8 million to Federally Qualified Community Health Centers in Texas to help them offer in-person enrollment assistance to uninsured Texans.

In a boost for President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, two states in the Northwest said on Friday that insurance companies submitted applications to sell policies on the states' health insurance exchanges at rates well below what some insurance executives had predicted.

Gov. Mary Fallin is proposing a last-minute legislative change to the state's Insure Oklahoma program that would direct $50 million in state tobacco taxes to pay for more than 9,000 Oklahomans who are expected to lose their health insurance under the program.

State Policy Analyst Kyla Hoskins speaks about the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange at Progressive 15's Affordable Care Act Summit May 2, 2013, at the Country Steak-Out in Fort Morgan.

A new health insurance marketplace being set up in Washington state to help small businesses find insurance for their employees will not be fully operational this fall, as planned.

White Plains, NY May 17, 2013 - The state of New York has several major public health insurance programs, including Medicaid, commonly known as "Regular Medicaid." While Regular Medicaid in New York offers extensive health care services including: dental care; diagnostic testing; home care; hospitalization; mental health support; out-patient care ... (more)

Cummings, a Greenville County employee, is encouraged to walk whenever the urge hits.

Kindergarten teacher Julie Cohen teaches her students how to ask questions with a raise of hands on their first day of class Monday, August 27, 2012, at Cambeiro Elementary School in Las Vegas.

Obamacare passed Congress and survived the Supreme Court. But supporters worry about cascading problems as key provisions go into effect.

D.C. Councilman David Catania, I-At large, an influential voice on health care issues, plans to introduce legislation forcing insurance regulators to take a closer look at large hikes in health insurance premiums.

Tyler ISD employees could see a spike in their monthly insurance premiums. But district officials said even with the increases, the cost will be less than that of the majority of other school districts, which use a state plan.

Approved the 2013-14 contract with AFSCME Local 938, representing 510 secretaries, clerks, aides and custodial, maintenance and food-service workers.

A bill broadening so-called conscience protections and the number of employers who can refuse to provide contraception services in health insurance coverage has been approved by a North Carolina House committee.

When Liz DeRouen needs any kind of health care services, from diabetes counseling to a dental cleaning, she checks into a government-funded clinic in Northern California's wine country that covers all her medical needs.