As Americans mark breast cancer awareness month, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius today released a new report, Health Insurance Reform and Breast Cancer: Making the Health Care System Work for Women. The report details how health insurance reform will help women diagnosed with breast cancer and is available now at www.HealthReform.gov.
“Thousands of [...]

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will host a conference call with reporters and leaders from community organizations to announce the availability of new resources for organizations that work to ensure children have the health insurance coverage they need.
Secretary Sebelius will be joined by Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Cindy Mann, director of the Center for Medicaid and [...]

UnitedHealthcare by AmeriChoice has been selected by Mississippi’s State and School Employees Health Insurance Management Board to be the state’s partner in its Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
When the new policy begins in January 2010, UnitedHealthcare will be the exclusive health plan for approximately 65,000 children throughout Mississippi who are enrolled in CHIP.
“Particularly in these [...]

This week, as congressional leaders debate legislation designed to reform the nation’s healthcare system, eHealth, Inc’s. Chairman and CEO Gary Lauer discussed the organization’s commitment to helping enroll the 47 million Americans who are uninsured. Additionally, eHealth released its policy recommendations, which are based on its proven success in connecting nearly two million Americans to [...]

IHI provides an explanation on how those hit hardest with the downturn in the economy can access affordable options in healthcare coverage.
Rising unemployment, decreasing coverage from employers, and the high cost of COBRA insurance has more and more people turning to the individual health insurance market. Meant for both individuals, families, and the self-employed, this [...]

With layoffs on Wall Street and in the corporate sector putting health insurance front and center in the national debate, a group of the country’s leading philanthropies and businesses has joined together with Freelancers Union, a national non-profit organization, to pioneer a new model for providing health insurance to independent workers. Rockefeller Foundation, New York [...]

The median individual deductible for health insurance coverage required by employers offering PPOs jumped to $1,000 in 2008, up from $500 last year, according to Mercer’s National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans. In 2000, only about half of employers imposed a health insurance deductible for PPO coverage (compared to about four-fifths today), and the median [...]

eHealth, Inc. parent company of eHealthInsurance Services, Inc. announced that the IHC Group has adopted its EPI-III “eApproval” technology for initial deployment with Independence Holding Group, Inc. (IHC) under the brand of Companion Life Insurance Company for individual and family insurance plans in six states, and with IHC’s member company Standard Security Life Insurance [...]

Results from Milliman’s 2008 Group Health Insurance Survey indicate estimated premium rate increases for January 2009 renewals are 8.4% for Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) and 10.7% to 12.1% for Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs). The PPO results were compiled for a high deductible plan and a standard lower deductible plan, respectively.
The reported annual increase in [...]

Responding to growing unemployment and the prospect of increased dislocation, AmWINS Group Benefits announces an expansion of its niche medical health plan offerings today with the launch of AmWINS BridgeCare. The product provides immediate short-term medical coverage for the newly unemployed and others experiencing a lapse in coverage.
With the distress in the investment banking industry [...]