A report by a consumer advocacy group criticizes states for not doing more to protect consumers who buy health insurance through the individual market, rather than through their employers or the government.
Most states, including Indiana, don’t require insurance companies to sell policies to all applicants, don’t prohibit charging higher premiums based on health status, and [...]
A health insurance advocate group, Florida Health Insurance Web, reports more bad news for Florida residents. Florida has hit a new low, ranked close to the bottom of a new national survey on healthcare; just a spot above Oklahoma. The first-ever state-by-state health system report focused on children’s health care and finds Florida’s kids have [...]
Health care reform is on many minds as employers are paying higher premiums and employees are paying higher deductibles. Some would argue for market-based reforms with no government intervention such that weaker, inefficient and consumer-despised plans will fail and only cost-effective, consumer-friendly plans will prevail. Others will push for some sort of government-mandated reform, either [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A five-year, $1 billion taxpayer subsidy to help Pennsylvania doctors buy medical malpractice insurance lapsed Monday, forcing physicians to pay higher premiums unless Democrats and Republicans break an impasse over expanding a state health insurance program.
Gov. Ed Rendell supports a bill that passed the Democratic-led House on March 17 that would tie [...]
