Insurance News & Info

For a hurricane season that forecasters say will be slow, this year is off to a quick start. Tropical Storm Alberto is forecast to dissipate over the next two days without making landfall, after forming off the coast of the Carolinas over the weekend — 13 days before the ... […]

WASHINGTON—The Treasury Department says it will take another look at whether to revamp rules published last year that now apply a stiff “affordability” penalty on employers based on what percent of the premium employees pay for single coverage. Under those rules, coverage will be considered unaffordable if the portion ... […]

ALBANY, N.Y. — Insurance regulators plan to start kicking crooked doctors out of New York's no-fault program next month, calling them linchpins in fake-accident scams that cost insurers and ultimately policyholders hundreds of millions of dollars. Regulations are set to take effect June 12. The Department of Financial Services ... […]

The Roman Catholic dioceses of Springfield and Joliet have joined 41 other religious institutions filing simultaneous lawsuits that challenge the Obama administration's mandate that many religious employers have their health insurance cover the cost of birth control for employees. Catholic Charities programs in both dioceses also filed simultaneous laws […]

In 2009, children with public insurance were three times more likely and children with no insurance were eleven time more likely not to have a primary care physician, compared with children with private insurance. Without a primary care physician, the Emergency Department (ED) often becomes the primary point of contact ... […]