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Lt. Gov. Brown asks lawmakers to approve insurance law bill
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown says the legislature needs approve a bill that continues to set up guidelines for a government-developed health insurance market. Brown testified Wednesday before […]
Feds award health overhaul grants to 10 states
WASHINGTON — Federal officials say another 10 states are getting a total of $230 million to set up new health insurance markets under President Barack Obama’s overhaul. Seven of them […]
Hagerstown free clinic aims to take new patients
HAGERTOWN — The Community Free Clinic in Hagerstown says it hopes to start accepting new patients by early March. The clinic stopped seeing new patients in late October due to […]
Preventive care: It’s free, except when it’s not
CHICAGO — Bill Dunphy thought his colonoscopy would be free. His insurance company told him it would be covered 100 percent, with no copayment from him and no charge against […]
Insurer Highmark selling Medicare services
PITTSBURGH — Health insurer Highmark Inc. says it is selling a Medicare services subsidiary to a Florida firm. The Pittsburgh-based company announced on Thursday the sale of Diversified Service Options […]
Higher copays seen for Medicare brand-name drugs
WASHINGTON — With three weeks left for seniors to change their Medicare prescription plan for 2012, a study released Wednesday finds that copays for brand-name drugs are going up — […]
Insurer Cigna to buy HealthSpring for $3.8B
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Cigna Corp. will buy fellow health insurer HealthSpring Inc. in a $3.8 billion deal as it becomes the latest managed-care company to snap up a bigger share […]
Feds to design health insurance for the masses
WASHINGTON — The federal government is taking on a crucial new role in the nation’s health care, designing a basic benefits package for millions of privately insured Americans. A framework […]
Business group files high court health care appeal
WASHINGTON — A small-business group opposed to the health care overhaul is asking the Supreme Court to strike down the entire law, not just the core requirement to buy health […]
Survey: Health insurance costs surge in 2011
INDIANAPOLIS — The cost of employer-sponsored health insurance surged this year, snapping a trend toward moderate growth, but experts say these increases may slow again in 2012. Annual premiums for […]
Census: U.S. poverty rate swells to nearly 1 in 6
WASHINGTON — The ranks of America’s poor swelled to almost 1 in 6 people last year, reaching a new high as long-term unemployment left millions of Americans struggling and out […]
Survey: Employers consider ending health coverage
INDIANAPOLIS — Nearly one of every 10 midsized or big employers expects to stop offering health coverage to workers once federal insurance exchanges start in 2014, according to a new […]
