Grand Junction, Colo. Some insurance companies are getting an early start on health care reform by limiting the reasons to cancel coverage.
A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to Berkley Life and Health Insurance Company
OLDWICK, N.J.—-A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of A+ and an issuer credit rating of aa- to Berkley Life and Health Insurance Company . Berkley Life is a member company of W. R.
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of The Safety Group, Its Members and Safety Insurance Group, Inc.
OLDWICK, N.J.—-A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A and issuer credit ratings of a of The Safety Group and its inter-company pool members, Safety Insurance Company , Safety Indemnity Insurance Company and Safety Property and Casualty Insurance Company .
IRS lacks clout to enforce mandatory health insurance
Health care bill puts IRS in charge of making sure all Americans buy health insurance if they can afford it, or face fines. Will that work?
Health Law Keeps 200,000 In State Insurance Plans Instead Of New High-Risk Pools
USA Today: About 200,000 people already enrolled in 35 state high-risk insurance pools “will not be allowed to enroll this summer in a new lower cost federal program for people like them because they already buy pricey state-run plans.” In order to be eligible, “a person can’t have had health coverage for six months. … The state pools charge high premiums – often double standard rates for …
Health Insurance Industry Moves To Halt Rescission Practices Ahead Of Health Reform Requirements
America’s Health Insurance Plans President and CEO Karen Ignagni — the health insurance industry’s top executive — on Wednesday pledged that insurers would halt rescissions of customers’ health policies when they get sick, Politico reports. Although the new health reform law (PL 111-148) includes a provision that enforces a federal ban on rescissions, it is not scheduled to take effect until …
One Month Later: Making Health Insurance Reform a Reality
Just over a month ago, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. This landmark legislation gives the American people the control over their own health insurance they need and deserve — by holding insurance companies accountable, bringing down costs and giving all Americans more insurance choices. The day of that signing the President made one thing clear he expects his …
Kingston arts group offers health insurance
KINGSTON The Arts Society of Kingston is to begin offering CDPHP health insurance through Ulster Insurance beginning on June 1, the group announced on Tuesday.
Health-care law will alter high-risk pool, but how hasn’t been worked out
A national lifeline for patients who’ve been turned down for regular insurance is the first of many changes to health care in the next few years.
New York Offers Costly Lessons on Insurance
New York State, a test center for the core provision of the new health care law, insurance for all, has provided an expensive lesson in unplanned consequences.
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