Title: Health Highlights: June 22, 2010 Category: Health News Created: 6/22/2010 12:10:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 6/23/2010

Public comments are invited on a proposed uniform health insurance application to be used by all Illinois health insurers beginning next year. A group drafting the new application form is holding a public hearing Thursday in Chicago and by …

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has 10 days to submit more information to support its rate increase request that ranges from 8 percent to 15 percent for several individual and group conversion health insurance products, according to…

The New York Times: People who purchase health insurance on their own were faced with premium increases averaging 20 percent when they last sought to renew their coverage, according to a survey (.pdf) released Monday by the Kaiser Family Foundation. (KHN is a project of the Kaiser Family Foundation.) “While some people switched to less expensive plans that offered less generous coverage, and …

StayWell Insurance has temporarily suspended health insurance coverage for CNMI government employees because it has so far not received allotment payments for the June 18 payday. Employees of nine government agencies are, however, exempted from the suspension.

StayWell Insurance has temporarily suspended health insurance coverage for CNMI government employees because it has so far not received allotment payments for the June 18 payday. Employees of nine government agencies are, however, exempted from the suspension.

People who buy their own health insurance have been hit lately with premium hikes that far exceed increases in premiums for employer-sponsored coverage, according to a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Eastern Insurance Holdings Inc. has completed the sale of its group benefits insurance subsidiary, Eastern Life and Health Insurance Co., for $34.1 million.

Individuals who buy their own health insurance recently have been hit with rate hikes averaging 20 percent, according to a national study released Monday.

People who buy their own health insurance have been hit lately with premium increases that far exceed those for employer-sponsored coverage, according to a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation. The nonprofit foundation, which is separate from health insurer Kaiser Permanente, said recent increases requested by insurers for individual coverage averaged 20 percent. Some customers could …