3 of California’s largest health insurers have agreed to delay for 60 days planned rate hikes for thousands of customers after state Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones asked for time to review the increases. Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross and PacifiCare agreed to delay the increases for people with individual policies. Unaffected are workers insured through their [...]
A federal district judge in Virginia ruled on Monday that the keystone provision in the Obama health care law is unconstitutional, becoming the first court in the country to invalidate any part of the sprawling act and ensuring that appellate courts will receive contradictory opinions from below. Judge Henry E. Hudson, who was appointed to [...]
As the first phase of the health care reform bill has completed its first week, McDonald’s is challenging regulations that will require mini-med plan insurers to channel 80% – 85% of premium revenue toward covering medical expenses. Not to be confused with major, comprehensive health insurance, mini-med plans are considered supplemental only. According to the [...]
McDonald‘s and the Obama administration are firing back at a Wall Street Journal report saying that the fast food giant is considering dropping its “mini-med” health insurance for hourly workers because of the new health care reform law. “Media reports stating that we plan to drop health care coverage for our employees are completely false,” [...]
After completing his second year of business classes at Miles College in Fairfield, Alabama, in 2007, Joshua Armstrong decided to take a break from full-time studies. Armstrong, who had been insured through his parents’ health insurance policy, thought he would remain on that plan until he finished school and found a job offering health benefits. [...]