Pacific Research Institute: Revenue states earn from health insurance premium taxes adds an important element to the understanding of fiscal consequences of federal health-care reform that might eliminate some of this revenue
End the Health Care Tax Break: Reduce Coverage?
Health Premium Growth Slows to 4.5% in U.S., Kaiser Says
Consumer groups on Monday said state and federal regulators should move quickly to set rules to protect Americans from health insurance premium “rate shocks” and to prevent insurers from charging far higher rates in low income areas
Premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance, the most common type in the U.S., rose an average of 9 percent for family plans in 2011
The board of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the largest U.S. pension fund, increased premiums it charges retirees for health-care insurance by 9.6 percent.
For many Americans, the health-care news this year is more of the same: rising insurance premiums—and for some, reduced coverage—at a time of continued economic malaise.
California health insurers to raise average rates 8% to 14%
The Obama administration said Thursday that rate increases sought by a health insurance company were unreasonable, and it ordered the insurer to rescind them or justify its refusal to do so.
A $5 billion program to help companies such as AT&T Inc. pay health premiums for retirees under age 65 will end because it’s almost out of money, the U.S. said.
Workers’ Health Coverage Premiums Climbed 63% in Seven Years, Study Shows
Starting next year, for instance, Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest private employer, will charge workers who smoke a penalty ranging from $260 to $2,340 annually on health insurance.
A $5 billion fund created as part of the health-care overhaul to pay for health insurance for early retirees will run out of money by September 2012
Firms to charge smokers, obese more for healthcare
Health insurers will have to justify publicly annual premium increases of 10 percent or more under a U.S. regulation that takes effect today, the Department of Health and Human Services said.
Tom Coburn’s cuts: Military’s Tricare Prime health care program targeted
The CBO said last year that because states already investigate health insurance companies, repealing the exemption would not significantly reduce premiums
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