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Catholic institutions sue Obama administration over contraception
The University of Notre Dame, Catholic University of America and archdioceses serving Dallas, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Washington, D.C., sued the Obama administration, claiming an attack on religious liberty.
48M people lack insurance, unaware of health law
Almost 25 percent of adults between 19 and 64 years old--or 48 million people--lacked health insurance last year, and almost 70 percent of those adults lacked health coverage for more than a year,
Excellus to pay for wrongfully denying lead tests
Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield on Thursday reached a settlement with the New York attorney general in which the insurer will provide refunds, plus interest, for childhood lead screening tests that
2011 a record year of uninsured
More and more Americans lack health insurance, and the percentage of those uninsured rose faster last year than in 2010, according to a survey released Tuesday. A Gallup poll indicates that 17.1
The power behind payers' coverage decisions
There's no point in shutting the barn door if all the animals are already running around the farm. The same can be said for determining a certain medical procedure, which is almost universally
Blue Cross offers coverage for same-sex partners
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island, the state's largest health insurer, will begin offering coverage for same-sex couples in July. Five different plans will be offered, including a dental plan,
Georgia wants insurers exempted from MLR
If Georgia is successful in its request for a waiver from the medical-loss ratio, insurers in the state will be exempted from spending 80 to 85 percent of premiums on direct care for patients.
Maine's MLR exemption leads to bill for individual waivers
After Maine received the first waiver exempting its health insurers from the medical-loss ratio requirement and the Obama administration announced it has granted more than 1,000 waivers to mini-med
Insurers increased denials by 49 percent because of pre-existing conditions
The four largest health insurance companies denied coverage to more than 600,000 individuals because of pre-existing conditions in the three years before passage of health reform and the number of
Health reform will greatly benefit women, Commonwealth Fund report says
Increased pregnancy care coverage and bans on policy cancellations for extraordinarily sick patients are two primary reasons why analysts from the Commonwealth Fund believe women will be one of the
