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Premiums drop 40% for high-risk plans

Hoping to encourage enrollment in high-risk insurance programs, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) decreased premiums for the pre-existing condition insurance plans (PCIPs) by as

Selfless acts shouldn't be punished by high medical bills

I would like to think of myself as the kind of person who would donate my kidney for a family member or loved one who desperately needed it. And I would like to think that decision wouldn't be bogged

Horizon pays $8M for claims handling problems

Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey has paid a $500,000 penalty and will pay nearly $8 million more to providers, patients and the state to resolve problems related to its claims

High-risk insurance enrollment increases--slowly

Enrollment in new high-risk insurance pools is up 50 percent over the past three months, but participation is still far behind original projections, according to The Hill’s Healthwatch.

Texas Blue Cross reverses coverage decision on infant with 'pre-existing condition'

The glare of the national spotlight was too much for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, which reversed its decision not to provide health insurance for a newborn--the so-called "Crowley baby"--after