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Medical debt keeps rising, new report shows

( University of California - Los Angeles ) A comprehensive new report on health insurance from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows the so-called Great Recession caused hundreds of thousands of Californians to lose coverage and acquire medical debt.

Well-off get more from health insurance rebate

THE Health Minister, Tanya Plibersek, has revealed the disproportionate benefits better-off people get out of the health insurance rebate in a fresh bid to swing support for a means test.

Bishop of Charleston speaking out against health insurance policy

The Bishop of Charleston is speaking out against a new health insurance policy mandated by the Obama administration.  The policy requires employers to cover contraceptives, sterilization and the morning after pill.

New report on state of health insurance in California

Hard hit by one of the worst recessions in nearly a century, hundreds of thousands of Californians lost insurance coverage across the state as employers shed jobs and the health plans that came with those jobs, according to a new report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Policy Studies Inc. Unveils BPO Service for Health Insurance Exchanges "Powered by Oracle"

 DENVER, Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Policy Studies Inc. (PSI) announced its new business process outsourcing (BPO) service to help states address the requirements—and deadlines—for implementing health ...

Insurance exchange designs criticized

A health advocacy group is questioning Pennsylvania's early designs for its public health insurance exchange, the statewide insurance policy clearinghouse mandated as part of the federal government's 2010 health care overhaul.

Employees' health policy inadequate

I am a physician at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and I am concerned about our employee health insurance.

Insurance companies push to delay labeling regs

See that label above? That’s what a health insurance policy looks like — or is supposed to look like. Under the health reform law, insurance companies are required to summarize each benefit plan in a four-page, easy-to-read document (you can see the full thing here ). The Obama administration rolled out a draft format for the summaries this past summer, and they were supposed to roll out this ...

Nearly 30 percent of SB County residents had no health insurance in 2009

The number of Californians living under the burden of medical debt increased during the Great Recession, according to a new UCLA study assessing the effects of the past economic downturn on health care.