Tag: Massachusetts health insurance

New supplemental insurance law passed in Massachusetts

S.Vagus
Supplemental Insurance

Governor Patrick signs supplemental insurance legislation into law A new law that eliminates the cap on insurance payments for non-medical hospital expenses has gone into effect in Massachusetts. Governor Deval Patrick has signed a bill that would remove the payment cap, which had been placed on supplemental health insurance policies that are meant to provide aid for non-medical expenses. Massachusetts had been the only state in the country that had placed payment limits on such coverage. Law has removed the cap placed on insurance payments for non-medical hospital visitis The…

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Health insurance plans will be needed by 400,000 in Massachusetts

H. Cutner
Massachusetts health Insurance

Almost that many people are going to need to reapply for their coverage before the close of the year. Close to 400,000 residents of Massachusetts are going to need to reapply in order to obtain health insurance coverage before the end of 2014, and it is likely that a considerable number of them are completely unaware that this will be affecting them. This will apply to people who purchased their health plans through the state and who don’t have employer sponsored coverage. When the health insurance exchange website failed in…

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Massachusetts insurance refunds will total $15 million

H. Cutner
Massachusetts Health Insurance

Consumers in the state will be issued the rebates in some form by August 1 by their insurers. According to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Massachusetts insurance customers who purchased or renewed their health plans in 2013 were able to save $4.1 billion on their premiums, that year. This year, the health care reform will bring over $15 million in refunds to those same consumers. The Massachusetts insurance rebates will be the second largest among all of the states in the country. The…

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Massachusetts wins a major victory in health insurance

S.Vagus
Massachusetts health Insurance

Uninsured rate may fall below 1% in Massachusetts The number of uninsured people in Massachusetts may soon be below 1%, according to information from the state’s Center for Health Information and Analysis. The organization has been tracking the number of people that have signed up for insurance coverage from December 2013 to March of 2014, finding that the number of people with insurance coverage increased by more than 215,000 statewide. If this momentum is maintained, the state may soon have the lowest uninsured rate in the country. State initiatives help…

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Health care reform in Massachusetts brings uninsured rate to nearly zero

G. Turner
Massachusetts Health Care

The latest statistics from the state have revealed that nearly all of its residents now have insurance. Among the latest insurance news headlines to come from Massachusetts is the recent publication of statistics that have shown that following the health care reform, the number of residents in the state who are uninsured has dropped to nearly zero. This is the closest that a state has ever come to making sure that all of its residents have health insurance. Massachusetts already had a bit of a head start when it came…

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