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Massive health insurance mergers may undergo greater scrutiny in California

January 14, 2016January 13, 2016 Julie Campbell

Consumer advocates are trying to convince regulators in that state and several others to scrutinize these deals. California is rapidly turning into the center of the controversy over the massive mergers that are going on in the health insurance industry as one company swallows up the next, shrinking the competition. Consumer advocates have been asking for greater scrutiny of this trend on over a dozen states across the U.S. In California and about twelve other key states, consumer advocates have been asking regulators to take a closer look at the…

Texas health insurance providers are discontinuing certain policies

October 9, 2015October 7, 2015 Julie Campbell

Many Texans have been receiving letters informing them that their coverage won’t be available next year. All across the state, Texas health insurance customers have been receiving the letters that they don’t want to receive, which have been telling them that their insurers won’t be continuing their policies and that they will need to start shopping for new coverage for next year. The letters have informed them that even though they have made their payments on time, their health plans are canceled. These Texas health insurance policies have been discontinued,…

Insurance companies don’t cover all forms of birth control

April 20, 2015April 18, 2015 Julie Campbell

The Kaiser Family Foundation has determined that the Affordable Care Act’s coverage doesn’t necessarily extend to all methods. According to the results of a new study that was published by the Kaiser Family Foundation, not all forms of birth controls are being covered by insurance companies without some forms of costs or copayments. These apparently include certain forms such as emergency contraceptives as well as IUDs. The majority of insurance companies have been required by the Affordable Care Act to provide full coverage for birth control so that policyholders will…

The majority of insurance companies aren’t transparency law compliant

January 2, 2015December 31, 2014 Julie Campbell

Texas has become unable to determine whether or not the plans are meeting the needs of consumers. Texas recently implemented a new regulation for health insurance companies that required them to have to submit reports to the state Department of Insurance in order to help to protect consumers against unfairly high medical bills, but many insurers have been ignoring this requirement, so far. At the same time, officials in the state haven’t done very much to help to improve compliance. Under the new regulations, insurance companies are supposed to be…

Insurance companies accused of discriminating against the sick

August 21, 2014August 19, 2014 Julie Campbell

Patient advocates are now saying that insurers are specifically placing barriers in the way for some customers. Among the main goals of the health care reform had been to eliminate the existence of discrimination by insurance companies against people who have preexisting conditions, but leading patient advocate groups are now saying that this effort is being undermined by new challenges put into place by insurers. The insurance industry has responded to these accusations by saying that a legitimate cost control is being misinterpreted. At the same time, some state regulators…