Insurance Companies - Articles

Page 1, 2

Insurance Companies - Articles

Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud
WABE-TV - Mon Mar 25, 2024
ATLANTA, Georgia - A former Georgia insurance commissioner who made a failed Republican run for governor has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit health care fraud. More»

Georgia Hospital in ‘Immediate Jeopardy’ After Discharging Man Too Early
WGCL-TV - Tue Apr 5, 2022
CONYERS, GEORGIA - Jerry was found feet away from hospital property unconscious with tubes still sticking out of his body - His loved ones say he was discharged because his insurance ran out. More»

A hospital offered a payment plan for baby's NICU stay — $45,843 a month for a year
NPR - Tue Dec 21, 2021
Close to midnight on November 12, 2020, Bisi Bennett was sitting on the couch in her pajamas and feeling uncomfortable. More»

'I really feel angry': Wellstar patients hit with massive bills due to liens
Becker's Healthcare - Wed Feb 3, 2021
Many hospitals - especially those belonging to large, wealthy health systems - increase revenue by using liens to bypass patients' insurance and collect full charges from accident victims' settlements, according to a February 1 report from The New York Times. More»

Memphis woman, 56, still recovering from COVID-19 after a hospital stay is evicted from her home over her mother-in-law's medical debt
Daily Mail - Sun Aug 9, 2020
A Memphis woman who is recovering from COVID-19 was evicted from her home last week over medical debt belonging to her mother-in-law. More»

Two Friends in Texas Were Tested for Coronavirus. One Bill Was $199. The Other? $6,408.
New York Times - Mon Jun 29, 2020
Before a camping and kayaking trip along the Texas Coast, Pam LeBlanc and Jimmy Harvey decided to get coronavirus tests. More»

"They Just Dumped Him Like Trash": Nursing Homes Evict Vulnerable Residents
New York Times - Mon Jun 22, 2020
Nursing homes across the country are kicking out old and disabled residents and sending them to homeless shelters and rundown motels. More»

Coronavirus survival comes with a $1.1 million, 181-page price tag
Seattle Times - Sat Jun 13, 2020
Remember Michael Flor, the longest-hospitalized COVID-19 patient who, when he unexpectedly did not die, was jokingly dubbed "the miracle child?" Now they can also call him the million-dollar baby. More»

Trump administration says the coronavirus vaccine might not be affordable for all Americans
Business Insider - Wed Feb 26, 2020
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Wednesday declined to promise that a coronavirus vaccine would be affordable for all Americans. More»

Utah cuts healthcare costs by flying employees to Mexico for prescriptions
The Guardian - Tue Feb 11, 2020
A health insurer in Utah is seeking to reduce prescription drug costs by flying state employees to Mexico, where they can collect medications at a fraction of the US cost. More»

Elderly couple in apparent murder-suicide indicated they could not afford medical care
The Hill - Fri Aug 9, 2019
An elderly couple in Washington state was found dead in their home in an apparent murder-suicide, authorities said, and police say they discovered notes about the couple’s struggle to afford necessary medical care. More»

Drugmakers to pay $70 million over deals to keep cheap generics off the market
Ars Technica - Wed Jul 31, 2019
With four settlement agreements, the state of California will get nearly $70 million from pharmaceutical companies that allegedly cut illegal deals to keep affordable generic drugs off the market, shielding pricey brand-name products from competition. More»

Women today are more likely than their mothers to die in childbirth
The Hill - Thu May 23, 2019
A few weekends ago, like many Americans, we thought about the mothers in our lives. More»

Minnesota parents say son died because he couldn't afford high cost of insulin
KTRK-TV - Sat Dec 15, 2018
ST. PAUL, Minnesota - The cost of insulin in the US is on the rise at an alarming rate. More»

Insulin's High Cost Leads To Lethal Rationing
NPR - Sat Sep 1, 2018
Diabetic ketoacidosis is a terrible way to die. More»

More than 30,000 nursing home eviction notices to be sent in Louisiana
USA Today - Mon May 7, 2018
BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's Department of Health will begin sending nursing home eviction notices Thursday to more than 30,000 residents who could lose Medicaid under the budget passed by the state House of Representatives. More»

A $17,850 urine test: Industry boom amid opioid epidemic
CNN - Mon Feb 19, 2018
After Elizabeth Moreno had back surgery in late 2015, her surgeon prescribed an opioid painkiller and a follow-up drug test that seemed routine -- until the lab slapped her with a bill for $17,850. More»

Texas Governor Signs Controversial 'Rape Insurance' Abortion Coverage Into Law
Think Progress - Mon Aug 14, 2017
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) signed a bill Tuesday afternoon, approved by the Senate over the weekend, that would prohibit all insurance companies from covering non-life threatening abortion care in standard health plans. More»

Desperate Families Driven to Black Market Insulin
NBC - Mon Apr 24, 2017
Fourth grader Gabriella Corley is trapped. More»

The High Price of Insulin Is Literally Killing People
Vice - Mon Apr 10, 2017
Shane Patrick Boyle died on March 18th, 2017, from Type I Diabetes. More»

Sworn to secrecy, drugstores stay silent as customers overpay
Chicago Tribune - Fri Feb 24, 2017
Eric Pusey has to bite his tongue when customers at his pharmacy cough up copayments far higher than the cost of their low-cost generic drugs, thinking their insurance is getting them a good deal. More»

Trump White House abruptly halts Obamacare ads
Politico - Thu Jan 26, 2017
The Trump administration has pulled the plug on all Obamacare outreach and advertising in the crucial final days of the 2017 enrollment season, according to sources at Health and Human Services and on Capitol Hill. More»

Soaring insulin prices prompt "insurance shift"
USA Today - Tue Jan 3, 2017
Many parents of diabetic children and adults suffering with type 1 or type 2 diabetes are bracing for changes in insurance coverage of their insulin next year, as prices of the vital medication continue to soar. More»

The states with the biggest Obamacare struggles spent years undermining the law
Los Angeles Times - Sat Oct 29, 2016
As insurers exit Obamacare marketplaces across the country, critics of the Affordable Care Act have redoubled claims that the health law isn't working. More»

Diabetes Spreads As The Treatment For It Gets Pricier
Think Progress - Wed Apr 6, 2016
The price of the most effective drug used to treat diabetes is skyrocketing - even as the potentially life-threatening disease is becoming increasingly common among impoverished people. More»

Even those insured may face big bills
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Sat Sep 10, 2011
State Representative Rusty Kidd was being carried down stairs in his wheelchair last November when one of the steps suddenly broke. More»

Insurance Industry Executive Apologizes to Michael Moore
Raw Story - Mon Nov 22, 2010
Filmmaker Michael Moore received an apology from a former health insurance industry executive for his role in attempting to smear the documentarian and his documentary on the for-profit health care industry, Sicko. More»

Aetna Forcing 600,000-Plus To Lose Coverage In Effort To Raise Profits
Huffington Post - Thu Dec 3, 2009
Health insurance giant Aetna is planning to force up to 650,000 clients to drop their coverage next year as it seeks to raise additional revenue to meet profit expectations. More»

Uninsured ER patients twice as likely to die
Associated Press - Wed Nov 18, 2009
CHICAGO - Uninsured patients with traumatic injuries, such as car crashes, falls and gunshot wounds, were almost twice as likely to die in the hospital as similarly injured patients with health insurance, according to a troubling new study. More»

Domestic Violence a 'pre-existing condition'?
CNN - Mon Oct 5, 2009
WASHINGTON - Top House Democrats on Tuesday slammed insurers who claim that domestic violence is a pre-existing condition that can be used to deny coverage to battered women. More»

Page 1, 2

Back to Insurance Companies

Insurance Companies - Articles

Insurance Companies

Browse