News tagged with 'Insurance'

Health, Safety and Consumer headlines for Friday, June 25.

This latest Commonwealth Fund reports ranks the U.S. last in the delivery of low cost healthcare at the highest price among seven countries. The Netherlands ranks best.

The American Medical Association is releasing its third annual report card on insurers and finds one in five claims is not processed correctly.

President Obama went out on a limb when he promised people would be able to keep their current health plans, now comes the hard work of hammering out the details.

A network of allegedly staged auto accident participants was busted in Tampa Thursday. An alleged injury can bring a participant a minimum of $10,000.

With more travelers taking to motorcycles than in previous years, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety finds that antilock brakes save lives.

The final reconciliation of the House and Senate health care reform bill has been approved. It now goes to President Obama for his signature.

President Obama makes his final push for health care reform as insurers are emboldened to enact large premium hikes.

The president of WellPoint Insurance faced Indiana lawmakers to answer why some individual premiums rose up to 38 percent at a time of record profits and executive bonuses.

Washington wants to know why the five largest health insurance companies racked up record profits last year - $12.2 billion – up 56 percent over 2008 numbers.

About 40 percent of Americans polled said it would be good if health care reforms proposed by President Obama never materialize.

Looking at collision data in three states and the District of Columbia after hand-held phone bans were put into place, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety finds no difference in the crash rate. The results are perplexing in that other studies have shown distracted driving presents a four-fold increase in the risk of collision and injuries.

The insurance lobby has been very busy spending millions to craft health care reform that preserves profits for the industry.

The individual mandate may be subjected to a U.S. Supreme Court challenge some GOP oponents to health care reforms suggest.

Hundreds of people who had to cancel their Florida cruises are finding that the company that sold them insurance is bankrupt and they will not be reimbursed millions in losses.