Tag: Insurance Industry

As taxpayers fill out returns leading up to Tax Day on Wednesday, they are for the first time encountering questions about the Obamacare tax. (AP Photo)Â

Obamacare set to affect more small businesses in 2016

Robert King · June 16, 2015 9:00 am

Over the past 10 days, Anthem made two bids to acquire Cigna, with the last at about $175 a share, the Wall Street Journal reported. (AP Photo)Â

Insurer Anthem seeks to buy rival Cigna

Robert King · June 15, 2015 5:38 pm

Lawsuits to force insurers to pay for a procedure aren't new, but they could reflect a new reality for most insurers as they find a way to pay for high-priced drugs. (Wikimedia Commons)Â

Patient lawsuits over denials of pricey drugs pile up

Robert King · June 14, 2015 4:01 am

A healthcare reform specialist helps an individual compare health insurance plans. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

New data doubts Obamacare sticker shock

Robert King · June 11, 2015 3:30 pm

Roxana Selagea, a Publix supermarket pharmacy manager, retrieves a bottle of antibiotics from the shelf.

New drugs to cost government $50 billion

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 8, 2015 3:34 pm

"Last year what we saw is those rates came out, and in the end, they were lower after states did their review," Sylvia Mathews Burwell said. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Burwell: Big Obamacare insurance hikes might not happen

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 4, 2015 2:13 pm

Felue Chang who is newly insured under an insurance plan through the Affordable Care Act receives a checkup from Dr. Peria Del Pino-White at the South Broward Community Health Services clinic on April 15, 2014 in Hollywood, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Economic impact of Obamacare hotly debated

Robert King · June 4, 2015 9:00 am

Some higher-income seniors will have to pay up to $80 more a month for Medicare in the next few years, a new analysis finds.Â

Wealthy seniors face higher Medicare premiums

Robert King · June 3, 2015 3:07 pm

"Millions of Americans could again see double-digit premium hikes next year, despite the fact that President Obama repeatedly promised his signature healthcare law would lower premiums by up to $2500 per family per year," said Brent Gardner, the American for Prosperity vice president of government affairs. "This is just another in a long line of ObamaCare's broken promises." (Getty Image)

GOP seizes on Obamacare premium increases

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 3, 2015 4:01 am

Aetna wants to charge 59 percent more for one of its small group plans in Virginia. (AP)

Obamacare: 2016 sticker shock

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 2, 2015 4:01 am

A doctor speaks with a patient.

Sticker shock: Find out now if you’re going to pay 10 percent more for health insurance next year

Robert King · June 1, 2015 7:37 pm

Aetna is the second major insurer to ditch America's Health Insurance Plans this year, following UnitedHealth Group, which said earlier this year that AHIP no longer represents its best interests. (AP Photo)

Insurers outraged over new measure to cap Medicaid costs

Robert King · May 28, 2015 9:00 am