Tag: Insurance Industry

House Republicans are challenging Treasury Secretary Jack Lew over naming insurers "too big to fail." (AP Photo)

House Republicans question Jack Lew over ‘too big to fail’

Joseph Lawler · September 2, 2014 7:13 pm

Insurer, subsidiary agree to pay $1.3M in Mass. settlement

Bryan Cohen · September 2, 2014 2:51 pm

MetLife has fought being regulated as a systemically important firm. (AP Photo)

‘Too big to fail’ could be slapped on more non-banks

Joseph Lawler · August 29, 2014 3:36 pm

USDA launches new dairy insurance program

M.L. JOHNSON · August 28, 2014 4:30 pm

Insurance dispute may cost Nebraska patients

Josh Funk · August 26, 2014 11:03 pm

State says insurers must cover elective abortions

Washington Examiner · August 23, 2014 8:38 pm

In this Aug. 11, 2014, photo, Charis Hill, who has a rare form of arthritis that affects the spine, poses in Capitol Park in Sacramento, Calif. Hill has health insurance under one of the new plans offered through the health care law, could not afford the medication required for her condition because of the plan's high copays. As a result she's has had to get financial assistance from the drug manufacturer. Hill says riding her bike helps manage her arthritic condition. Advocates for patients with serious health problems say that one of the main goals of the new health care law is being undermined. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Patient advocates say insurers avoiding the sick

Ricardo AlonsoZaldivar · August 18, 2014 10:36 am

In this Aug. 11, 2014, photo, Charis Hill, who has a rare form of arthritis that affects the spine, poses in Capitol Park in Sacramento, Calif. Hill has health insurance under one of the new plans offered through the health care law, could not afford the medication required for her condition because of the plan's high copays. As a result she's has had to get financial assistance from the drug manufacturer. Hill says riding her bike helps manage her arthritic condition. Advocates for patients with serious health problems say that one of the main goals of the new health care law is being undermined. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Groups claim insurance discrimination in new forms

Ricardo AlonsoZaldivar · August 18, 2014 12:45 am

400,000 must reapply for health coverage

Washington Examiner · August 15, 2014 3:56 pm

For many families, Obamacare is probably very helpful. The costs of these benefits are mostly dispersed widely, and so it's not easy to directly compare the costs to the benefits. But sometimes the costs are pretty measurable.ÃÂ (iStock Image)

Beltway Confidential

How Obamacare makes my family less financially secure

Timothy P. Carney · August 13, 2014 6:38 pm

Medicare is fast becoming unsustainable, especially as baby boomers like me enter the system. We may be living longer and healthier lives, but it's costing taxpayers more than we can afford unless something changes. (iStock Photo)

Solution for the looming Medicare crisis

Linda Chavez · August 8, 2014 2:53 pm

Illinois opens insurance rate records to public

Carla Johnson · August 5, 2014 9:23 pm