Tag: Insurance Industry

The Obama White House and the health insurance industry have an uneasy alliance to defend Obamacare's subsidies and mandates -- at the expense of the taxpayer. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Documents show Obama White House working with insurers against taxpayers

Timothy P. Carney · July 31, 2014 3:20 pm

Few applying for insurance acknowledge smoking

Washington Examiner · July 30, 2014 7:26 pm

A study published in the journal Health Affairs looked at an ambitious three-year pilot program of bundled payments in California that was funded by a $2.9 million grant from Obama's 2009 economic stimulus package -- and found that the program was such a massive failure, it could hardly get off the ground. (iStock Image)

When Obamacare loses in court, insurance companies lose, too

Timothy P. Carney · July 22, 2014 9:05 pm

FILE - This Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, file photo, shows a portion of The UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s campus in Minnetonka, Minn. UnitedHealth Group reports quarterly earnings on Thursday, July 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

UnitedHealth’s 2Q profit slips 2 percent

Tom Murphy · July 17, 2014 2:19 pm

(iStock)

Get ready for even higher health insurance premiums: Examiner Editorial

Washington Examiner · July 13, 2014 7:54 pm

(Illustration by Karen Lomax/Examiner)

Big Ideas: On Dodd-Frank, diversity and cigarettes

Joseph Lawler · July 11, 2014 4:00 pm

As insurance companies begin to propose premiums for 2015, itâs time for Americans to brace themselves for the next round of rate shock in the wake of President Obamaâs health care law. (iStock Image)

Brace for the next round of Obamacare rate shock

Philip Klein · July 10, 2014 10:35 pm

US weighs lawsuits on alleged insurance kickbacks

Jeff Horwitz · June 25, 2014 6:01 pm

Appeals court dismisses class action against State Farm

Kyla Asbury · June 6, 2014 4:02 pm

AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, previously known as Cowboys Stadium, cost an estimated $1.15 billion to build. (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images)

Terrorism insurance pits NFL and NHL against Tea Party

Joseph Lawler · June 6, 2014 2:30 pm

Ethics investigation against Florida-run insurer underway

Kelly Cohen · June 5, 2014 10:24 pm

Drug makers are under fire as the $84,000 price tag on a new hepatitis medicine has galvanized the debate over prescription drug costs. But the pharmaceutical industry could be mounting a much stronger defense if it weren't haunted by its support for government health care. (Thinkstock Image)

Pharmaceutical industry haunted by support for government health care

Philip Klein · May 29, 2014 9:56 pm