Articles tagged as: health insurance
June 3, 2021
More Than 3,500 Hoosiers Covered On Indiana Farm Bureau Health Plan In First Quarter
While not all applicants have been accepted, one member says the program is overall an improvement.
Read MoreMarch 31, 2021
Medicaid Work Requirements May Be Gone For Good
The Biden administration appears to have begun the process of rolling back Medicaid work requirements. But some worry this may mean conservative states will reject Medicaid expansion altogether.
Read MoreFebruary 15, 2021
Ex-Medical Manager Wins $3.6M In Whistleblower Settlement
An Indianapolis-based medical supply company's former manager has won $3.6 million in a settlement of her whistleblower lawsuit accusing that company and a health insurance company of defrauding a government insurance program.
Read MoreDecember 22, 2020
People With Diabetes Struggle During COVID-19 Economic Crisis
The pandemic has left millions of Americans without jobs -- and health insurance. And for the one in 10 Americans with diabetes, this poses a life-threatening problem. Now, many are scrambling to pay for their insulin.
Read MoreOctober 28, 2020
Anthem Tops 3Q Forecasts As It Absorbs Big Expense Hit
Anthem delivered a better-than-expected third quarter even though a jump in benefit expenses and other costs contributed to an 81 percent drop in the health insurer's net income.
Read MoreOctober 27, 2020
Indiana Extension Of HIP Approved For 10 Years
Indiana has received approval to continue its Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP, for 10 more years. The state says this will help continue health coverage for more than 500,000 low-income adult Hoosiers.
Read MoreOctober 1, 2020
Indiana Farm Bureau Launches Health Plans
Legislation passed earlier this year allows the organization to create and offer health plans to its members, including sole proprietors.
Read MoreSeptember 30, 2020
Study: 3 Million Lost Employer-Sponsored Insurance Amid Unemployment Spike
More than 3 million Americans lost access to employer-sponsored health insurance during the summer months of the pandemic, according to a recent study by the nonprofit Urban Institute. But researchers say the numbers could have been much worse.
Read MoreSeptember 21, 2020
Hoosier Hospitals Charge More For Same Procedures Than Surrounding States, Study Finds
A new study released last week says Hoosiers with private insurance plans pay three times more for hospital stays than Hoosiers on Medicaid.
Read MoreJuly 29, 2020
Insurer Anthem's 2Q Profit Swells, Helped By Drop In Claims
The COVID-19 pandemic shut down most of the economy in the second quarter, which meant fewer surgery bills or other big claims. But companies expect at least some of those postponed procedures to take place later this year.
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