Deadline near for Mass. health insurance
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The goal was as audacious as it was simple: Plug the holes in Massachusetts' health care network without resorting to the politically nuclear option of a single government-funded program.
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Health insurers that offer HMO-type Medicare plans in Massachusetts say they&#39;re holding the line or even lowering rates on the plans in 2005.
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The Massachusetts attorney general's office is investigating the state's health insurance industry over lucrative commissions offered brokers who are supposed to bring employers the best insurance deals.
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Thousands of Medicaid recipients, in limbo for months as to whether they will lose health coverage, received another reprieve Thursday as lawyers for Medicaid and the governor&#39;s office
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With the exception of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, most of the state's large health insurers will not raise premiums in 2005 for senior citizens enrolled in Medicare HMOs. Even so, seniors are not rushing to rejoin the plans, which are struggling to regain their trust after years of dramatic price increases.
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Thousands of people could be paying for health care when the NHS should be footing the bill, it is thought.
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Smokers would pay an extra 50 cents for a pack of cigarettes in Massachusetts, and Bay State employers would be required to offer healthcare coverage to their workers under legislation unveiled yesterday by a key state senator.
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Many Americans are in danger of losing their health insurance coverage due to the rapid increase of employer sponsored health insurance plans.
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Take a stand against the high costs of health care.
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The average uninsured Massachusetts resident could obtain health care coverage for as little as $175 a month under the state's insurance law, less than half of earlier estimates, officials said Saturday.
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More than 135,000 Massachusetts residents who were previously uninsured have gotten free or subsidized coverage under the state's landmark health insurance law. The initiative established Massachusetts as the first state to require every resident to have coverage. An estimated 250,000 to 350,000 people remain uninsured. The law mandated the expansion of Medicaid and the establishment of new state-subsidized insurance and ...
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Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney addresses a gathering regarding electronic medical records at the Ether Dome at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Monday, Dec. 6, 2004.
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Massachusetts health insurers are predicting their rates will increase by about 10 percent next year for most residents covered through employer health plans, marking the eighth consecutive year of double-digit premium hikes.
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Mitt Romney, an architect of Massachusettsâ universal health coverage plan, is unveiling his proposal for overhauling the nationâs health care system.
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No Massachusetts drivers, even the very worst ones, are likely to see more than a 10 percent increase in their premiums when auto insurance competition begins next year, according to two bulletins issued by the state insurance commissioner.
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Hospitals, doctors, and health centers last year provided $1.1 billion of medical care to Massachusetts residents without health insurance, according to a report that's part of a new push to cover the state's uninsured workers.
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Auto insurance rates are expected to take a big drop next year in Massachusetts, but about a third of the state's drivers won't see any change in their premiums for at least a year.