Health insurers want purchase mandate - Arizona Daily Star

We hope this will be a contribution to help members of Congress fashion their proposal," said Karen Ignagni, president and chief executive officer of the trade group. "We're going to provide all the technical background that we have assembled, all ...

Principal Financial applies for federal loan - Guardian Unlimited

NEW YORK, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Principal Financial Group Inc said on Tuesday it had applied to take part in a federal lending program for financial services firms. The provider of retirement products, life and health insurance said it expected to be ...

Pa. senators oppose Blues insurance merger - Pittsburgh Tribune Review

HARRISBURG -- A Pennsylvania Senate committee says the state's insurance commissioner should reject the proposed merger of the state's two largest health insurers. The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee voted 10-4 Thursday to recommend that ...

Pennsylvania Senate committee votes not to recommend Highmark IBC ... - Pittsburgh Business Times

The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee voted 10-to-4 on Thursday to recommend against the merger of health insurers Highmark Inc. and Independence Blue Cross. And in case Insurance Commissioner Joel Ario decides to approve the merger, the ...

Report: 131K children in Indiana uninsured - Indianapolis Star

About 131,000 children in Indiana, or about 7.9 percent of the state’s population of children, do not have health insurance, according to a report released today by Families USA, a Washington D.C.-based consumer advocacy group. That rate, though ...