WASHINGTON — States need more flexibility to design Medicaid programs that fit unique local needs, Gov. Haley Barbour today told the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee. The healthcare law will be too costly to states, enlarging Medicaid rolls and siphoning money from other needs, including public schools and law enforcement, Barbour said. In Mississippi, [...] [...]
COLUMBUS — A Columbus chiropractor has been sentenced to serve two years house arrest for insurance fraud. The state Attorney General’s Office says 63-year-old Dr. James Donovan, owner of the Donovan Chiropractic Clinic, was sentenced Tuesday to three years with one year suspended and two to serve on house arrest in a plea agreement. Lowndes [...] [...]
JACKSON — The Mississippi House has approved a plan that would allow employers to buy group health insurance policies anywhere in the country, not just from Mississippi insurers. The House, by an 83-33 margin yesterday, passed a bill to enact a health insurance exchange in Mississippi. Backers say the health insurance exchange is a critical [...] [...]
JACKSON — Gov. Haley Barbour and 19 other Republican governors have submitted a list of potential healthcare law improvements for the administration to consider, if the law passed last year by the Democratic Congress isn’t repealed or struck down by the courts. “In addition to its constitutional infringements, we believe the system proposed by the [...] [...]
RIDGELAND- ”How will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act impact Mississippi Business?” [...]
JACKSON — Some residents of Mississippi who have not had health insurance coverage in the past due to pre-existing health conditions may now be able to acquire insurance, Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said. A federally-run and funded high-risk pool began taking applications July 1 for people who have not had insurance coverage for at [...] [...]
In March 2010, the average cost for health insurance benefits was $2.08 per hour worked in private industry. Among occupational groups, employer costs for health insurance benefits ranged from 92 cents per hour for service workers, to $3.03 per hour for management, professional, and related occupations. In March 2010, among other occupational groups, employer costs [...] [...]
After improving slightly in 2009, overall health plan member satisfaction has declined significantly in 2010, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2010 U.S. Member Health Insurance Plan Study released today. Now in its fourth year, the study measures satisfaction among members who purchased their coverage individually or through their employer from 133 health plans [...] [...]
Although President Barack Obama’s push for a healthcare overhaul has stalled, conservative lawmakers in about half the states are forging ahead with constitutional amendments to ban government health insurance mandates. The proposals would assert a state-based right for people to pay medical bills from their own pocketbooks and prohibit penalties against those who refuse to [...] [...]
JACKSON — Universal American Corp. announced that Mississippi Health Partners of Jackson has agreed to participate in its network of healthcare providers for the Today’s Options PPO plan. “One of the reasons we decided to partner with Today’s Options PPO plan is the plan’s emphasis on prevention and wellness for people on Medicare,” said James [...] [...]
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