
Insurance
Feds extend deadline for Sandy survivors to access flood mitigation funding
The program provides homeowners up to $30,000.
7 years ago
Delaware measure calls for mandating insurers cover infertility treatment
The Delaware Fertility Care and Preservation Bill would help couples struggling to conceive by requiring private insurance companies cover infertility.
7 years ago
Independence Blue Cross joins health insurers ending co-pays for naloxone
When the policy change takes effect March 1, many covered under its health insurance plans will be able to obtain the drug at no cost.
7 years ago
Aetna agrees to pay $17M in massive HIV privacy breach
Settlement funds will go to 12,000 Aetna subscribers. The fact they were taking HIV medication was revealed through an envelope window in correspondence from the insurer.
7 years ago
Listen 4:02Murphy names Assemblywoman Caride to head N.J. banking department
Caride will have a role in implementing Murphy's signature campaign pledge of creating a public bank.
7 years ago
Pennsylvanians signing up as ACA open enrollment deadline looms
"We're trying to do the best that we can and see as many folks as we can in these last 48 hours,” said Patrick Keenan of the Pennsylvania Health Access Network.
7 years ago
Health care, not taxes, is killing American competition
There is no evidence to support Republicans’ claims that cutting taxes for wealthy individuals and large corporations will trickle down to create jobs and raise incomes.
7 years ago
Pa. House passes ‘clean’ CHIP renewal, without ban on transgender coverage
The routine bill became controversial this year, because the Senate inserted language that would have prohibited CHIP from covering transgender kids' transition surgeries.
7 years ago
Democrats, health officials, oppose Republican tax plan
U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, is voicing opposition to the latest tax plan which aims to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
7 years ago
Pennsylvania wrestles with uncertainty over children’s health insurance funding
The Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, provides health coverage to millions of kids nationwide. But lawmakers have yet to reauthorize it.
7 years ago
N.J. delegation split on renewing U.S. flood insurance program
The measure calls for increasing flood insurance premiums for many property owners to help firm up a program under stress from ever-more frequent and powerful storms.
7 years ago
Princeton University health economist Uwe Reinhardt dies at 80
"Uwe Reinhardt was a giant in our field, a moral compass for American health care," said Drew Altman, President and CEO of the Kaiser Family Foundation.
7 years ago
The future of flood insurance rates up for debate in Congress
The National Flood Insurance Program is billions of dollars in the red and has been operating a deficit for years. Congress has until Dec. 8 to decide what to do.
7 years ago
Trump seeks end to health care penalty in House GOP tax bill
President Donald Trump is pressuring Republicans to repeal a health care law penalty in their tax rewrite.
7 years ago
ACA enrollees confused by letters estimating higher rate hikes than expected
Many enrollees received letters from their insurance company noting increased premiums for 2018 but they didn't include updated subsidy amounts.
7 years ago