Monthly Archives: September 2011

Colorado and Feds at Odds on HRA’s September 16th, 2011  – A few months ago Colorado introduced a new state law that allows companies with 50 or fewer employees to pay or reimburse employees for the costs of health insurance premiums through a Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA). Previously it had been illegal for companies to […]

Commercial-Lines Survey Points to Hardening Rates September 13, 2011 | By Phil Gusman NU Online News Service, Sept. 13, 1:51 p.m. EDT Commercial-insurance prices increased by almost 1.5 percent in the 2011 second quarter after the first quarter remained flat, indicating that the market may be hardening, according to Towers Watson’s most recent Commercial Lines […]

Insurers sue Saudi Arabia seeking 9/11 reimbursements Friday, September 09, 2011 By Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A subsidiary of the British insurer Lloyd’s of London Thursday sued the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, several of its government agencies and banks, and a handful of prominent individuals in U.S. District Court in Johnstown, saying they are liable […]

Rep. Ron Paul was at the center of one of the most memorable moments of Monday night’s “CNN-Tea Party Republican Debate” when a member of the audience shouted “Yeah!” in response to a question asking whether a critically ill person without health insurance should be left to die. In an interview Wednesday the Texas congressman, […]

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The number of people who lacked health insurance last year climbed to 49.9 million, up from 49 million in 2009, the Census Bureau said Tuesday. Nationwide, 16.3% of the population was uninsured last year, statistically unchanged from 2009. Three groups comprised the bulk of the uninsured in 2010, including foreign-born residents […]

On September 8, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in Richmond, Virginia issued rulings on two appeals. They dismissed lawsuits by the State of Virginia and Liberty University that challenged the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (PPACA) individual mandate. Both cases were dismissed on procedural grounds, so […]