Massachusetts secures lower rates for small business insurance in Group Health Insurance

The economy has brought hard times to small business ventures as the downturn hurt sales, forced companies to lay off employees and steadily drove up health care costs for employer-sponsored health plans. In an effort to resuscitate local businesses in Massachusetts, state regulators have approved a program that seeks to provide affordable small business insurance for thousands of the state’s smallest enterprises.

Earlier in the week, the Board of Trustees of the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority voted to assume control over the …

Group health professionals worry about new strains of tuberculosis in Group Health Insurance

With so much of the country’s attention being drawn by the ongoing reform of the health care industry, not much has been said about the growing concerns over infectious diseases. With many American health care providers still struggling with the lingering effects of the economic recession, many hospitals are bereft of funding leaving them ill equipped to battle new forms of old diseases – and one in particular has caught the attention of a number of group health agencies across …

Michigan employers plan to raise worker contributions to PPOs in the coming year in Group Health Insurance

The prolonged economic recession that has dominated the news over the past several months has inspired millions of companies to enact cost-cutting strategies in order to remain fiscally solvent. One of the first things on the chopping block tends to be group health insurance plans, which often face rate hikes, expanded co-pays or outright cancellation to keep a business afloat. Among the states hit hardest by the recession is Michigan, where – in an effort …