Health Committee

  • NAIC Creates Forum to Explore Alternatives to Straight-up PPACA

    By Elizabeth Festa  |  August 14, 2012

    The NAIC has formed a new working group comprised of state insurance commissioners in order to create a forum for the many states that are not adhering to the formal state health care exchange implementation path outlined in PPACA.

  • Who will be the next Glenn Neasham?

    By Elizabeth Festa  |  May 2, 2012

    Lake County, California, is said to be known for a few things besides having the state’s largest freshwater contained lake—pear production, bird watching, wineries, recent meth lab busts and Glenn Neasham, the convicted insurance agent who thought, he claims, he was selling a good product to a competent senior.

  • Who Will Be the Next Glenn Neasham?

    By Elizabeth D. Festa  |  April 20, 2012

    When Glenn Neasham was convicted on felony theft charges and sentenced to jail for selling an annuity to an 83-year-old woman with dementia, it sent shockwaves through the agent community. But a bigger issue looms: Will Neasham's case repeat itself elsewhere?

  • Employer Mandate Under Fire

    By Arthur D. Postal  |  March 29, 2012

    The health care reform law came under heavy fire at a hearing today before a House health panel, with witnesses citing it as unconstitutional as well as an inappropriate subsidy to health insurers and the insured.

  • Hawaii Legislature Considers Public LTCI Bills

    By Allison Bell  |  February 3, 2012

    The drafters cite a commission prediction that few Americans will ever have private long-term care coverage.

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