Category: Insurance

Lawmakers consider expanding coverage of speech therapies for individuals who stutter

by Ryan Voyles | Nov 14, 2024 | Insurance, Legislature, Top Stories | 0

Lawmakers heard testimony Wednesday on a plan to expand insurance coverage for speech therapy for individuals who stutter.

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Rates for ACA health plans to increase slightly next year

by Ryan Voyles | Nov 4, 2024 | Federal Government, Insurance, Top Stories | 0

Rates for health plans available on the Affordable Care Act’s exchange will slightly increase next year, on average, according to an analysis released Friday by the Department of Insurance.

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AMA, ISMS sue MultiPlan over alleged price fixing in health insurance

by Ryan Voyles | Oct 25, 2024 | Insurance, Top Stories | 0

The American Medical Association and the Illinois State Medical Society have filed suit against New York-based MultiPlan, accusing the data analytics agency of being at the center of a “far-reaching and unlawful cartel” with commercial health insurers.

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BCBSIL awards over $8 million in grants to improve birth outcomes

by Ryan Voyles | Oct 16, 2024 | Insurance, Maternal Health, Top Stories | 0

More than two dozen organizations will receive just over $8 million from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois to improve health outcomes for mothers and their children.

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Raoul defends effort to expand health insurance for DACA recipients

by Ryan Voyles | Oct 7, 2024 | Federal Government, Insurance, Top Stories | 0

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined over a dozen colleagues last week to defend a federal effort to expand health insurance access to those covered by a federal program that prevents the deportation of immigrants brought to the country as children.

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