Beginning 2013, the Affordable Care Act will enable Americans to buy long-term care insurance at initial premiums of $100 to $200 per month from the government.

For all those turning 65 years of age, you can now begin taking advantage of your Medicare benefits.

You being with a quick overview of the benefits, for example, Medicare Part A pays for hospitalization and those eligible for it are not required to any premiums.

Enrollment for the BadgerCare Basic programme has been frozen by the Wisconsin officials.

Dennis Smith, state Department of Health Services Secretary in his statement said, in the first nine months of the programme, expenditures had outpaced premium revenues by almost $2 million.

Achieving a significant political and budgetary victory, New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo has managed to get the state’s health care providers and their union to agree to remain within a strict Medicaid spending limit for the next fiscal year, accepting a slow rate of growth after that.

The Christchurch earthquake may see insurance becoming far too expensive, even unavailable for some, casting doubt over rebuilding the city.

The look of the new city and the quality of replacement buildings may be affected by commercial property owners who under-insured their properties. Even the new churches may look totally different from those destroyed in the earthquake.

An investigation has been initiated by the office of Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley into Cleve L. Killingsworth, Former Chief Executive of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts’ employment contract and severance package given him by the non-profit health insurer’s Board.

It has been a topsy turvy ride for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act this year, as it experienced many ups and downs.

For most people, picking up a health insurance plan was easy two years ago, as most of them simply chose the one their employer offered.

Despite protests from the insurance industry, a proposed federal regulation guaranteeing a certain portion of one’s health insurance premium will be spent on medical care has been endorsed by state insurance regulators.

Health insurance Chief Executives summoned to the White House Thursday by the government's top health official were informed more data needed to be disclosed to justify the sharp premium increases.

As President Barack Obama presses Congress to deliver the final legislation within the next few weeks, in a bid to build support for its healthcare overhaul, the White House's campaign had the dressing down televised.