Insurance

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A citizen-led measure would prohibit Michigan health insurance plans from covering elective abortion unless individuals or businesses buy a supplemental policy. A group called No Taxes for Abortion Insurance soon plans to...

SOUTH BEND – Two weeks after a plane hit her home, a South Bend woman is still struggling to deal with what happened. Diana McKeown is now dealing with bills, insurance companies and psychological issues. Even though she’s taking it day-by-...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The GOP-led Michigan Senate adjourned Thursday without voting to partner with the federal government on an online health insurance marketplace, rejecting Gov. Rick Snyder's plan to spend a $31 million federal grant implementing...

SOUTH BEND –  Clean up on North Iowa Street is already in progress, and we could soon see crews haul away contaminated ground soil and debris. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management got its first look at the damage Wednesday but...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Rejecting pressure from conservatives, the Republican-led Michigan House voted Thursday to spend a $31 million federal grant for an online health insurance marketplace called for by the federal health care law. The 78-31 vote...

It's officially called The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but we all know it as Obamacare. It's the most complex law since Medicare. WSBT examined topics related to health care reform and what it means for all of us.. Our last one...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan legislature is seeing new abortion-related proposals that would prohibit some insurance coverage of the procedures and mandate ultrasound examinations. The Detroit News reports (http://bit.ly/14UtGRs ) Thursday...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A legislative committee has approved bills to overhaul Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan that don't include abortion provisions that led Republican Gov. Rick Snyder to veto the measure in December. Legislation passed quickly...

COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) — The Indiana Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of a woman convicted of fatally poisoning her estranged husband to collect on an insurance policy. Bartholomew County Prosecutor Bill Nash tells The Republic (http://...

  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder urged Michigan legislators to put aside short-term political concerns and approve tax and fee increases needed to raise an additional $1.2 billion a year to patch up Michigan's ailing roads and bridges....

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan officials hoped to start the new year with an operational overhaul that included ending its tax-exempt status, changing how it's regulated and transforming itself from a charitable trust to...

The leader of the nation's largest health insurer warned Thursday not to assume widespread participation from his company in part of health care overhaul's coverage expansion that unfolds later this year. UnitedHealth Group Inc. CEO Stephen Hemsley told...