Health Insurance
Health insurance news and analysis, with coverage of general health insurance trends, major medical insurance, disability insurance, dental insurance, vision plans, telemedicine plans, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, short-term health insurance, the Affordable Care Act public exchange program, and more.
Safety outsourced under bill blessed by FDA, medical device makers
By John TozziThe FDA and the $110 billion medical device industry held a series of private meetings to jointly craft a major bill that loosens medical device regulations.
December 21, 2015
Lawmakers propose Medicare plan network stability standardsIssuers would have to lock in provider lists 60 days before the annual enrollment period starts.
December 21, 2015
How sick is everyone? A vast PPACA tracking system takes shapePlans now have an incentive to show that their enrollees are deathly ill.
December 20, 2015
Middle class to down-and-out: How caring for dad hit a salarymanAnother report from a country that is where the United States will be.
December 20, 2015
Which Star Wars character is the most insurable?There are a few things that we know about the human characters in Star Wars that can help us determine their insurability.
December 18, 2015
2016 health insurance outlook: 10 new predictionsWe also grade our 2015 predictions. We think the accuracy of our old predictions looks pretty good.
December 18, 2015
2016 health insurance outlook: 10 new predictionsWe also grade our 2015 predictions. We think the accuracy of our old predictions looks pretty good.
December 18, 2015
Industry praises delay of 'Cadillac plan tax,' passage of Policyholder Protection ActThe PPA reaffirms that insurance state regulators have the authority to safeguard the capital of insurance companies that are part of larger financial institutions.