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.
U.S. health insurers slip as Clinton calls for merger review
By Zachary Tracer and Melissa MittelmanEarlier Clinton comments hurt drug companies' stock prices.
October 21, 2015
Google joins $81 million funding round of health benefit startupThe high-tech plan administration system firm can help small employers self-insure.
October 21, 2015
Google joins $81 million funding round of health benefit startupThe high-tech plan administration system firm can help small employers self-insure.
October 21, 2015
Glaxo, Pfizer, U.K. form $100 million Alzheimer’s research fundScientists hope to get new drugs and diagnostic tools to market by 2025.
October 21, 2015
Forget raises, employers lean on health benefits to retain workersOf the 460 human resources professionals in the survey, 33 percent said that in the last year their organizations used benefits of some kind to keep employees at all levels from leaving the company.
October 20, 2015
EBSA updates stop-loss asset treatment rulesStop-loss policies can be an employer asset even if workers help pay for self-funded medical coverage, an official says.
October 20, 2015
3 ways the 8962 PPACA tax form update could drive your clients crazierSome may wish they could file it in the "void box." (But that's not what the void box is for.)
October 20, 2015
Sitting at work might not kill youA recent study pushes back on the increasingly popular theory that sitting for hours on end is a significant detriment to one's health.