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.
5 ways clients who fail to plan for care needs may suffer
By Allison BellGovernment researchers show why thinking ahead is so important.
October 22, 2014
5 reasons the health out-of-pocket cost fight is your headache, tooWhen insurers and patients hurl fireballs of rhetoric, you know who will get burned.
October 22, 2014
6 simple insurance tools for fighting EbolaA creative LTC planner or benefits broker have many products that could help.
October 22, 2014
3 LTC marketing lessons you can swipeThree in four Americans ought to be doing a better job of planning for their long-term care (LTC) needs.
October 21, 2014
This move might raise individual health premiums 43 percentThe proposal could also cut enrollment in individual coverage 68 percent.
October 21, 2014
4 ways a mental health denial fight could affect brokersMike Kreidler wants insurers to invite consumers to have old claims re-evaluated.
October 21, 2014
9 in 10 uninsured unaware of PPACA enrollmentPPACAs open enrollment is a few weeks away, but apparently no one knows that, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
October 21, 2014
4 weapons against the new PPACA reinsurance programThe contribution Web form is up now. Your clients' enrollment counts are due Nov. 15.