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.
Health plan costs moderate, but larger hikes ahead
By Dan CookBuck Consultants says the rate of health plan cost increases will be less in 2014 than the two prior years. Towers Watson had news that wasn't quite as good.
May 15, 2014
Arkansas hospitals like Medicaid alternativeThe number of uninsured patients visiting emergency rooms has dropped 24 percent.
May 15, 2014
Escape from PPACAActuaries predict employers will look for new ways to provide health benefits.
May 15, 2014
Financial impact of disability lost on AmericansCurrently, 70.5 percent of Americans 80 years old or older identify themselves as having a disability.
May 15, 2014
Florida hospital workers test negative for MERSThe coronavirus-caused condition may not have spread from person to person in the United States.