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.
WellCare: A Medicaid play
By Brooke SutherlandThe company has no permanent CEO and no permanent CFO.
April 15, 2014
Fitness trackers deliver results, raise doubtsWearable devices that track your activity levels are increasingly turning up in corporate wellness programs, but are they simply a fad?
April 14, 2014
PPACA costs fall as premiums beat forecastThe premium for a benchmark silver level plan will average $4,400 in 2016 - 15 percent less than forecast in 2009.
April 14, 2014
PPACA costs fall as premiums beat forecastThe premium for a benchmark silver level plan will average $4,400 in 2016 - 15 percent less than forecast in 2009.
April 14, 2014
Enrollment surge didn’t help public opinionThe administration may have praised the late surge of enrollments in PPACA, but the public doesnt seem any more impressed by the law because of it.
April 14, 2014
The fast-fading days of retiree health coverageEmployers are trying out all kinds of approaches to better manage retiree health costs, though the day will eventually come when just a handful will offer such benefits.
April 14, 2014
Burwell hearing could reignite PPACA debateRepublican lawmakers said hearings on Sylvia Mathews Burwells nomination provide a fresh opening to raise questions about PPACA.
April 14, 2014
LTCI Watch: HHSMaybe the department needs to remind people that it does more than sell health insurance.