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.
Fed taking wait-and-see approach to insurance
By Arthur D. PostalFed officials are making clear their attitude about support for international initiatives aimed at establishing uniform capital standards.
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.
April 14, 2014
Carriers see no improvement in their PPACA exchangeSometimes, they get a competitor's enrollment information.
April 14, 2014
Burwell has insurance tiesBurwell was a director both of MetLife Inc. and of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company from early 2004 through early 2013.