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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.
COVID-19 Surge Attacks Americans' Teeth
By Allison BellUse of preventive dental care is rising and falling with pandemic intensity.
February 05, 2021
Sidecar Health Raises $125M for Indemnity Plan Reboot: DealsTellus and Zander have affiliated. Integrity Marketing has gone shopping in Florida.
February 05, 2021
COVID-19 Claims Seep Into More Insurers' EarningsCompanies now say the effect on life and disability claims is more than just a rounding error.
February 04, 2021
COVID-19 Numbers Continue to Look BetterPandemic trackers still worry about the variants causing new spikes.
February 04, 2021
Lincoln Financial Feels COVID-19 Mortality StingLife insurance claim cost also increased at Globe Life and Horace Mann.
February 04, 2021
2021 Changes to Medicare Coverage: A Medicare Customer QuestionHere are answers to one of the first questions just about every older client with group health coverage will ask you.
February 02, 2021
Warren to Join Senate Finance Committee, Plans to Introduce Wealth Tax"Wealth tax" legislation aims to impose a two cent tax on every dollar of individual wealth over $50 million, and an extra surtax on every dollar of wealth over $1 billion.
February 02, 2021
Consumer Group Asks for COVID-19 Underwriting TransparencyJ. Robert Hunter and James Hunt, representatives of the Consumer Federation of America, say new restrictions should "meet standards for reasonability."