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.
Agent groups back exchange access bills
By Allison BellLandrieu wants HHS to communicate better with agents and help them link to Web brokers.
March 27, 2014
More exchanges bend deadlineCalifornia and the District of Columbia will give many consumers until April 15 to "get covered."
March 27, 2014
PPACA hits the 6-million markSix million Americans have signed up for private health plans under PPACA, President Barack Obama said today.
March 27, 2014
PPACA hits the 6-million markSix million Americans have signed up for private health plans under PPACA, President Barack Obama said today.
March 27, 2014
Voluntary sales up 9% last yearVoluntary benefits totaled $4.3 billion in 2013, according to new LIMRA data.
March 27, 2014
What to know about the March 31 PPACA deadlineUnder PPACA, virtually all Americans must have insurance by March 31, or pay a penalty. Here's everything you need to know about the law's big deadline.
March 27, 2014
Leaders confident about Medicare doc patchLawmakers disagree about how to pay for a permanent fix.
March 27, 2014
Leaders confident about Medicare doc patchLawmakers disagree about how to pay for a permanent fix.