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.
When assisted living facilities take Medicaid
By Allison BellNineteen percent of the residents are getting Medicaid benefits.
January 21, 2014
Customers satisfied with private exchangesThree-quarters of customers on Liazon's private exchange said they were satisfied or very satisfied with the online experience of buying benefits.
January 21, 2014
Exchange plans skimp on blood cancer coverageMilliman analysts look at drug and bone marrow transplant center access.
January 21, 2014
Non-PPACA policies to hold the healthyRAND analysts doubt the effect will be big enough to cause a death spiral.
January 21, 2014
HRAs Falling as HSAs Continue to Soar: EBRIThe number of HRAs, where employers reimburse health costs, fell in 2013 for the first time in a decade while HSAs continued to expand.
January 21, 2014
Bird flu may be spreading from person to personA man who died of H7N9 Saturday was just 31 years old.
January 21, 2014
Obamacare won't be popular -- or repealedMemories are, and will continue to be, short.
January 21, 2014
Analyst sees Medicare Advantage growthIncreases at Humana and Aetna could be in line with their forecasts.