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.
Agencies say they’ll be gentle about parity
By Allison BellOfficials have issued a batch of informal MHPAEA guidance to go with the new final regs.
November 11, 2013
Avalere charts exchange enrollment progressVermont and Rhode Island are in the lead. HHS is supposed to post numbers this week.
November 11, 2013
LTCI Watch: HaiyanWhen you sell the right policy to the right person, you can be a hero.
November 11, 2013
IRS gives double tax benefits of health FSAs a boostUnlike 401(k) or IRA contributions, funds contributed to an FSA are never taxed if they are used to pay for qualified medical expenses.
November 11, 2013
Oman reports first death linked to MERS virusThe 68-year-old man may have contracted the infection from a traveler.
November 11, 2013
Few options for Obama to fix cancellations problemPeople who shift from canceled policies into exchange policies may be relatively easy to cover.
November 11, 2013
Believe it: Conspiracy theories live onThat includes, especially these days, anything to do with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
November 08, 2013
MassMutual opens Phoenix locationMassMutual plans to employ approximately 400 people at the Phoenix location by the end of 2014.