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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.
Did they budget for dinner?
By Allison BellPeople getting LTC services need a bed, caregivers -- and food.
October 08, 2013
California law puts accelerated death benefits under spotlightThe new mandate establishes detailed requirements and addresses a number of marketing, underwriting and filing standards insurers need to implement in order to ensure compliance
October 08, 2013
Former commish questions NAIC's future roleD.C.'s former insurance commissioner Larry Mirel says the NAIC is at a crossroads.
October 08, 2013
Long-term care insurance will changeThe author thinks the federal LTC commission was all too effective.
October 08, 2013
Neugebauer demands word on overdue FIO reportsA letter from the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance brings the much-anticipated FIO modernization report into view again.
October 08, 2013
Public exchanges insist they’re aliveCalifornia has processed 16,311 applications; New York state, 40,000.
October 08, 2013
Public exchanges insist they’re aliveCalifornia has processed 16,311 applications; New York state, 40,000.
October 08, 2013
Kentucky exchange enrolls 6,946At the SHOP exchange, 209 small businesses have started applications.