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.
eHealth maintains exchange dreams
By Allison BellThe broker has a private exchange deal with Aon and is still talking to PPACA market builders.
July 29, 2013
Howard Dean: PPACA’s payment board won’t workThe former Democratic presidential hopeful calls the Independent Payment Advisory Board a "health-care rationing body."
July 29, 2013
6 Ways Cities Can Ease Unfunded Health Care Obligations: PozenSurprisingly, Detroits recent filing for bankruptcy showed it owed $6.4 billion in post-employment benefits like health care, more than twice what it owed in pension obligations.
July 29, 2013
Healthcare Coverage Still Strongly Linked to Employment, Despite DeclinesThe rate at which employees are offered healthcare benefitsand the rate at which they enrollare both in decline, according to a report released by EBRI.
July 29, 2013
Top Genworth LTCI executive heads to UnumSteve Zabel will be Unum's chief risk officer.
July 29, 2013
Treasury's Lew: Congress needs to pass debt limitSome Republicans want to use a government shutdown threat to block PPACA.
July 29, 2013
Health care M&A spending grows in Q2The value of health care M&A deals in the second quarter 2013 rose 252 percent to $52.6 billion.