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.
NARAB II Bill Clears Senate Banking Committee
By Arthur D. Postal and Elizabeth D. FestaThe bill would establish the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, a nonprofit, independent board to provide a mechanism for multistate licensing for insurance producers
June 10, 2013
Supreme Court rules on Oxford arbitration caseKagan has written a unanimous decision denying that a mistake invalidates arbitration.
June 10, 2013
E-cigarettes fire up investors, regulatorsE-cigarettes come with their own share of health concerns.
June 10, 2013
Preferring abortionCuomos Womens Equality Act has a provision that would allow nondoctors to perform abortions.
June 10, 2013
Diabetes death rate hits all-time high in New York CityThe nanny state had more than 5,600 diabetes-related deaths in 2011.
June 10, 2013
With epilepsy treatment, the goal is to keep kids seizure-freeDrugs are being aggressively administered to children who have more than one unprovoked seizure.
June 10, 2013
Strenuus hopes to turn data to dollarsStrenuus appears to be one of the few companies for which the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a clear-cut opportunity.
June 10, 2013
PPACA raises the stakes for HSAsPre-tax contributions, coupled with tax-free earnings and withdrawals, make HSAs a powerful tool for covering the rising costs of health coverage.