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.
Feds analyze PPACA market
By Ricardo Alonso-ZaldivarThe exchange builders are focusing on the young, the sick and the passive.
April 01, 2013
Nebraska: Non-exchange states have choices to makeA no-HIX state could still OK federal exchange plans and enforce PPACA coverage rules.
March 29, 2013
Milliman: Comp cuts could cool individual premiumsBut health plan health status changes could swamp other effects.
March 29, 2013
PPACA world: Meet IRC Section 6051(a)(14)Showing workers the total value of their health benefits was an extra. Now it's the law.
March 29, 2013
Massachusetts regulators eye LTCI rate optionsActuaries suggested that regulators think about the issuer's finances.
March 29, 2013
Utah Medicaid data breach victims get more helpA weak password helped Eastern European hackers steal 280,000 Social Security numbers.
March 29, 2013
Illinois bill could create LTCI tax deductionThe House Insurance Committee has sent H.B. 1308 back to the Rules Committee.