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.
Supreme Court considers group health reimbursement case
By Allison BellCan the courts protect an enrollee against a plan's demands for cash?
November 27, 2012
In Passing: Joseph E. Murray (1919-2012)Joseph E. Murray transformed medical science by pioneering the first organ transplants and saving hundreds and thousands of lives even though he was initially decried as a monster for even thinking of it.
November 27, 2012
Hey, Rick Perry: It’d be dirt cheap to give more poor Texans healthcareTexas has an awful lot of poor uninsureds. Could PPACA help them?
November 27, 2012
Long-term care as a component of financial planningHelp your clients plan now for the care they will likely need in the future.
November 26, 2012
Forget the cliff, 3.8% PPACA tax is comingWith all the buzz around the Bush tax cuts that are set to expire in 2013, what tends to get overlooked is a tax that will definitely take effect in the new year: the 3.8 percent tax on investment income.
November 26, 2012
Canadian firm Onex buys insurer USI for $2.3BOnex is buying the insurance broker from a Goldman Sachs private equity fund.
November 26, 2012
NCOIL to work on discontinued policy modelThe legislator group notes that PPACA could close a large number of books of business.
November 26, 2012
NCOIL to work on discontinued policy modelThe legislator group notes that PPACA could close a large number of books of business.