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.
PPACA's Tax Hikes Are Coming: Who Pays?
By Connie CassWho gets thumped by the higher taxes resulting from PPACA? The wealthiest 2 percent of Americans will take the biggest hit, starting next year.
August 09, 2012
Health reform may expose immigrant status of millionsPPACA restriction supporters say the policy will save money and discourage illegal immigration.
August 09, 2012
'Health Affairs' study: One-third of doctors won't accept new Medicaid patientsWhat if PPACA expands Americans' access to Medicad as large numbers of doctors stop taking Medicaid?
August 09, 2012
Health reform may expose immigrant status of millionsPPACA restriction supporters say the policy will save money and discourage illegal immigration.
August 09, 2012
PPACA: Filings Shed Light on ImpactOxford reports a small increase in the cost trend; Cigna runs into administrative capacity constraints.
August 08, 2012
Aon Hewett: Encouraging Employees to Reduce Health Risks Is Top Challenge of EmployersSixty-five percent of the surveyed companies say that motivating employee participants to adopt measures that reduce health risk factors is their top challenge. Smaller percentages of the surveyed companies cite other factors as top challenges.
August 08, 2012
Aon Hewett: Encouraging Employees to Reduce Health Risks Is Top Challenge of EmployersSixty-five percent of the surveyed companies say that motivating employee participants to adopt measures that reduce health risk factors is their top challenge. Smaller percentages of the surveyed companies cite other factors as top challenges.
August 08, 2012
LIFE Foundation Announces realLifestories Award RecipientsThe LIFE Foundation recently announced the four recipients of their 17th annual realLIFEstories Client Awards Program.