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.
On the Third Hand: The Exchanges Are Coming - with Holes
By Allison BellThe Supreme Court stuck up for cash-strapped state governments by letting them skimp on coverage for the working poor.
June 28, 2012
PPACA Decision: The PDF, with Interesting Parts HighlightedWant to read the NFIB vs. Sebelius ruling yourself but don't have time to parse 193 pages of dense legal reasoning? Maybe we can help.
June 28, 2012
Supreme Court Upholds Health Care LawIn a surprise, Chief Justice Roberts joins 5-4 opinion, justifying ruling by calling individual mandate a tax and not a penalty as stated in the law.
June 28, 2012
Industry Offers Mixed Reaction to PPACA DecisionIn response to the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, industry groups express mixed feelings and also caution that the real decision won't be made until November.
June 28, 2012
Industry Offers Mixed Reaction to PPACA DecisionIn response to the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, industry groups express mixed feelings and also caution that the real decision won't be made until November.
June 28, 2012
Top 5 critical illness claims (BenefitsPro)Critical illness just may be the voluntary benefit to watch because the coverage helps supplement what regular health insurance wont cover when a person suffers a critical illness.
June 28, 2012
We're Number OneEven with a lousy economy, the United States seems to be the place to invest for at least the next decade.
June 27, 2012
State Regulators Concerned Over Health Care Costs if PPACA FracturedNorth Dakota's Hamm likens unhinging the individual mandate from the rest of the act to unpinning a grenade and putting it in Americans' laps.