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: The Employers' Rebate Checks
By Allison BellPlan sponsors should decide what to do with PPACA rebate money within three months, lawyers say.
July 20, 2012
Week in Pictures | July 20, 2012The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week by 34,000, Angela Merkel gets a headache, banks are up to no good (again) and tragedy strikes Colorado moviegoers. This and more in this week's Week in Pictures.
July 20, 2012
Getting to Principles-Based Reserving Will Not Be EasyIs the project still on track with these concerns and is there enough time to resolve them? Differences still need to be ironed out before Atlanta, or in Atlanta.
July 20, 2012
7.6% of pregnant women drink (Atlantic)Of the 13,880 pregnant women interviewed during the study, 1.4% reported binge drinking.
July 19, 2012
Disability Insurance Observer: Gaps at the TopShould we call high-end disability insurance buyers protectimaxers? High protectors? Or just lucky?
July 19, 2012
IRS Guidance on $2,500 Health FSA Cap Update for 2013; IRS & Legislation May Change Use It Or Lose It RuleIRS Notice 2012-40 deals with the $2500 cap imposed by health care reform under 125(i) of the Internal Revenue Code on employee salary deferrals to a health FSA in 2013 and thereafter.