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.
Seasonal Firefighters Want Health Care
By Dan ElliottThey work the front lines of the nation's most explosive wildfires, yet thousands of the nation's seasonal firefighters have no health insurance for themselves or their families.
July 10, 2012
NASUAD Adds State LTC Program Administration CourseWant to help local public LTC programs keep going? There's a course for that.
July 10, 2012
Critics of health care law prepare to battle over insurance exchange subsidies (New York Times)The issue is whether the subsidies will be available in exchanges set up and run by the federal government in states that fail or refuse to establish their own exchanges.
July 10, 2012
Critics of health care law prepare to battle over insurance exchange subsidies (New York Times)The issue is whether the subsidies will be available in exchanges set up and run by the federal government in states that fail or refuse to establish their own exchanges.
July 10, 2012
Mercer: Most Employers Haven’t Met PPACA’s 2014 RequirementsMost employers have yet to develop a strategy to meet requirements that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will impose on employers beginning in 2014, new research reveals.
July 10, 2012
Mercer: Most Employers Haven’t Met PPACA’s 2014 RequirementsMost employers have yet to develop a strategy to meet requirements that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will impose on employers beginning in 2014, new research reveals.
July 10, 2012
Kansas to Review Acquisition of Medicaid ContractorThe deal comes after the state awarded an Amerigroup subsidiary a contract to manage its Medicaid program.
July 09, 2012
Gov. Perry Tells Feds Texas Won't Expand MedicaidGov. Rick Perry said Monday that Texas won't establish an online marketplace for patients to shop for insurance or expand Medicaid, two key elements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.