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.
Spin Meter: Meet the Health Care Tax
By Calvin WoodwardIt looks like a tax, smells like a tax, and the Supreme Court says it must be a tax. But is it really a tax?
July 03, 2012
Why mayors might want Obamacare even if GOP governors reject it (Atlantic)Some Republican governors who refuse to accept the government's Medicaid expansion funds could cause friction at the state level.
July 03, 2012
AALTCI: Home Care Prices Stay in Solar SystemHome health care prices have stabilized -- at astronomical levels. In Boston, the hourly rate is $39.
July 03, 2012
AALTCI: Home Care Prices Stay in Solar SystemHome health care prices have stabilized -- at astronomical levels. In Boston, the hourly rate is $39.
July 02, 2012
Genworth Cutting LTCI Commissions, Hopes Move Is TemporaryThe company says the changes will help it maintain stability despite "the low interest rate environment and industry dynamics."
July 02, 2012
Dr. Marion: They Just Don't UnderstandMarion Somers brought the 3in4 Need More bus to Canal Street in New York to warn onlookers about the silver tsunami.
July 02, 2012
Retirees Need Health Care Cost Reality CheckA study from Nationwide Financial found that the difficulty of judging how much to save for health care in retirement continues even after Americans stop working.
July 02, 2012
Towers Watson: Medical Costs Continue to Climb at Double-Digit Rates WorldwideThe cost of providing employee medical benefits continues to escalate at double-digit levels around the globe, although the increases are stabilizing in some regions, according to a new survey.