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.
LTC Spectre Also Haunts Europe
By Allison BellA health economist in London says the greatest risk from aging populations comes from a lack of LTCI.
June 11, 2012
Large Employers Flock to Consumer-Driven Health PlansOfferings at employers with 500 or more employees jumped from 23% to 32% from 2010 to 2011, the biggest one-year increase that AAPPO has seen so far.
June 11, 2012
Obama Was Pushed by Drug Industry, E-Mails Suggest (New York Times)The pharmaceutical industry agreed to provide $80 billiondown from $100 billionto expand coverage in exchange for protection from policies that would cost the industry more.
June 11, 2012
Largest Health Insurer to Keep Key Parts of Law Regardless of Court Ruling (Washington Post)UnitedHealthcare will continue to provide customers preventative health-care services without co-payments or other out-of-pocket charges, allow parents to keep adult children up to age 26 on their plans, and maintain a streamlined appeals process.
June 11, 2012
The Geography of Abortion (The Atlantic)Based on data from the Guttmacher Institute, 37 states are below the national average of 19.1 abortions per 1,000 women while 13 states are above the national average.
June 11, 2012
On the Third Hand: The Patient Rate RaceAccurate patient information is critical to lowering health care costs, but patients now have strong incentives to lie.
June 11, 2012
PPACA: Civil Rights, Abortion Rights Advocates Seek to Shape NAIC White PaperCivil rights groups want regulators to watch for discrimination; reproduction rights groups are looking at an abortion services section.
June 11, 2012
UnitedHealth Backs PPACA Consumer Protection ProvisionsThe carrier says it will follow the dependent coverage, rescission, appeals and preventive services rules no matter what the Supreme Court does.