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.
The PPACA Verdict: 5 Scenarios
By Diane BoyleThe Supreme Court will issue a decision this month on challenges to President Obamas 2010 health care law.
June 22, 2012
Dr. Marion: There's More than Enough Elder Care Work for AllThe gerontology specialist has a cute nickname and a cute bus, but she sees nothing cute about lack of LTC planning.
June 22, 2012
AMA to Consider Skipping ICD-10Doctors are wondering whether it makes sense to spend billions to shift to billing codes that are already out of date.
June 22, 2012
AMA to Consider Skipping ICD-10Doctors are wondering whether it makes sense to spend billions to shift to billing codes that are already out of date.
June 22, 2012
Health insurance rebates put at $1.1 billion (Fox News)To show its confidence that the health reform law will be upheld, the Obama administration announced that insurers will hand out $1.1 billion in rebates to consumers this summer.
June 22, 2012
A health mandate that business can live with (Harvard Business Review)Whether the Supreme Court upholds the health care law or not wont change the fact that employee health costs have become the third-largest expense in business today.
June 22, 2012
Consumer overload: Why we tune out info & services that are supposed to help (TIME)The more companies are required to disclose to consumers, the more consumers seem to ignore it.
June 21, 2012
Illinois Ends Free Health Insurance for RetireesMore than 80,000 retired government employees will lose reduced or even free health insurance under legislation Gov. Pat Quinn signed Thursday, ending a major benefit Illinois had promised to employees.