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.
FIO, Congress Urged to Take Greater Roles to Boost Industry's Trade Globally
By Elizabeth D. FestaLawmakers, industry and government officials pushed for supervisory harmony and a fuller role by the Federal Insurance Office to bring about better international competitiveness for the U.S. insurance industry in a hearing May 17 before a House Financial Services Committee panel.
May 16, 2012
Insurers Face $1 Trillion Revenue at Stake in Health Law (Bloomberg)Study finds that subsidizing private insurance premiums will cost taxpayers $557 billion through 2020, while the Medicaid expansion will cost the federal government $669 billion.
May 16, 2012
Should You Purchase Long-Term-Care Insurance? (Wall Street Journal)Critics say people would be better off relying on government-funded programs. Proponents argue some LTC policies can be set up in partnership with state governments.
May 16, 2012
Protesters Disrupt WellPoint Annual MeetingHecklers call for more disclosures of information about political contributions.
May 16, 2012
Scientists Hunt Ways to Stall Alzheimer'sResearchers want to see whether a drug can keep people with an inherited form of Alzheimer's from developing dementia.
May 16, 2012
Protesters Disrupt WellPoint Annual MeetingHecklers call for more disclosures of information about political contributions.
May 16, 2012
The Ghost Generations: Do Young Disability Insurance Buyers Exist?As boomers age out of their need for conventional disability insurance, selling that same product to Generation X and the Millennials is proving to be a lot harder than anyone thought.
May 16, 2012
PPACA: Feds Say Their Exchanges Will Love AgentsCCIIO offers PPACA federal exchange guidance to work as closely with producers as states will let it.