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.
Early-onset Alzheimer's Strikes Families Fast and Ferociously (BBC)
By Staff WriterEarly-onset Alzheimer's disease catches couples when theyre trying to put kids through college or save for their own retirement.
May 31, 2012
California Advances Bill to Beef Up Anti-Fraud EffortsSpecifically, it would increase the current annual assessment of 10 cents per insured paid by health and disability insurers to up to 20 cents.
May 30, 2012
Tell a Personal StoryA letter can express how a policy helped a family cope with a loved ones serious illness.
May 30, 2012
The Best Sales & Marketing Ideas: LTCI SparksOne of these tips applies very specifically to LTCI. The others are multi-purpose sales tools.
May 30, 2012
3in4 Gets More InkThe long-term care insurance campaign's spokesdriver was on the air in Omaha and Minneapolis.
May 30, 2012
AHIP: Enrollment in HSA-Compatible Plans JumpsThe number of consumers with compatible coverage has increased 18% in the past year.
May 30, 2012
Ways and Means to Mark Up HSA and FSA BillsThe committee has put about 10 bills through budget reviews. The proposals could change HSA and FSA contribution and spending rules.
May 30, 2012
Health Insurers, Consumer Reps Weigh Exchanges Marketing & Consumer Info via NAICNAIC gets pointers on its development of a white paper that seems to point to best practices on the Navigator role and marketing for consumers hopping on the PPACA-mandated state exchanges.