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.
Will the Cost of Health Insurance Eventually Eat Up Your Entire Paycheck? Study Says Yes. (Time)
By Staff WriterSeparate study found 26,000 previously uninsured Americans cut health care costs by 50% after getting health care.
March 23, 2012
NSFG Study: Marriage Postponed as Young Couples Choose to CohabitateAdults in the US are increasingly postponing marriage and choosing to cohabitate with their partners first. Although many indicate that they will one day marry, cohabitating has become in many instances, a couples first coresidential union.
March 23, 2012
To Propel LTCI SalesThe author sees fewer entities focusing on recruiting and training new long-term care insurance agents.
March 23, 2012
Romney Marks 2nd Anniversary of Obama Health LawMitt Romney on Friday called President Barack Obama's signature health care law an "unfolding disaster" and said he would replace it by giving Medicaid money to states and changing the tax code to encourage people to buy insurance.
March 22, 2012
Insurers Speed Health Care Overhaul PreparationsThe nation's big insurers are spending millions to carry out President Barack Obama's health care overhaul even though there's a chance the wide-reaching law won't survive Supreme Court scrutiny.
March 22, 2012
Insurers Speed Health Care Overhaul PreparationsThe nation's big insurers are spending millions to carry out President Barack Obama's health care overhaul even though there's a chance the wide-reaching law won't survive Supreme Court scrutiny.
March 22, 2012
House Votes To Kill Medicare Rationing BoardGOP lawmakers are hoping their symbolic 223-181 vote on Thursday to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board will help persuade seniors that Republicans, not Democrats, are the best stewards of Medicare.
March 22, 2012
Court Weighs U.S. Power over States in Health CaseFederal cash comes with strings. Now 26 states are telling the Supreme Court that President Barack Obama's health care law has stretched an old rule too far.