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.
Court Weighs U.S. Power over States in Health Case
By Ricardo Alonso-ZaldivarFederal 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.
March 22, 2012
HHS Questions 71% of the Rate Hikes ReviewedFederal regulators have had jurisdiction over 61 of the 186 notices of double-digit health premium increases.
March 22, 2012
Inside America’s Drug Shortage (Time)FDA, drugmakers blame the other for increasing shortages of chemotherapy drugs, antibiotics, anesthetics and vaccines.
March 22, 2012
Survey: No Change among Most Small Businesses in Wake of PPACAMore than 8 in 10 (85%) of small businesses are not making changes or long-term plans based on the PPACA legislation, the survey discloses.
March 22, 2012
Survey: No Change among Most Small Businesses in Wake of PPACAMore than 8 in 10 (85%) of small businesses are not making changes or long-term plans based on the PPACA legislation, the survey discloses.
March 22, 2012
Holding Court (The New Yorker)To strike down the individual mandate portion of the health reform law, dissenting Justices would have to change underlying constitutional law.
March 22, 2012
McCarran Amendment Passes HouseThe House today passed legislation that included an amendment repealing the antitrust exemption for health insurers contained in the McCarran-Ferguson Act.
March 22, 2012
McCarran Amendment Passes HouseThe House today passed legislation that included an amendment repealing the antitrust exemption for health insurers contained in the McCarran-Ferguson Act.