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 Severability Doctrine (New York Times)
By Staff WriterBoth sides of the health reform law want the Supreme Court to ignore severability and decide on the law as a whole.
March 23, 2012
Health-Care Reform's Winners and Losers (Bloomberg)Health insurers, drug companies, medical researchers and actuaries are happy. Hospitals, state Medicaid programs, radiologists not so happy.
March 23, 2012
$262M Spent on Ads Debating Health-Care Reform -- After Bill Passed (AdAge)HHS spent $11.2 million promoting the law, U.S. Chamber of Commerce spent $6.3 million opposing it.
March 23, 2012
$262M Spent on Ads Debating Health-Care Reform -- After Bill Passed (AdAge)HHS spent $11.2 million promoting the law, U.S. Chamber of Commerce spent $6.3 million opposing it.
March 23, 2012
Will the Cost of Health Insurance Eventually Eat Up Your Entire Paycheck? Study Says Yes. (Time)Separate study found 26,000 previously uninsured Americans cut health care costs by 50% after getting health care.
March 23, 2012
Witnesses: Rigid Return-to-Work Rules Can BackfireTom Harkin taps executives for ideas about how to reduce the effects of disabilities on employment.
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
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.