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 Catch: The Medicare Advantage Edge
By Allison BellAvalere quantifies just how much richer the private plans are, linguistically complicated counties, and more.
March 13, 2012
Exchanges: Praeger Sees SERFF Assisting, Expects Many Flavors of ExchangesThe federal government will probably be running health care exchanges in many states, said Sandy Praeger, Kansas Insurance Commissioner and head of the Health Care and Managed Care (B) Committee of the NAIC in an interview.
March 13, 2012
Rules for New Insurance Marketplaces Give Insurers Clout (Kaiser Health News)The Department of Health and Human Services issued its final rules on the establishment of exchanges under the health law.
March 13, 2012
The Wisdom of the Ailing (Slate)A theory on why people are denied health coverage despite their willingness to pay.
March 13, 2012
Health Care Act Offers Roberts a Signature Case (New York Times)The Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments on Obama's health law March 26.
March 13, 2012
$50M+ Healthcare "Super Losses" On the RiseDespite improved healthcare quality and patient safety measures, the cost of medical malpractice continues to climb, with juries awarding over $1 billion in damages for just seven medical liability cases in the last two years.
March 12, 2012
FIO Advisors to Meet March 30 as Treasury Keeps Overdue Report Close to VestWith report delay continuing, and reports of cancelled appearance later this month rumored, one wonders if March, which came in like a lamb at the NAIC meeting, will go out like a lion with the FIO report.
March 12, 2012
Illinois Auditor Questions Health ContractsWilliam Holland says a carrier won contracts in 24 counties in which it has no primary care doctors.