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.
Insurers Open Stores To Peddle Health Plans (Kaiser Health News)
By thinkadvisorWith individual coverage expected to grow, companies are opening retail sites to make plan shopping and use as easy as buying a TV.
February 29, 2012
Generation X Turns 47They hate hard-sell tactics, but they're open to hearing about ways to reduce their dependence on Medicare and Social Security.
February 29, 2012
Bankers Life: Remind Boomers About Part B CostsThe folks who didn't trust anyone over 30 are starting to get Medicare -- and unexpected bills.
February 29, 2012
Saltzman on Health: Surrounded by IdiomsNo government can simultaneously cut $575 billion from Medicare while serving 78 million new enrollees while telling insurance companies that they must provide greater benefits while holding premiums steady.
February 29, 2012
Witness: Delegating Health Cost Crisis Won't HelpLen Nichols says saddling private organizations with skyrocketing medical claims and inflexible rules is a bad idea.
February 29, 2012
Dental Professor to Congress: Oral Health is VitalDr. Burton Edelstein asks why safety net health programs exclude coverage for teeth, rather than arms or legs.
February 29, 2012
Saltzman on Health: Surrounded by IdiomsNo government can simultaneously cut $575 billion from Medicare while serving 78 million new enrollees while telling insurance companies that they must provide greater benefits while holding premiums steady.