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.
Calling All LTCI Rainmakers
By Allison BellAALTCI is accepting entries for its 2012 Long Term Care Insurance Sales Achievement Awards.
January 06, 2012
Disability Insurance Observer: Angry DoctorsIn the 1990s, they suffered from chronic hide-in-bed syndrome. Will PPACA cause a new CHIBS epidemic?
January 06, 2012
10 Health Reform Provisions Implementing in 2012The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation helpfully explains the provisions of '2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,' better known as health care reform, that will be implemented this year.
January 06, 2012
Rogue's GalleryWho or what are the top 10 rogue forces that are making things more difficult than they need to be for the life and health insurance industry? National Underwriter names names.
January 06, 2012
Rogue's GalleryWho or what are the top 10 rogue forces that are making things more difficult than they need to be for the life and health insurance industry? National Underwriter names names.
January 05, 2012
The Fat Trap (New York Times Magazine)For years, the advice to the overweight and obese has been that we simply need to eat less and exercise more. Tara Parker-Pope writes that this might not be the full truth.
January 05, 2012
The Fat Trap (New York Times Magazine)For years, the advice to the overweight and obese has been that we simply need to eat less and exercise more. Tara Parker-Pope writes that this might not be the full truth.
January 05, 2012
Health Reform After 2014: Not-So-Universal Coverage (American Medical News)If PPACA is indeed fully implemented in 2014, the uninsured rate in the U.S. will drop to a historic low -- but it will still leave around 20 million people without insurance.