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.
Hot (or Not): The Year in LTCI
By David PortInterest in traditional products has grown steadily, but some think other products are easier to sell.
January 03, 2012
Paystub Lifebuoys: Benefits for the Other 99%The financial seas are looking pretty rough out there. Sales heave up and down, CNBC is a howling gale of bad news, and Greece keeps banging about the economy like a loose tackle locker. Amid the maelstrom, the traditional major medical plan is taking on water in a bad way,...
January 03, 2012
State vs. Federal, Round TwoRep. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio)A panel of the House Financial Services Committee (FSC) reported out on December 9 legislation to the full committee that would significantly restrict the ability of federal regulators to get financial information from insurance companies.
January 03, 2012
IRS Posts W-2 Health Reporting GuidanceEmployers need not include voluntary, employee-paid hospital indemnity and critical illness premiums in the total.
January 03, 2012
Ga. Childhood Obesity PSAs Spark Controversy (CBS News)With the second highest childhood obesity ranking in the country, members of Georgia's health care community have taken a memorable move to highlight the problem.
January 03, 2012
State's Decision to Halt Health Exchanges Worries Insurers (Milwaukee Journal Sentinal)In Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker recently took a gamble, halting all work on the state's health insurance exchange until this spring, when the Supreme Court will rule on the constitutionality of health care reform.
January 03, 2012
Lose Weight, Organize Drawers, Buy LTCIA marketing firm pegs a simple long-term care insurance marketing campaign to a New Year's resolutions theme.
January 03, 2012
The Catch: How Fast Are You Drowning?A wellness firm develops a tool for measuring stress, mammogram gift cards, and more.