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.
HSC: More Insured Kids Go Without Drugs
By Allison BellAdults with health coverage had an easier time paying for prescriptions in 2010 than in 2007. Their children had it tougher.
December 19, 2011
How ‘Mandate’ Became Republican Candidates’ Scarlet Letter (Bloomberg)The debate over the individual mandate has been heated for a good 12 months now, but it has taken on new life in the Republican presidential primary campaign.
December 18, 2011
MetamorphosisThis summer, as my wife and I took our kids on our annual retreat to Cape Cod, we visited one of our favorite spots, the Wellfleet Wildlife Sanctuary. Its a part of the Audubon Societys network of sanctuaries across the state, and it is a really, really wonderful place to...
December 16, 2011
Disability Insurance Observer: Who's Out There?Federal survey teams will standardize the disability indicators they use and ask about Medicare enrollees' health status changes.
December 16, 2011
Will PPACA Free the Workers?GAO investigators say there is no way of knowing ahead of time how the law will affect group plan enrollees with health problems.
December 16, 2011
Delaware Schedules Hancock LTCI Rate HearingThe company says it needs big increases mainly because of low lapse rates; it's treating morbidity data as proprietary.
December 16, 2011
Will PPACA Free the Workers?GAO investigators say there is no way of knowing ahead of time how the law will affect group plan enrollees with health problems.
December 16, 2011
Disability Insurance Observer: Who's Out There?Federal survey teams will standardize the disability indicators they use and ask about Medicare enrollees' health status changes.