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 Broccoli Test (New York Times)
By Staff WriterCan we truly force Americans to buy insurance, or any other product? This is the question Congress must answer next spring, and it's not an easy one.
November 15, 2011
12 Questions for 1 Successful LTCI Agent: Leonette FranciaShe still makes more than 200 calls a week, but she stopped driving and gets all of her sales through the Internet.
November 15, 2011
Interest Group Wish List: A Window into the Challenge for the Super Committee (Kaiser Health News)By November 23, the Super Committee must present to Congress it's proposal for how to trim at least $1.2 billion from the federal deficit over 10 years -- an overwhelming task by all accounts.
November 15, 2011
Interest Group Wish List: A Window into the Challenge for the Super Committee (Kaiser Health News)By November 23, the Super Committee must present to Congress it's proposal for how to trim at least $1.2 billion from the federal deficit over 10 years -- an overwhelming task by all accounts.
November 15, 2011
Supreme Court Wades into Presidential Politics Once Again (NPR)Following the Supreme Court's announcement Monday that it would rule on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, it is ensured an influential role in next year's presidential campaign, which will be in full swing next March, when the hearing is likely to be held.
November 15, 2011
How 'Obamacare' Could Lose in the Supreme Court (The Daily Beast)The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will rule on the constitutionality of the President's health care reform act, allotting a lengthy, five and a half hours for oral argument, more than five times the amount given in a normal hearing.
November 15, 2011
How 'Obamacare' Could Lose in the Supreme Court (The Daily Beast)The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will rule on the constitutionality of the President's health care reform act, allotting a lengthy, five and a half hours for oral argument, more than five times the amount given in a normal hearing.
November 15, 2011
Whatever Court Rules, Major Changes in Health Care Likely to Last (New York TImes)President Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is increasingly unpopular with the public -- both Republicans and Democrats alike -- but, for better or worse, the law is already changing the face of the health care industry, well before insurance exchanges are set to be implemented in January 2014....