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.
Nurse your ethics back to health
By Steven McCartyIf you dont nurse your clients financial well-being, who will?
October 31, 2011
A Merger Wave Hitting Health Care (Wall Street Journal)Major managed health-care companies like Cigna, Aetna, and Humana are broadening their scope, acquiring smaller players to keep earnings growth alive.
October 31, 2011
Carr Develops Caregiver Certification ProgramAn elder law lawyer and ordained minister hopes to pass what she has learned about aiding the elderly on to others.
October 31, 2011
Humana Looks to (Medicare) FutureA health insurer is reporting higher revenue and higher earningsand shrugging off drops in group health plan enrollment.
October 31, 2011
GAO: Most Employers Sharing Early Retiree Plan SubsidyOnly 16% of early retiree benefits sponsors studied have used a new federal subsidy created by PPACA solely to cut their own benefits costs.
October 31, 2011
GAO: Most Employers Sharing Early Retiree Plan SubsidyOnly 16% of early retiree benefits sponsors studied have used a new federal subsidy created by PPACA solely to cut their own benefits costs.
October 31, 2011
Gen Y More Likely to Rely on Family for Benefits InformationAlthough employees rely on the workplace as their number one source of benefits information, new research shows Gen Y is much more likely than other workers to rely on family members and friends for this information.
October 31, 2011
Scary ThingsTheres no better time than Halloween to think about what scares you. So, in no particular order, here are some things mostly relating to the life insurance industry that scare me.