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.
Wal-Mart Cuts Some Health Care Coverage
By Anne D'InnocenzioWal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation's largest private employer, is scaling back the eligibility of health care coverage offered to future part-timers and raising premiums for many of its full-time workers.
October 21, 2011
Health Care Reform Program That Covers Pre-Existing Conditions Sees Low Enrollment (Huffington Post)Enrollment in the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, part of President Obama's larger Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, has been far lower than anticipated
October 21, 2011
LTCI Watch: Will the Grandchildren Have First Cousins?If your clients daughter will never be a flower girl, your client might be someone who really, really needs LTCI.
October 21, 2011
PPACA: Doctors, Consumer Groups Praise New ACO rulesThe AMA likes the financial incentive provisions in an effort to revamp Medicare reimbursement rules.
October 21, 2011
The Catch: Oct. 21Allison Bell fillets a defense of PPACA; an agents reminder that the TANSTAAFL principle also applies to health care; and more.
October 21, 2011
The Catch: Oct. 21Allison Bell fillets a defense of PPACA; an agents reminder that the TANSTAAFL principle also applies to health care; and more.
October 21, 2011
Court Rules on State-Federal HIPAA ClashConsumers have sued a carrier over health-status-based premiums.
October 21, 2011
Court Rules on State-Federal HIPAA ClashConsumers have sued a carrier over health-status-based premiums.