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.
Medicaid Planning Critic Goes to Capitol Hill
By Allison BellStephen Moses, a man who has spent years fighting the rules that let relatively affluent people qualify for Medicaid nursing home benefits, got a chance today to explain his position to members of Congress.
September 21, 2011
Gramm: Sunset Entitlement Programs Every 10 YearsCongress should have to re-authorize every federal program -including Medicare and Social Security - on a regular basis, according to Phil Gramm.
September 21, 2011
Ohio: PPACA Could Push 660,000 Out of Group Health MarketThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act could cut the number of uninsured Ohio residents by 790,000 in 2017, but it also could increase premiums for the 735,000 residents who have individual coverage by more than 55%.
September 21, 2011
Feds: LTC Enrollment Rises 20%About 98% of the federal employees and dependents who signed up for the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program coverage last year will be keeping their coverage this year.
September 21, 2011
BB&T to Acquire Liberty BenefitBB&T Insurance Services is expanding its distribution network in California.
September 21, 2011
Don't bury the leadAmerican humorist Evan Esar defined statistics as the science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.
September 21, 2011
Plan Administrator: Keep Pension, Health Data Rules the SameThe U.S. Labor Department should try to make the regulations governing the security of information at retirement plans and health benefits plans as similar as possible, and leave room for technology changes.
September 20, 2011
Avalere: Medicare Part D Pricing is ComplicatedThe average Medicare Part D prescription drug plan rate may be going down in 2012, but 6 of the top 10 players in the market are raising prices.