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.
PPACA: CCIIO Fears Risk Adjustment Bugs
By Allison BellA flawed health insurance risk adjustment program could have strange, unintended consequences, such as pushing doctors to start by using insulin to control mild diabetes rather than by recommending that patients eat better.
September 15, 2011
Health-Care Law’s LTC Program Unsustainable, Republicans SayA group of congressional Republicans issued a report on Thursday claiming that a piece of President Barack Obamas health-care law calling for long-term care insurance, also known as the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act, is financially insolvent.
September 14, 2011
Nearly every senior paying too much for MedicareSome 93 percent of Medicare Part D beneficiaries are overpaying for drug coverage, according to a new study.
September 14, 2011
Kleinbard to Congress: The Cows Must DieIncome tax breaks now cost the U.S. government as much revenue as the personal income tax raises, and that has to end, tax experts say.
September 14, 2011
CMS Adding Producer Field to PCIP FormManagers of the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan program are revising the PCIP application to include information about the agents or brokers who have helped consumers sign up for coverage.
September 14, 2011
Insurance Professor: Regulators Should Open the CurtainsConsumers often have no good way to compare the contract terms, company performance levels or even premiums for many types of insurance products, Daniel Schwarcz testified today on Capitol Hill.
September 14, 2011
AIMS offering CI coverageAIMS, a national marketing services administrator, has rolled out Cash Advantage Critical Illness from Loyal American Life Insurance Company.
September 14, 2011
Distribution Deals: Digital Insurance, GallagherDigital Insurance Inc. has acquired the benefits division of TriSure Corp.