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.
HHS: Medicare Advantage is Doing Fine
By Elizabeth D. FestaAverage Medicare Advantage premiums will be 4% lower in 2012 than they are this year, and enrollment is on track to increase 10%.
September 14, 2011
Consumers Union: You Call THIS Transparency?A group that helps Americans shop for computers and toasters is asking why federal regulators want to charge $200,000 for the data it would need to develop health care provider performance reports.
September 14, 2011
PPACA: CCIIO Fears Risk Adjustment BugsA 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 13, 2011
3 Common LTC Presentation MistakesIn my opinion, the largest hurdle long-term care producers must overcome today is in the presentation phase of the sale process.
September 13, 2011
PPACA: Regulators Fine-Tune Risk Management LetterA first-come, first-serve approach may be fine for selling ice cream, but it's not a good fit for health insurance reinsurance programs.
September 13, 2011
Group Health Enrollment Continues to DropNew Census Bureau health insurance figures show that the number of U.S. residents in employer-sponsored plans fell 0.9% between 2009 and 2010, to about 169 million.
September 13, 2011
New health-care lobby chief hails from AARPJohn Rother will now lead the National Coalition on Health Care after serving as AARP's policy chief.
September 13, 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.