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.
UBA: Health Account Plan Savings Not So Great
By Staff WriterThe cost of employer-sponsored health plans that incorporate a personal account may be rising about as fast as the cost of other types of plans.
August 23, 2011
LIFE to Recognize Davey, Blahnik, Soto Bryan, KimballThe Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education will be using the stories of four insurance agents and their clients to draw attention to the need for professional advice about life, health, disability and long term care insurance.
August 23, 2011
The old dope peddlerRecently, I've been thinking about a 1953 song written by satirist Tom Lehrer called "The Old Dope Peddler."
August 23, 2011
BCG: National Carriers Branch OutNational health insurers seem to be about twice as likely as other types of carriers to move beyond the traditional health insurance market, according to consultants at Boston Consulting Group Inc.
August 23, 2011
Reliance Standard offering two new group linesReliance Standard Life Insurance Company, which specializes in flexible employee benefits, has launched two new lines of group coverage: voluntary critical illness (VCI) and voluntary accident (VAI) insurance.
August 23, 2011
NCQA: Let Exchanges Nudge Consumers Toward Better Value ServicesHealth insurance exchange design could affect the value of the health insurance services consumers buy, health plan quality experts say.
August 22, 2011
Legal Analysts: Feds Rushing Benefits Notice RulesEmployers and their benefits advisors may have to scramble to start using the proposed Summary of Benefits and Coverage and a proposed Uniform Glossary on time.
August 22, 2011
EHNAC to Accredit Health Data Tech ProvidersThe Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission, a nonprofit standards group created in 1993, is seeking technology firms that want to try a new accreditation program aimed at health information exchange technology service providers.