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.
Groups Start Uniform Medical Claims Payer Reporting Standard Project
By Staff WriterStandards group say they hope to free health insurers, public health plans and other payers from variations in state medical claims reporting requirements.
August 16, 2011
Insurance Product Training: August 15th - August 22ndDo you need insurance product training?
August 16, 2011
PPACA: Feds Try to Make Coverage Easier to UnderstandFederal agencies have unveiled proposals for a glossary and a summary of benefits and coverage template that are supposed to make health coverage easier for consumers to understand.
August 16, 2011
Death to the self-help movement?Last week, we published Larry Winget's article about the corruption of the self-help movement. Here's what our readers had to say about it.
August 16, 2011
States Get $185 Million to Build Insurance ExchangesHHS awarded $185 million to 13 states and the District of Columbia to help them build Affordable Insurance Exchangesone stop marketplaces that let consumers pick a private health plan that mirrors choices offered to Congress.
August 15, 2011
MetLife: Benefits Advisors Give Mixed ForecastU.S. benefits brokers and consultants seem to be much more optimistic about their own firms than they are about the benefits industry as a whole.
August 15, 2011
HealthEquity Acquires MsaverHealthEquity Inc. has bought First Horizon Msaver Inc., a health savings account administrator, from First Tennessee Bank N.A.
August 15, 2011
Missouri Department: Our Exchange Has Bipartisan SupportOfficials at the Missouri Department of Insurance say they believe their state's health insurance exchange has support from Republicans as well as Democrats.