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.
MetLife: Benefits Advisors Give Mixed Forecast
By Staff WriterU.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 12, 2011
California Updates Guaranty Fund Notice RequirementsThe California Department of Insurance has updated the notice insurers in the state must provide when they deliver life, health and annuity contracts.
August 12, 2011
Editor's Blog: Avast, Me Hearties!How a bit of pirate-inspired medical care is making the rounds.
August 12, 2011
7th Circuit Rules on Unpaid Sick LeaveThe 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled on a case involving a change in treatment of unused sick-leave pay.
August 12, 2011
Feds Draft Insurance Tax Credit, Small Business Exchange RegsThe Internal Revenue Service has started giving more details about the help individuals are supposed to get when they buy minimum essential health coverage in 2014.
August 12, 2011
11th Circuit on PPACA: Can't Make 'Em Buy BroccoliA 3-judge panel at the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has declared the individual health insurance ownership mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to be unconstitutional.
August 12, 2011
The corruption of the self-help movementIs the self-help industry a bad thing? Perhaps. It has helped create a society with the biggest sense of entitlement in the history of the world.
August 12, 2011
Avast, Me Hearties!And now some lighter fare for your Friday afternoon...I got an interesting bit from my friends at the American College of emergency Physicians yesterday. These ...