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.
Three Voluntary Selling Points
By Steve HowardWill employers continue to provide health coverage to their employees?
July 31, 2011
PPACA: Feds Add Contraception to Preventive Care PackageFederal agencies say major medical plans should include coverage for well-woman visits, contraception, screening for the viruses that cause AIDS, and breastfeeding support in the basic package of preventive health services benefits.
July 29, 2011
Accenture: Health Insurers Need to Improve Customer Relationships to CompeteNearly 50 percent of health customers are willing to pay more for quality customer service -- a factor U.S. health insurers need to address to effectively compete for new clients -- according to a new survey.
July 28, 2011
Schlesinger Takes Lead at NAHUMel Schlesinger has succeeded Steve Selinsky as president of the National Association of Health Underwriters.
July 28, 2011
Witness Blasts PPACA Menu Board MandateA fast food restaurant executive reports that a calorie disclosure provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may force his company to spend $1.5 million on replacing menu boards.
July 28, 2011
Magellan Helps Create Behavioral Health Medical HomeA unit of Magellan Health Services Inc. is part of a team setting up "integrated health homes" for Iowa residents with serious mental illness.
July 28, 2011
GAO: SSA Struggling to Recover Disability OverpaymentsAdministrators of the Social Security Disability Insurance program are getting more benefits overpayments back these days but have far more overpayments to recover, according to officials at the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
July 28, 2011
CMS: Federal Health Spending Amounts to 38% of 2009 RevenueHealth spending swallowed 38% of federal revenue in 2010, down from 54% in 2009, but up from 28% in 2007.