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 Arm to Study Health Plan Literacy
By Allison BellThe federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality wants to learn how well consumers understand what health plans and health care professionals are telling them.
July 07, 2011
MEWA to Terminate OperationsA multiple employer welfare arrangement has agreed to shut down its operations and distribute the plan assets to the plan participants.
July 07, 2011
Bay State Adjusts Exchange ProgramMassachusetts regulators have been tinkering with the design of their state's health insurance exchange.
July 07, 2011
2014: The Year the Pie Changes?In less than 3 years, U.S. employers may have a chance to use much of the money now spent on group health coverage for other purposes - such as increasing the income of highly paid employees.
July 07, 2011
2014: The Year the Pie Changes?In less than 3 years, U.S. employers may have a chance to use much of the money now spent on group health coverage for other purposes - such as increasing the income of highly paid employees.
July 07, 2011
Senior health update: Intervention prevents hospital readmissionsA new approach to senior care following a hospitalization may cut the rate at which patients are readmitted, a new study finds.
July 07, 2011
Public split, fuzzy on what to do about MedicareA new Kaiser Family Foundation poll finds that many Americans do not believe that Congress or private insurers will be able to keep Medicare solvent.
July 07, 2011
Growth: Mutual of Omaha, Medica, DestinationRx, Laser AppMutual of Omaha Bank has started a Houston-based energy lending group to court players in the oil and gas industry.