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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.
MassMutual, Aetna Respond to Tornadoes
By staff WriterBig Massachusetts life and health insurers are grappling with the effects of storms that have struck their own home state.
June 02, 2011
Vouchers die in SenateThe proposal to dismantle Medicare and replace it with a voucher system went down to defeat in the Senate last week by a margin of 57 to 40.
June 02, 2011
Seniors fret over taxes, cuts to Social Security, MedicareWhat's keeping retirees up a night? According to data from LIMRA, more than half of seniors are worried about possible tax increases as well as cuts to Medicare benefits and Social Security.
June 02, 2011
Franken Urges HHS to Defend MLR RuleSen. Al Franken is asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to review state requests for minimum medical loss ratio waivers carefully before granting waivers.
June 02, 2011
Massachusetts Recruits Co-Op RunnersMassachusetts insurance regulations are seeking applications from entities that want to help run a new type of nonprofit health insurer.
June 02, 2011
Death, disease rates linked to primary careSeniors receiving more primary care have slightly less chance of death and are less likely to be admitted to the hospital with a preventable disease, a new study appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows.
June 02, 2011
Finding the Right LTC PartnerYou keep hearing that long-term care insurance is an important offering for your clients, and the facts certainly seem to support that.
June 02, 2011
LTC: 3 keys for face-to-face presentationsCreating an effective client presentation is essential. Educating, not selling, your client is key, says Marc Jacobson, of Marc Jacobson & Associates in Northbrook, Illinois.