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.
Medicare's Annual Report: The Future Looks Bleak
By Ron IversonThe Medicare Board of Trustees issued their Annual Report on Friday, May 13.
May 23, 2011
Aetna Board Refills Buyback FundThe board of Aetna Inc. has added $750 million to the fund that managers can use to buy back shares of the company's common stock.
May 23, 2011
Senior survey: Results on health, housing and the nest eggWe're in the research phase of our annual senior survey, but already we have more than 200 responses from seniors with their thoughts on advisors, their nest egg, housing and healthcare among other topics.
May 23, 2011
LTC campaign planning Times Square eventThe 3in4 Need More campaign, which aims to educate Americans about long-term care planning, will launch its national tour in New York City's Times Square this Tuesday.
May 23, 2011
PPACA: Business Groups Unite Against Health Insurance TaxMajor U.S. employer groups are uniting to fight a new federal tax on health insurance that is supposed to generate $8 billion in revenue in 2014.
May 23, 2011
HHS Awards More Exchange Construction GrantsThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has allocated a total of about $35 million in health insurance exchange establishment grants to three states - Indiana, Washington State and Rhode Island.
May 23, 2011
Alternative solutions to pay for LTC, part 2Too often our company encounters seniors and their family who have owned a life insurance policy for many years that are about to lapse or surrender it for minimal value.
May 23, 2011
NAIC Panel OKs Exchange Producer PaperThe Exchanges Subgroup at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has approved a draft white paper that compares the roles navigators and producers might play in a new system of health insurance exchanges.