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 20, 2011
Obama Official on FSOC Member: "Soon"A U.S. Treasury Department official has told Sen. David Vitter that President Obama intends to nominate the independent Financial Stability Oversight Council member with insurance expertise "soon."
May 20, 2011
Consumer Reps: Navigators and Producers Can Share Exchange BusinessAgents who receive commissions from health insurers should not serve as health insurance exchange navigators, but exchanges could pay agents to send consumers their way, consumer representatives say in a new comment letter.
May 20, 2011
You're invited: "3-in-4 Need More" kick-off eventJoin the 3In4 Need More Association and Dr. Marion, PHD (nationally recognized elder care expert and aging authority) as they kick off the Coast-to-Coast 8 week bus tour to educate Americans about their LTC Planning options.
May 20, 2011
Aetna Completes Note OfferingAetna Inc. has borrowed $500 million from public investors by issuing senior notes that pay an interest rate of 4.125% and will be due in 2021.
May 20, 2011
The Benefit of Disability Insurance: Selling DI to EmployersIn a world of information overload, it is no surprise that the average attention span for adults is less than seven seconds.
May 20, 2011
Obama Official on FSOC Member: "Soon"A U.S. Treasury Department official has told Sen. David Vitter that President Obama intends to nominate the independent Financial Stability Oversight Council member with insurance expertise "soon."
May 20, 2011
Moral opportunismYou know how I am always going off about how the insurance industry has this huge reputational millstone around its neck, and that it really ...