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.
A Path to Priorities
By Staff WriterIt is shameful that for a politician to even discuss potential changes to one of the largest single components of the federal budget has become akin to altering the smile on the Mona Lisa.
May 09, 2011
Kaiser: Cost Gap WidensThe United States did about as well as other rich countries at controlling total health expenditure increases in the 1990s, but its grip started to weaken around 2000.
May 09, 2011
Researchers: Hospital Bills Expose Limits of SavingEven uninsured consumers with relatively high incomes and substantial saving would have trouble paying the hospital bills associated with one hospitalization, government researchers say.
May 08, 2011
Stable ConditionLife and health producers all know how disability insurance can protect one's income against a life-changing illness or injury.
May 08, 2011
A Path to PrioritiesIt is shameful that for a politician to even discuss potential changes to one of the largest single components of the federal budget has become akin to altering the smile on the Mona Lisa.
May 06, 2011
CMS Proposes Medicaid Care Access RuleThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a draft of a regulation that could help state Medicaid programs show they are meeting patient care access requirements.