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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.
Potter on PPACA: Consumer Reps Feel Outnumbered
By Staff WriterConsumer group representatives feel as if they are outnumbered 100 to 1 when they talk to Obama administration officials about implementation of the Affordable Care Act, according to Wendell Potter.
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.
May 06, 2011
Earnings: MetLife, Prudential, AIG, Hartford, Principal, Genworth, Protective, FBL, American Equity, Phoenix, Primerica, Unum, CNO, CIGNA, Humana, Coventry, Centene, Health Net, Triple-S, NFP, BrownLife and health earnings reports continued to pour out onto the wires this week.
May 05, 2011
Health Reform II: Lawmakers Eye Medicare Payment SystemThe House Energy and Commerce Committee health subcommittee is trying to draw attention to looming battle over the Medicare physician payment system.
May 05, 2011
Americans undervalue importance of their paychecksAccording to new LIFE survey, only one in six Americans consider their paycheck to be their most valuable asset. What many fail to consider is what would happen to them and their families should they suddenly become sick or injured and unable to work.
May 05, 2011
The Role of the Broker in a Post-Health Reform WorldThe effect of health reform on brokers will be monumental. No other social policy change in recent memory has driven as much transformative change in the brokerage business model as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is predicted to.
May 04, 2011
Medicare report: Free wellness visits going beggingDespite the fact that they are eligible for free annual checkups designed to prevent illness or catch it in its earliest stages, the overwhelming majority of Medicare patients do not take advantage of this opportunity.
May 04, 2011
LEPr Develops Life Expectancy Estimation StandardsLife Expectancy Providers, a group for companies in the longevity forecasting field, has released the first version of a best practices document.