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.
5 Myths About Health Insurance Exchanges
By Ron GoldsteinOne of the greatest professional challenges that brokers and general agents will need to confront by mid-2013 will be how to survive in the emerging world of health insurance exchanges.
March 23, 2011
PPACA: Pa. Regulator Sees UncertaintyMichael Consedine, the acting Pennsylvania insurance commissioner, says one challenge for a state regulator trying to implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the many gaps in federal PPACA regulation
March 23, 2011
CDC: Ranks of Uninsured Continue to GrowThe percentage of U.S. residents under age 65 who had private health insurance fell to 61.4% in 2010, from 62.9% in 2009.
March 23, 2011
Issa Schedules Postal Service Compensation HearingThe full House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will meet April 5 to look at U.S. Postal Service pay and benefits.
March 23, 2011
Washington State Adds Association Health Plan Data Call RegsNew association health plan annual data filing requirements will take effect in Washington state April 8.
March 23, 2011
Cancer Insurance: Do Car Dealerships Sell Hubcap Insurance?Cancer insurance used to be all the rage -- and I can definitely understand why. With an estimated 1.4 million new cancer cases diagnosed in 2007 according to the American Cancer Society, it seems as if everyone knows someone who has had cancer.
March 23, 2011
Here, there and everywhereI had a home office before it was au courant. It seems that my business has always involved going to clients rather than having them come to me.
March 23, 2011
PPACA: Pa. Regulator Sees UncertaintyMichael Consedine, the acting Pennsylvania insurance commissioner, says one challenge for a state regulator trying to implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the many gaps in federal PPACA regulation