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.
FSA: Use-It-or-Lose-It Fight Continues
By Allison BellLawmakers have introduced a bill, H.R. 1004, that could let workers withdraw and pay taxes on any funds remaining in flexible spending accounts at the end of the year.
March 15, 2011
Subcommittee Sets CLASS Act HearingAn arm of the House Energy and Commerce Committee plans to look at the sustainability of the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports program Thursday.
March 15, 2011
TexHealth: The Lone Star State's New Medicaid?Devouring 19 percent of the state's annual budget and growing at a rate of 9 percent each year, the cost of Medicaid is rapidly becoming unsustainable in Texas.
March 15, 2011
PPACA: House Panel Eyes WaiversRepublican lawmakers are asking whether the Obama administration should be making so much use of Affordable Care Act waivers.
March 15, 2011
MLR Battle Heats UpSen. Jay Rockefeller is attacking efforts by the National Association of Health Underwriters and Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty to get agent commissions out of medical loss ratio calculations.
March 14, 2011
EBSA Sets Auto Health Enrollment ForumThe Employee Benefits Security Administration will hold a public automatic health plan enrollment forum April 8.
March 14, 2011
Health Care Group Adds ACO ArmThe Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative has created a Center for Accountable Care.
March 14, 2011
NAIC to Feds: Your Navigator Program Needs ProducersOrganizers of the new health insurance "Navigator" programs will probably have to reach out to traditional health insurance agents and brokers to make the programs successful.