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 plans receive billions in overpayments
By Staff WriterDemocrats are demanding a hearing on Medicare drug rebates after it was revealed that taxpayers and beneficiaries are vastly overpaying for the Part D benefit.
March 07, 2011
FAQ: Nonrenewal Letters During the Medicare SNP PeriodAn agent asks, "Do we need a letter of 'nonrenewal' from the Medicare Advantage plan when we enroll a Medicare customer during the SNP Period?
March 07, 2011
NCOIL Backs NAIC Suitability Model, OKs Balance Billing ModelThe National Conference of Insurance Legislators has endorsed an annuity suitability model developed by state insurance regulators and approved a health insurance balance billing model of its own.
March 07, 2011
Editor's Blog: The Warrior's WayWith the rise of the mixed martial arts phenomenon, is a rise on ER-related health care costs inevitable?
March 07, 2011
PPACA: Kentucky Issues Child-Only Coverage AdviceThe Kentucky Department of Insurance has given insurers more information about how it wants them to interpret a November 2010 order governing sales of child-only health insurance.
March 07, 2011
PPACA: Lindeen Fights for Authority to Implement Individual Coverage MandateThe Montana Insurance Commissioner Monica Lindeen is trying to persuade lawmakers in her state to let her continue to implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act health insurance ownership mandate provision.
March 07, 2011
A Pound of CureThere is nothing wrong whatsoever with the health care system in the United States, except for two things: the pricing model and the supply model.
March 07, 2011
Half of new critical illness insurance policies cover $20,000 or lessAccording to a critical illness insurance buyer study, 53 percent of women and 49 percent of men purchased individual critical illness insurance policies last year with coverage equal to $20,000 or less.