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.
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By Warren S. HerschThe percentage of life insurers that say they expect to increase the size of their staffs increased to 53% in January, from 50% in July 2010, and the percentage that expect to downsize has fallen to 5%, from 13%.
February 10, 2011
Health Ideas: PPACA Implementation; Wellness Incentives; HSAs; The Poor are DifferentLarge and midsize U.S. employers have reported having a fairly easy time implementing Affordable Care Act-related health plan changes in 2010.
February 10, 2011
ACORD to Review LTC StandardsAn ACORD working group will be discussing progress on straight-through processing standards for long term care insurance applications at a conference in Atlanta.
February 10, 2011
CIGNA Network Reaches AfghanistanCIGNA Corp. has arranged for 20,000 health plan enrollees in Afghanistan to get in-network care at clinics on air bases in Kandahar and Bagram.
February 10, 2011
Berwick: Medicare Advantage Changes WorkedDr. Donald Berwick says the changes that the Affordable Care Act made in the Medicare Advantage program are working better than critics had expected, and he is predicting that the act will continue to make Medicare stronger.
February 10, 2011
PPACA: Money TalkCongressional committees have been grilling many federal agency officials about the cost of federal health programs in recent days and have more health cost hearings on their calendars.
February 10, 2011
CIGNA Network Reaches AfghanistanCIGNA Corp. has arranged for 20,000 health plan enrollees in Afghanistan to get in-network care at clinics on air bases in Kandahar and Bagram.
February 10, 2011
PPACA: Federal PCIP Risk Pool Enrollment Reaches 12,437The federal Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan program -- a program that has the capacity to cover about 200,000 uninsured people with serious health problems -- had 12,437 enrollees Feb. 1, officials say.