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.
States Set Child-Only Enrollment Periods
By staff WriterStates have taken many different approaches to scheduling individual child-only health insurance enrollment periods.
January 16, 2011
PPACA, State-by-State: A Q&A with North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne GoodwinAs part of a regular series featuring interviews with state regulators, Goodwin discusses his state's challenges and hopes when it comes to health care reform
January 15, 2011
PPACA, State-by-State: A Q&A with North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne GoodwinAs part of a regular series featuring interviews with state regulators, Goodwin discusses his state's challenges and hopes when it comes to health care reform
January 14, 2011
Kaiser: Emergency Aid Protected CHIP BenefitsTemporary federal support created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 helped most states maintain or improve Children's Health Insurance Program benefits in 2010, researchers say.
January 14, 2011
Calif. Blue Shield Agrees to Independent Rate ReviewsBlue Shield of California says it will send its rate increase requests out for independent actuarial rate review.
January 14, 2011
Fitch: PPACA Effects Should Be ManageableFitch Ratings worries about the effects of the Affordable Care Act medical loss ratio rules on individual health insurance sales, but it is feeling better about the overall state of the U.S. health insurance market.
January 14, 2011
PPACA: Risk Pool Program Starts SlowlyOnly 8,011 U.S. residents had health coverage through the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan program in early November 2010.
January 14, 2011
Kaiser: Emergency Aid Protected CHIP BenefitsTemporary federal support created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 helped most states maintain or improve Children's Health Insurance Program benefits in 2010, researchers say.