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.
Ted Nickel to Lead Wisconsin Office
By staff WriterWisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, R, is appointing Ted Nickel to succeed Sean Dilweg as insurance commissioner.
January 06, 2011
Moody's: Health Rate Reviews a WorryThe possibility that federal regulators could politicize reviews of health insurance rate increase notices could be a financial risk factor for insurers this year, according to analysts at Moody's Investors Service.
January 06, 2011
CMS: Federal Health Spending Amounts to 54% of 2009 RevenueHealth care spending devoured 54% of federal revenue in 2009, up from 38% in 2008 and up from 28% in 2007.
January 06, 2011
CBO: PPACA Repeal Could Help Some, Hurt SomeRepealing the Affordable Care Act could make the cost of large-group health coverage slightly higher and make the cost of individual coverage somewhat lower, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
January 06, 2011
HHS Overhauls Consumer OfficeThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is moving the new Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight into the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
January 06, 2011
Calif. Blue Seeks Big Individual Rate IncreasesSome healthy individual health coverage holders are dropping their coverage, and that shift is contributing to soaring individual health rates in California, Blue Shield of California says.
January 06, 2011
Dave Jones Takes Over as California CommissionerDave Jones, a former member of the California General Assembly, has succeeded Steve Poizner as California insurance commissioner.
January 06, 2011
CBO: PPACA Repeal Could Help Some, Hurt SomeRepealing the Affordable Care Act could make the cost of large-group health coverage slightly higher and make the cost of individual coverage somewhat lower, according to the Congressional Budget Office.