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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.
PPACA: Rules Could Trigger 773 Rate Reviews per Year
By Allison BellProposed federal health insurance rate review regulations could lead to reviews of about 40% of the increase requests in the small group market and 60% of the requests in the individual market.
December 22, 2010
Pan-American Life Adds Dental, VisionPan-American Life Insurance Group is now offering a dental plan and a vision discount plan as optional benefits on Pan-American Life's limited benefit medical product, PanaMed.
December 22, 2010
The zero sum gameWatching the lawsuits that are challenging the individual mandate provision of the Patient Protection and Care Act (PPACA) has become the new health care thrill ride.
December 22, 2010
The zero sum gameWatching the lawsuits that are challenging the individual mandate provision of the Patient Protection and Care Act (PPACA) has become the new health care thrill ride.
December 22, 2010
PPACA: Rules Could Trigger 773 Rate Reviews per YearProposed federal health insurance rate review regulations could lead to reviews of about 40% of the increase requests in the small group market and 60% of the requests in the individual market.
December 22, 2010
EBSA Weighs in on Auto Health Enrollment, Child-Only Cover, Mental Parity and MoreThe Employee Benefits Security Administration has posted a collection of answers to group benefits questions related to the Affordable Care Act and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act.
December 22, 2010
Defense Authorization Bill Passes With New Health Care ProvisionAfter wrangling into the night on Tuesday, and after the stripping of numerous controversial provisions from the legislation, the 2011 defense authorization bill passed the Senate on Wednesday.
December 21, 2010
New York Allows Audits of Non-Participating ProvidersHealth insurers doing business in New York state can conduct retrospective reviews of payments made to out-of-network doctors and hospitals, officials say.