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.
Agents: Crossing the line can be costly
By staff WriterSome unethical agents may be thinking that the Medicare open enrollment period going on now is the perfect opportunity for the type of high-pressure sales tactics.
December 20, 2010
Survey: Few Medicare Enrollees to Review Coverage OptionsMedicare enrollees will be paying more attention to their benefits this year - but not much more.
December 20, 2010
Disability: Workers Still in a FogMost U.S. workers seem to understand that anyone can become disabled, but few seem to know just how common that disability really is.
December 20, 2010
NAIC Implements Health ModelsThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners has published a definitive list of the Affordable Care models that passed during the recent plenary conference call meeting.
December 20, 2010
The Year of the ACOThe coming year could be the year when "accountable care organizations" get a chance to show whether they will be a fad or a classic.
December 20, 2010
NAIC Implements Health ModelsThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners has published a definitive list of the Affordable Care models that passed during the recent plenary conference call meeting.
December 20, 2010
The Health Insurance Exchange OpportunityThis last October, then-California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger authorized the establishment of a health insurance exchange in California pursuant to the mandate laid out in the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
December 20, 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.