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.
SCAN Arizona reaches out to Hispanic seniors
By staff WriterSCAN Health Plan Arizona is launching a new outreach initiative to inform Hispanic seniors and their caregivers of the resources available to them through the plan.
October 14, 2010
PPACA: Fla. Judge Lets Challenge ProceedAffordable Care Act opponents are getting a chance to continue their legal attack on a provision that could require most legal U.S. residents to own health coverage.
October 14, 2010
Q&A with a Successful Health Insurance Agent: Kevin SullivanKevin Sullivan has taken niche market - health insurance for rugby players in California - and turned it into a thriving practice. Find out how he got started, and learn his advice for creating a niche market of your own.
October 14, 2010
The '6 Phases': Get clients talking about LTCIConvincing prospects to buy LTCI requires explaining a lot of important information. Your goal during the appointment is to provide enough generic education to convince the prospect of the need, while avoiding information overload.
October 13, 2010
GAO Weighs in on Medicare Advantage MailersThe U.S. Government Accountability Office says the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services followed the rules but took an "unusual" action when it told carriers to stop mailing Medicare Advantage plan enrollees warnings about pending legislation.
October 13, 2010
Editor's Blog: Bitter PillsBill Coffin looks at rising health costs and sees a bigger problem looming. Big medical bills are a serious concern, and so are big medical insurance bills. But what happens if there are no more doctors around to pay?
October 13, 2010
AARP: Many Women Skimp on LTC PlanningOnly 23% of the women who participated in a recent survey seemed to understand that they would have to start out using personal savings to pay for long term care, AARP says.
October 13, 2010
PPACA: Groups of 1 Employee Not GroupsFederal regulators will exempt an employer-sponsored health with plan with just one member who is a current employee, or no member who is a current employee, from group health market change requirements.