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.
Judge Upholds PPACA's Individual Mandate
By Warren S. HerschA Federal court judge ruled Thursday that Congress has the authority under the Constitution's Commerce Clause to enact the individual mandate provision of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
October 08, 2010
Unemployment Rate Unchanged in September, as 95,000 Jobs Are LostThe Labor Department's unemployment report released Friday showed a loss of 95,000 nonfarm jobs for September, with the unemployment rate unchanged from August at 9.6%.
October 08, 2010
Godwin's LawIn a recent issue of National Underwriter, I ran an editorial from one of my senior editors, Trevor Thomas, entitled "Taxes are Not the Problem." ...
October 07, 2010
PPACA: HHS OKs Many Mini Med WaiversThe U.S. Department of Human and Human Services has approved about 30 requests for minimum medical loss ratio waivers for limited-benefit health plans.
October 07, 2010
PPACA: LHATF Approves MLR Rebate ModelMembers of the Life and Health Actuarial Task Force have approved a draft model that could be used to implement the new Affordable Care Act minimum medical loss ratio provisions.
October 07, 2010
Dems Call for Action on Medigap (WITH CLARIFICATION)Senate Democrats are asking federal regulators to try to do something to slow 2011 Medicare supplement insurance rate increases.
October 07, 2010
Harvard Pilgrim leaves Medicare Advantage marketHarvard Pilgrim Health Care will be discontinuing its Medicare Advantage program, known as First Seniority Freedom, at the end of the year, leaving 22,000 seniors in Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire to seek coverage elsewhere.
October 07, 2010
IASB: Finnegan Defends Margin-Based ReportingFinancial reports created using proposed international accounting standards may look strange at first, but they give clear information about how insurance contracts are really doing, Patrick Finnegan says.