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.
LTCI Rate Hikes - Panic on the Streets?
By Christina Pellett, Christina PellettAs part of our fifth annual LTCI Market Study, we ran an LTCI carrier report card revealing how producers feel about the carriers they're appointed ...
September 26, 2010
Displaced... and HurtingHundreds of thousands of older Americans are opening their mailboxes this fall and finding Dear John and Dear Jane letters From their Medicare plans.
September 26, 2010
Hewitt: Health Costs to Rise 8.8%Large U.S. employers are expecting to pay an average of $9,821 in health insurance premiums per employee in 2011, up from an average of $9,028 this year.
September 26, 2010
Anywhere But HereOver the past two years, with ballooning national deficits and high unemployment rates, looking for growth in any industry has become something far easier said than done.
September 26, 2010
I'll Take It From HereA great many advisors and insurance agents are advising their affluent clients to self-insure the risk of needing long term care (LTC)--and as a result, few wealthy individuals own LTC insurance.
September 26, 2010
NAIFA: Good News, Bad NewsThe National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) has helped agents stay in the health coverage ballgame.
September 26, 2010
You Might Feel a Slight PinchCritical first implementation steps in the healthcare reform law went into effect last week, and a flurry of new proposals, guidance and directives regarding the law were issued by federal agencies.
September 26, 2010
California Makes Early Progress on Healthcare ExchangesCalifornia, with a state government as vast and complex as many developed nations, is posed to take on a new role as the blueprint for a new distribution mechanism.