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.
Affordable Health Insurance and Discounted Medical Programs
By Richard L. LungenThe health care industry must shoulder some of the burden for creating an affordable solution to the rising expenses of primary health care.
September 23, 2010
10 Tips for Delivering a Disability Insurance Policy with an Exclusion or RatingWhen it comes to disability insurance, it can become even harder to place the business in force and keep the client satisfied after the underwriting process.
September 23, 2010
Eligibility and Enrollment Processes for Medicaid, CHIP, and Subsidies in the ExchangesAfter the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) became law, a state-based system of health benefit exchanges was established.
September 22, 2010
PPACA: OCIIO Describes Changes Affecting Government PlansSelf-funded, nonfederal governmental health plans will be facing new enrollee protection requirements, Steve Larsen says.
September 22, 2010
PPACA: IRS May Extend Anti-Discrimination RulesThe Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is asking how it ought to go about applying rules discouraging discrimination by self-insured employer health plans to insured group plans.
September 22, 2010
White House Press Secretary Mocks AHIPWhite House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs called America's Health Insurance Plans the "insurance protection lobby" Monday during a press briefing.
September 22, 2010
Dental: The Gum CrisisThe prevalence of periodontal disease in the United States may be 50% higher than previously thought.
September 22, 2010
PPACA: Obama Meets with State RegulatorsPresident Obama today met with 35 state and territory insurance commissioners and talked about the role they will play in implementing the Affordable Care Act.