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.
Planned Obsolescence
By Bcoffin, BcoffinOne person's reform is another person's overturning of the apple cart, and a very clear example of that is the sweeping health care legislation recently ...
September 09, 2010
Iowa Seeks Cost EvaluatorIowa regulators are looking for a consulting services provider that can help it determine why health coverage costs have been going up so rapidly.
September 09, 2010
CMS: Private Health Insurance Spending to Rise 2.2%U.S. health insurance spending may increase just a little bit in 2011, but it could grow rapidly in 2014, government researchers say.
September 09, 2010
CBO: Snacks AttackPushing the U.S. obesity rate down to 1987 levels by 2027 could cut per-capita health care spending 4% that year, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
September 09, 2010
The Hole in the Ceiling Leaks UpwardsBack in October 2009, when Congress was designing the legislation that became the Affordable Care Act, a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee brought in Nathan Wilkes.
September 09, 2010
Iowa Seeks Cost EvaluatorIowa regulators are looking for a consulting services provider that can help it determine why health coverage costs have been going up so rapidly.
September 09, 2010
Study: Health reform confusing to most seniorsA survey by Harris Interactive finds most seniors are confused about many important aspects of the new health reform law, including how it will affect their own Medicare coverage.