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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.
12 Questions for 1 Successful LTCI Agent: Abe Gruenwald
By Marilee Kern DriscollAbe Gruenwald, CLU, CLTC, is a personal-producing general agent who has concentrated primarily on LTCI for almost 20 years.
September 08, 2010
Dental and the Connection to Overall HealthThe direction of dental benefits is changing. There is a new focus on designing dental programs to support the connection of oral health to overall health.
September 07, 2010
Seniors make a run for the borderMore seniors are heading to Mexico for nursing home care, where sunshine is plentiful and the care is cheap.
September 07, 2010
New program designed to reduce hospital admissionsMetropolitan Health Networks, a Florida healthcare services provider, and SeniorBridge, a national health management company, have announced a care management program to improve treatment outcomes and quality of life
September 07, 2010
Men more forgetful in old ageResearchers at the Mayo Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, in Rochester, Minn., have found that men are more likely than women to suffer momentary memory lapses as they age.
September 07, 2010
J.P. Wieske to Take Reins at CAHIJ.P. Wieske is succeeding Merrill Matthews Jr. as executive director of the Council for Affordable Health Insurance.
September 07, 2010
BET Founder Backs Stop-Loss SupplierThe RLJ Companies L.L.C. has invested in the stock of AV International L.L.C., a minority-owned firm that is active in the health plan stop-loss market.
September 07, 2010
McCarty Leads Charge in Adding Health Agents to MLRFlorida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty recently voted unanimously to approve the NAIC's recommended language for the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) definition under the federal Affordable Care Act.