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.
Expanding Your Health Insurance Practice
By Staff WriterIndependent insurance agent Don Rice of Scottsdale, AZ graduated from high school and went straight into the Air Force.
August 22, 2010
Low-Cost Wellness Programs Can Have High Business ValueThe cost of health care coverage is often the top concern of your business customers.
August 22, 2010
HSAs: The Deer Are MovingHealth savings accounts (HSAs) survived the health bill battle of 2010.
August 22, 2010
PPACA: Democrats Expound on MLR DefinitionThe new minimum medical loss ratio rules could be a little looser than some insurers had feared.
August 22, 2010
Battle Lines Drawn on Optional Federal CharterThe battle lines are already being drawn in anticipation of a battle royal in Congress in 2011 over the creation of an optional federal charter (OFC) for insurers.
August 20, 2010
Assurant Health Is Cutting Workers, Blames PPACAAssurant Health announced reductions in its workforce at various locations, including its Milwaukee headquarters, as it gets ready for health care reform under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
August 20, 2010
Most Big Companies to Change Health Plans: StudyA majority of large U.S. employers are planning to change their 2011 health care benefit programs in the wake of both health care reform and expected large health care cost increases, according to a new survey by the National Business Group on Health.
August 20, 2010
Study: Small Firms Unsure of Health Plan Grandfather RulesMicro-businesses and the self-employed are uncertain that their existing health care plan will meet the new rules under health care reform, according to a new survey.