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.
Maryland to Educate Consumers on LTC
By Staff WriterMaryland is offering seminars on long term care insurance to consumers in the state.
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
Many Americans Skip Health Care Over Cost: StudyA survey of more than 4,000 American adults by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions found 20% of Americans chose not to seek medical care for a recent illness or injury, and of these, 40% said cost was the main factor.
August 19, 2010
Hewitt: Many Workers Take COBRAThe percentage of eligible departing workers who choose to pay for health coverage continuation benefits is staying high despite the expiration of a temporary federal subsidy.
August 19, 2010
Starve, shoot, stab the beastEarly on in the Clinton Administration, my friend's father found himself on a Washington/Providence shuttle with Ira Magaziner, architect of Hillary's failed government health care...
August 19, 2010
Agency to Study Return-to-Work OptionsThe Social Security Administration is preparing to conduct a study on efforts to help people with serious disabilities get and keep jobs.
August 19, 2010
Who Has Dental Insurance?An analysis of private dental insurance holders younger than age 65