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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.
Connecting the Docs
By David A. SaltzmanEvery time I have an encounter with the medical community, I recall former Secretary of HHS Tommy Thompson's rejoinder that the average supermarket is more technologically advanced in many ways than the average hospital.
August 18, 2010
Can Plan Types Make Employees Healthier?If you have an employer client who is concerned about keeping costs down (or keeping employees healthy), you may want to look at some recent ...
August 17, 2010
Site aids in selection of supplemental Medicare plansInsurance referral site www.GoMedicare.com has added a new Medicare information center to assist seniors in their search for Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement and Medicare Part D plans.
August 17, 2010
PPACA: HHS Spends $46 Million on Premium ReviewsThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is sending $46 million to 45 states and the District of Columbia to improve oversight of health care insurance premium increases.
August 17, 2010
PPACA: NAIC Adds Medical Loss Ratio Changes to BlanksMembers of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners today voted to approve a medical loss ratio blanks proposal.
August 17, 2010
PPACA: Grandfathers May Not LastAbout 90% of employers expect their health plans to lose grandfathered status by 2014.
August 17, 2010
IIPRC: State Regulators Embrace LTC Product NormsA group of state regulators has adopted uniform standards for states that want to use the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission to review individual long term care insurance products.
August 17, 2010
Intel and GE: New health care ventureTechnology behemoth Intel has partnered with GE Healthcare Systems to form a joint venture designed to develop new models of health care delivery and bring new technologies to seniors and the chronically ill.