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.
Cleaning Up the Health Plan
By Katharine RoseFearful that new federal ACA requirements will drive health coverage costs even higher, employers are turning to a controversial tool to get ineligible nephews, nieces, neighbors and identity thieves out of their plans now.
July 09, 2010
Hummingbird Flies to HumanaHumana Inc. has acquired Hummingbird Coaching Services L.L.C., a personalized health and wellness coaching firm.
July 09, 2010
NAIC Think Tank Hires Mortgage ExpertThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners has picked Thomas Herzog to be the distinguished scholar in residence at its Center for Insurance Policy and Research.
July 09, 2010
Kaiser: Uninsured Poor Not That SickExpanding Medicaid to cover all legal, low-income U.S. residents might not lead to a huge spike in Medicaid medical claim rates, according to researchers with the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
July 09, 2010
PPACA: International Plan Advocates Make Case to NAICRepresentatives for expatriate and international health insurance plans have told state insurance regulators that they think the plans should be excluded from the new Affordable Care Act medical loss ratio (MLR) standards.
July 09, 2010
Selinsky to Lead NAHUSteve Selinsky has succeeded Russ Childers as president of the National Association of Health Underwriters.
July 09, 2010
Lawmaker Goes to Bat for Plan AdministratorsRep. Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D., is asking the U.S. Treasury Department to explain how it will interpret the new health account drug reimbursement rules.
July 09, 2010
Kaiser: Uninsured Poor Not That SickExpanding Medicaid to cover all legal, low-income U.S. residents might not lead to a huge spike in Medicaid medical claim rates, according to researchers with the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.