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.
China's Public Drug Purchasing Coalition Attracts India's Top Drugmaker
By Ari AltstedterThe program could be similar to what Gavin Newsom is trying to set up in California.
May 03, 2019
Health Agents Group Backs Nurse PractitionersHAFA could help tackle costs by expanding the supply of care, and win some advocacy friends.
May 03, 2019
Agents Optimistic About LTCI Sales: AALTCIA quarter of the agents in the sample sold 26 or more stand-alone or linked-benefit policies last year.
May 03, 2019
Medicare Advantage Enrollment Keeps Growing: Mark FarrahThe firm found that individual major medical enrollment dropped 6.7%.
May 03, 2019
Group Health Gets the Biggest Federal Health Subsidy: CBOThe group health tax break now accounts for 38% of federal health subsidies for people under 65.
May 02, 2019
Millennials, Their Digital Data, and YouUsing social media in insurance underwriting might be hard. Or, it could just take some negotiating.
May 02, 2019
CMS to You: How Should the ACA System Change?Two new documents could create an alternative to the Medicare for All proposals.
May 02, 2019
Genworth Says It Needs $6 Billion in Additional LTCI Rate HikesThe company says it received approvals for $500 million in LTCI increases in the first quarter.