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.
EBSA Posts Health Program Notices
By staff WriterThe Employee Benefits Security Administration has released three model notices that employers and carriers can use to comply with Affordable Care Act provisions.
June 29, 2010
OCIIO Starts Taking Early Retiree Health AppsThe new Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight says the new Early Retiree Reinsurance Program is open for business.
June 29, 2010
Consultants: Individuals Game Mass. Health Insurance SystemSome Massachusetts consumers seem to be buying the health insurance they are required to carry when - and only when - they have health problems.
June 29, 2010
How to ask for referrals throughout the insurance sales cycleAsk the most successful agents their main source of new business, and the resounding answer is: Referrals! There are opportunities to ask for (and get) referrals throughout the sales process.
June 28, 2010
Petersen Courts ChiropractorsA specialty disability insurance brokerage has launched an initiative to get the attention of chiropractors.
June 28, 2010
Federal Register Publishes Major Health RegsThe final interim rules implementing key sections of the Affordable Care Act are now officially out in print.
June 28, 2010
Health Net Backs Restrepo ScreeningsA military health services supplier is helping National Geographic present screenings of a feature-length documentary about the lives of U.S. soldiers serving in Afghanistan.
June 28, 2010
PPACA: States Firm Up Risk Pool ArrangementsMontana, New Hampshire and Ohio are some of the states talking about how they will help residents who have a hard time buying individually underwritten health insurance.