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.
Q&A with Disability Producer John Nichols: Helping Your Clients Reach Their Dreams and Goals
By Maggie LeyesDisability insurance is the most overlooked and misunderstood form of major insurance, but one that most people need.
June 03, 2010
HHS To Award $60 Million In Health, LTC Navigation GrantsThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will be helping states, area agencies on aging and other entities give more advice to seniors, people with disabilities, and caregivers.
June 03, 2010
Aetna Members, Meet AnnA health insurer is using a female avatar to steer customers around its website.
June 03, 2010
How to overcome LTCI objectionsHow do you handle the real reasons lurking behind clients' objections to LTCI costs?
June 03, 2010
Birnbaum: Commissions No Reason To Blur PPACA Cost RulesThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners should not think about producer compensation when implementing the new federal minimum loss ratio requirements, according to Birny Birnbaum.
June 03, 2010
PPACA: New HHS Health Insurance Oversight Arm Adds ManagersThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has picked a former state insurance commissioner, an academic and a risk pool expert to help run a new Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight.
June 03, 2010
Democrats Ask HHS To Limit Medicare Advantage ChangesCongressional Democrats who voted for big cuts in Medicare Advantage spending now are asking regulators to keep the cuts from affecting MA rates and benefits.
June 03, 2010
Tech Bits: ByAllAccounts, Ebix, Intelimedix, TC3, GTESS, VeriskEbix Inc. will be working with ByAllAccounts Inc. to offer customers account aggregation features.