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.
PHX Teams With First Health
By staff WriterA health plan cost management firm is offering access to a provider network managed by a unit of Coventry Health Care Inc. (NYSE:CVH).
May 17, 2010
Health Care News: New Agency May Be UnlikelyAs the Senate rushes to complete work on financial services legislation, odds are dimming that an amendment to the bill establishing a health insurance rate regulatory authority would even get a vote.
May 17, 2010
PPACA: Agent Groups Fear Effects Of Medical Loss Ratio RulesHealth agent groups are urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to take a flexible approach when implementing the minimum medical loss ratio provisions in the new Affordable Care Act.
May 16, 2010
CLASS Could Be A BoonFor many in the long term care insurance business, the passage of the Community Living Assistance Services and Support Act was another setback.
May 16, 2010
For People With Bad Teeth, Plan Coverage May Have CavitiesThe new federal Affordable Care Act may not do much to help adult Americans pay for restorative dental care.
May 16, 2010
Health Care News: New Agency May Be UnlikelyAs the Senate rushes to complete work on financial services legislation, odds are dimming that an amendment to the bill establishing a health insurance rate regulatory authority would even get a vote.
May 16, 2010
Closing Gaps In Employees' Benefits KnowledgeA recent RTi Market Research study sponsored by Aflac Inc., "Health Care Reform and Enrollment," found that 62% of employees say they plan to pay more attention to enrollment options and choices this year, compared to last year.
May 15, 2010
Health Care Reform: What Happens in SeptemberKathy Donovan, senior compliance counsel for the Insurance Solutions Group at Wolters Kluwer Financial Services