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.
IRS Starts Implementing Small Group Tax Credit
By staff WriterThe Internal Revenue Service has come out with a table that small employers can use to calculate the small employer health insurance credit for the 2010 taxable year.
May 06, 2010
Help for businesses carrying health care costsThe Obama administration has announced that it will offer employers of early retirees, who receive health coverage through their former employers, financial help with the cost of providing such care.
May 06, 2010
Senior alert: tips to avoid melanomaThe Savvy Senior, an informational website serving the senior market, is offering ways to avoid contracting deadly melanoma.
May 06, 2010
Despite Spotlight on Health Care Reform, Consumers Still Don't Understand U.S. Health Care SystemFollowing widespread media coverage of health care reform, political debates, and legislative initiatives over the past year, consumers still say they know very little about the health care system in the United States.
May 05, 2010
NAIC Lists Risk Pool AdoptersAt least 31 states plan to operate their own transitional high-risk pool health coverage programs, according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
May 05, 2010
NCOIL: Go Slow On Health Rate Review ProposalCongress should put off deciding whether to adopt the Health Insurance Rate Authority Act, a state lawmaker says.
May 05, 2010
HHS Secretary Urges States To Rein In Health RatesState governors and state insurance commissioners should take active steps to keep health insurers from instituting "excessive rate increases," according to a top Obama administration official.
May 05, 2010
AAA Task Force Posts Systemic Resolution PaperInsurance industry systemic risk should be regulated at the federal level, a team of actuaries says.