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.
AHIP TV Ad: Take A Broader Look
By Allison BellDoctors, hospitals, drug companies and testing companies contribute much more to total U.S. health care spending than insurers do.
March 10, 2010
Web Exclusive: The Accidental PHR VendorsLife insurers already collect 95% of the information that belongs in a consumer personal health record. Ciaran Brady and Brian Mulconrey have an idea: Try turning that chore into a product.
March 10, 2010
AALTCI: Home Care Costs Rise 2.5%The average cost of U.S. home health care has increased just 2.5% this year, to $20.50 per hour, according to the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance.
March 10, 2010
LifeSecure introduces new long-term care multi-life programLifeSecure Insurance Company, Brighton, Mich., has launched its new worksite long-term care insurance program, OMTM One-for-Many LTC.
March 10, 2010
Disability RMS Forms Voluntary Benefits ArmDisability RMS, a disability risk management firm, has set up a unit that will sell administrative services to employers, brokers and insurers that offer voluntary employee benefit plans.
March 10, 2010
Where Will the Next Generation of Agents Come From?Since 1985, the full-time agent population has decreased from 275,000 to 175,000, according to LIMRA. According to ASJ's own research, the average age of an agent is 54 - with an age range of 22 to 84.
March 10, 2010
Will it EVER change?"If Thomas Edison invented the electric light today, it would be reported on the evening news that the candle-making industry was threatened.
March 10, 2010
Will it EVER change?"If Thomas Edison invented the electric light today, it would be reported on the evening news that the candle-making industry was threatened.