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.
Employers: Workers Still Slugs
By Staff WriterU.S. employees are doing too little to improve their health, and wellness vendors and other vendors are doing too little to change that situation.
February 22, 2010
Health update: Internet use cuts senior depressionOne of the directives of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was to apportion $7 billion for the expansion of broadband Internet availability throughout the country.
February 22, 2010
Lincoln Says Aloha To Hawaiian EmployersLincoln National Corp. (NYSE:LNC) is starting to sell plans designed to meet Hawaiian temporary disability insurance program requirements.
February 22, 2010
Health Net To Cover Stanford StudentsStanford University has hired Health Net of California Inc. to provide health coverage for the university's undergraduate and graduate students.
February 22, 2010
Grassley Asks Iowa Carrier To Explain Rate IncreasesThe highest-ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee has asked a large health insurer in his home state to explain why prices for some insureds will increase as much as 22% April 1.
February 22, 2010
Employers: Workers Still SlugsU.S. employees are doing too little to improve their health, and wellness vendors and other vendors are doing too little to change that situation.
February 22, 2010
Solicitor General To Participate In FEHBA CaseThe Obama administration's chief lawyer has permission to weigh in on a U.S. Supreme Court case involving health benefits problems at the U.S. Department of Labor.
February 22, 2010
Gibbs: Federal Health Rate Regulator Not A New AgencyObama administration officials want the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to work with state insurance regulators to oversee health insurance prices, rather than creating a new price review agency.