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.
Sebelius, WellPoint Continue Battle Over California Rates
By Allison BellWellPoint Inc. (NYSE:WLP) says the cost of providing individual health insurance in California is soaring, but a federal regulator says the company should be using its national profits to hold down premium increases.
February 11, 2010
Generation Y is Largely Uninsured, Yet Members Don't See Benefit of ReformMillennials (those younger than 30; also called Generation Y) may stand to gain more from an expansion of government health insurance than people in any other age group.
February 11, 2010
Would a Bipartisan Health Summit Mark the End of the Health Care Reform Debate?A bipartisan health care reform summit could provide an opportunity for a meaningful debate that identifies common ground between the parties - but is it realistic?
February 11, 2010
Ratings Are Important - But What Do They Mean?Last month, the blog Evolution of Wealth featured a fascinating post on the sometimes-difficult task of comparing life and health insurance company ratings from among four major ratings agencies - A.M. Best, Standard & Poor's, Moody's, and Fitch.
February 10, 2010
Hartford Wins Chattanooga Group Benefits AccountThe city of Chattanooga, Tenn., has picked Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE:HIG) to provide group life, group long-term disability and group accidental death and dismemberment insurance for 2,300 public employees.
February 10, 2010
Feds To Develop Pediatric Care Quality MeasuresThe federal Agency for Healthcare Research Quality is starting to develop criteria for measuring the quality of health care for children and babies.
February 10, 2010
Obama Calls For Republicans To Be More Flexible About Health CareRepublicans have to work with the Democrats to fix the health finance system, or the system will continue to fall apart, President Obama told reporters Tuesday.
February 10, 2010
Colonial Life Introduces Voluntary Accident PlanA new employee-paid policy can pay cash benefits to an insured who has a covered accident or sickness.