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.
States Step in On Health Reform
By Heather Trese, Heather TresePresident Obama's push for a health care overhaul has stalled, thanks largely to the election of Republican Senator Scott Brown. After the results of the ...
February 02, 2010
WellPoint Unit To Sell Plans Through Private Benefits ExchangeThe managers of CaliforniaChoice, a for-profit benefits purchasing exchange, have added major medical coverage from Anthem Blue Cross.
February 02, 2010
NCOIL State Legislators Act On Balance BillingState legislators are trying to push for some bottom-up health finance reform: Protecting insured patients from unpleasant hospital physician billing surprises.
February 02, 2010
NAIFA, FSR Join P-C Groups To Oppose FTC Authority ProposalThe National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors and the Financial Services Roundtable have teamed with property-casualty groups to oppose a proposal
February 02, 2010
PPO Group Promotes New Approach To SurgeryA surgical equipment maker is helping the American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations promote PPO support of minimally invasive surgical procedures.
February 02, 2010
Editor's Blog: Silence Is Not SafeSince Massachusetts sent Scott Brown to the Senate, people have quieted down about health reform. But Steve Piontek reminds readers that the system is still crumbling.
February 02, 2010
Increases in copays decrease seniors' access to care$14.38 - Mean copay for primary care in plans that increased payments for ambulatory care, up from $7.83 in the year before the copay increased.
February 02, 2010
NAIC Disagrees With Geithner And Paulson On AIGState insurance regulators say they could have protected the insurance company subsidiaries of American International Group Inc. (NYSE:AIG) even if the parent company had collapsed.