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.
Opinion: Canada's System of Universal Health Insurance - Good Deal or Raw Deal?
By Lee KuriskoMany see Canada's system of universal health insurance as an ideal solution to the challenges of the high cost of American health care, but is this really such a good idea?
January 13, 2010
LIFE Seeks 3-Hanky AnecdotesAn insurance education group is getting ready to showcase another batch of stories about how life, disability, long term care and health insurance make a difference in people's lives.
January 13, 2010
EBSA Completes Small Plan Contribution RuleThe Employee Benefits Security Administration is encouraging sponsors of small benefit plans to put employee contributions into the plans within 7 days of receiving payments or withholding money from paychecks.
January 13, 2010
Republicans Continue Push To Open Health NegotiationsRep. Vern Buchanan is trying to round up enough signatures to make Congress hold negotiations on health legislation in public.
January 13, 2010
Munich Re Recruits Expat Medical DistributorSeven Corners Inc. has agreed to sell Globality DKV health insurance products.
January 13, 2010
EBSA Completes Small Plan Contribution RuleThe Employee Benefits Security Administration is encouraging sponsors of small benefit plans to put employee contributions into the plans within 7 days of receiving payments or withholding money from paychecks.
January 13, 2010
Learning from the Retirement Crisis: How to Advise Your Young Clients About RetirementHindsight is 20/20.
January 13, 2010
Hold the Mayo"Look at what the Mayo Clinic can do," said the president in September. "It's got the best quality and the lowest cost of just about any system in the country. We want to help the whole country learn from what Mayo is doing."