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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.
Medicare Plan Pay Confusion Could Wreck 2025 Enrollment, Lawsuits Warn
By Allison BellDistributors say they need certainty by July to make agent hiring, marketing and advertising decisions.
May 23, 2024
Jeff Smedsrud Starts Supplemental Health FirmFlex Benefits offers accident insurance, critical illness insurance and other gap fillers.
May 16, 2024
How to Talk to Clients About Disability Insurance PlanningIt's a tough discussion but can include topics like income protection and cash flow, which are often top-of-mind for many individuals.
May 16, 2024
Fight Against Future Supergerms Heats UpDrug-resistant infections already kill 35,000 Americans per year, and antibiotics are expensive to develop.
May 15, 2024
Number of People With Individual Disability Insurance StallsBut data from Warren Buffett's reinsurer found that new policy figures increased.
May 09, 2024
IRS Releases 2025 Contribution Limits for HSAsThe agency has adjusted HSA and HRA limits for inflation.
May 07, 2024
Medicare Posts $12B Loss for 2023In 2048, the program might have to cut inpatient benefits to 81% of what was promised.
May 01, 2024
U.S. Faces Retirement Crisis, Working Women SaySurvey respondents cited inflation and rising health costs among reasons that retirement is only getting harder.