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.
Producers: Health Bill Should Give State Regulators Flexibility
By Arthur D. PostalThe final version of the health bill should give state regulators a great deal of control over how administrative cost and health insurance exchange provisions are implemented, agent and broker groups say.
January 08, 2010
Medicare's big buy inThe proposal to allow people under 65 to buy into Medicare is raising concerns among doctors, hospitals and insurers.
January 08, 2010
Healthcare reform's dilemmaHealthcare reform isn't gaining many new followers, new Gallup poll results indicate.
January 07, 2010
Hartford Benefits Rep Returns to SurvivorTom Westman, a former firefighter who helped respond to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the New York World Trade Center and also won a Survivor competition, will appear in a Survivor: Heroes Vs. Villains special.
January 07, 2010
Wellness Firm Tests Incentives On Its Own EmployeesAmerican Specialty Health Inc. is trying a new approach to helping its workers improve their health.
January 07, 2010
House: Keep The Health Bill Antitrust Repeal ProvisionHouse Democrats are insisting that the final version of the health bill include a provision taking the McCarran Ferguson Act antitrust exemption away from health and medical liability insurers.