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.
GASB Sets Public Retiree Health Benefits Guidelines
By Staff WriterThe Governmental Accounting Standards Board has weighed in on how government agencies should account for the post-retirement health benefits they have promised their employees.
January 04, 2010
The Case For Individual CI: StrongApproximately 90% of all critical illness insurance sales in the United States come from either the worksite or group sales channels.
January 04, 2010
Northeast Delta Dental Adds General AgencyNortheast Delta Dental has bought Combined Services L.L.C., a New England general insurance agency.
January 04, 2010
Research: Consumers' Long Term Care Knowledge is LackingWhat older adults, and their grown children, don't know about long term care could spell disaster for today's seniors and the future of America's baby boomers.
January 04, 2010
Oregon Health Carrier To Scoop Up NeighborPacificSource Charitable Foundation Inc., which does business as PacificSource Health Plans, hopes to acquire Clear One Health Plans Inc. for $46 million in cash.
January 04, 2010
Sun Life Adjusts Public Plan Benefits MenusAn insurer is updating the features of the benefit plans it markets to public-sector employers.
January 04, 2010
Study reveals risk of critical illnessA 25-year-old male non-smoker has a 24 percent chance of having a critical illness (cancer, heart attack or stroke) prior to turning age 65. The...
January 04, 2010
Feds Issue Electronic Health Record DraftThe federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has helped to develop proposed regulations that could pave the way for increased hospital and physician use of electronic health record systems.