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.
Senate Health Bill Amendment Hard On Doctors, Tanning Centers
By Allison BellDrafters of a proposed Senate health bill manager's amendment say Medicare should cut physicians' reimbursement rates 21% in 2010, rather than increasing the reimbursement rates 0.5%.
December 18, 2009
Maryland Regulator Leaving For WashingtonMaryland Insurance Commissioner Ralph S. Tyler has resigned to accept a position as chief counsel for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
December 18, 2009
Fewer Want Health Care Reform: SurveyA tracking poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds a dip on several measures of public opinion on health care reform.
December 18, 2009
Personnel Changes: Aviva, ING, OthersAviva USA, Des Moines, Iowa, has named Jeff Frazee as senior vice president and chief information officer of its life and annuity business.
December 18, 2009
Antitrust Terms Out Of Health Care BillThere will be no language in Senate health care legislation repealing the antitrust exemption currently enjoyed by health and medical malpractice insurers, an aide to the proposal's chief Senate sponsor confirmed today.
December 17, 2009
Legislators Blast Interstate Health Care ProposalA provision in both House and Senate healthcare legislation that would allow insurers to sell healthcare interstate is coming under fire from liberal members of the House from Maine and California.
December 17, 2009
Calpers To Boost LTC Rates 22%The California Public Employees' Retirement System's board of administration has approved a 22% increase in long term care insurance premiums paid by public employees in the state.
December 17, 2009
Planes, trains and heart surgeryDamn Canadians ... comin' over the border and stealing all our good health care. A co-worker's parents were connecting through Minneapolis when his father suffered...