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.
Ask The Experts: Mike Skiens
By Senior Market AdvisorIt seems there is a strong correlation between the national economic crisis and losing a lot of money from an unexpected LTCI event. Is there a way we can relate the two to help convince prospects of the need for LTC insurance?
October 30, 2009
ACLI Finds Shaky Support For LTC OptionPublic support for a long term care insurance program included in health care reform legislation drops significantly when people learn about its potential cost, a new survey finds.
October 30, 2009
Group Sees Agents Bypassed In Reform BillA health care reform provision designed to help small businesses get health insurance would allow a federal agency to crowd out insurance agents, a producer group says.
October 30, 2009
UnitedHealth Faces TriCare BattleA health insurer has succeeded at slowing U.S. Department of Defense efforts to shift a giant health plan administration contract to a competitor.
October 30, 2009
Health Can Affect Finances: MetLifeA life insurer's study finds that 59% of people who evaluate their medical health as fair or poor say they live paycheck to paycheck.
October 30, 2009
Earnings: MetLife, Lincoln, OthersMost of the insurers and reinsurers that released earnings this week reported profits, but layoffs at client employers affected the health insurers and other companies with employee benefits operations.
October 30, 2009
Earnings: MetLife, Lincoln, OthersMost of the insurers and reinsurers that released earnings this week reported profits, but layoffs at client employers affected the health insurers and other companies with employee benefits operations.
October 29, 2009
AlpaStaff Scoops Up Another PEOAlphaStaff Group Inc., a professional employer organization, has agreed to acquire Selective HR Solutions Inc. from an insurance distributor.