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.
Bankers Life simplifies LTCI buying experience with new product
By Staff WriterBankers Life and Casualty Company, Chicago, has announced the availability of its new Bankers SimpleChoice long-term care insurance product.
October 14, 2009
Unum Expands Benefits Program MenuAn insurer is adding voluntary disability coverage and employer-sponsored "benefit credits" to a benefits program aimed at employers with fewer than 500 employees.
October 14, 2009
Baucus Bill Could Win Over Another RepublicanSen. Susan Collins says she might support the Senate Finance Committee health bill, if major changes are made.
October 14, 2009
Hail Mary PassAmerica's Health Insurance Plans threw a Hail Mary pass when it issued an eleventh-hour report that it apparently hoped would throw a giant-sized monkey wrench on legislation aimed at reform.
October 14, 2009
What the Class Act can teach the long term care insurance industryThe long term care benefiits in the proposed Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act of 2007 and included in some of today's legislaiton are worth a good hard look.
October 14, 2009
Editorial comment: It's LTC insurance, not health care insuranceHealth care and long term care are not the same, but for many people, the lines between the two are blurry or nonexistent.
October 13, 2009
Retailer CFOs React To Health ReformAbout 29% of chief financial officers at large U.S. retailers say health reform-related costs could force them to lay workers off.
October 13, 2009
Labor's Own Benefits Problems Reach Supreme CourtThe U.S. Supreme Court will review a case that involves a question about whether the U.S. Department of Labor created an employee's health coverage headaches or a health carrier erred.