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.
Will Health Care Reform Make Health Savings Account Sales a Thing of the Past?
By Roy J. RamthunAs health insurance reform presses on, many are concerned about what will happen to health savings accounts (HSAs) under new regulations. Will HSAs be permissible? And if they are, how could they possibly be sold in a world of minimum coverage
October 01, 2009
4 Creative Ways to Find Coverage for Individuals with Health ConditionsThe foundation of insurance rests on the concept of protecting individuals from risk, uncertain in terms of scope and timing but predictable based on large numbers. People buy home insurance to protect against fire and other risks that can generate
October 01, 2009
Cutting Health Care Costs When Times are ToughWhile the current economy has stripped jobs -- and therefore health insurance benefits -- from many workers, there are still more than 200 million insured Americans. And more than ever before, they need your advice and good counsel on how
October 01, 2009
Cutting Health Care Costs When Times are ToughWhile the current economy has stripped jobs -- and therefore health insurance benefits -- from many workers, there are still more than 200 million insured Americans. And more than ever before, they need your advice and good counsel on how
October 01, 2009
Gender Rating in Health Insurance: Fair Practice or Discrimination?Throughout the fact-finding process, a million little things -- from weight to social activities -- can cause your client to qualify for a higher health insurance premium or be denied coverage altogether. But for nearly half the residents
October 01, 2009
Sausage MakersAt this point more people (at least in the U.S.) probably know Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck more for his remark that "laws are like ...
October 01, 2009
Sausage MakersAt this point more people (at least in the U.S.) probably know Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck more for his remark that "laws are like ...
October 01, 2009
The Multilife MarketJohn Ryan of Ryan Insurance Strategy Consultants in Greenwood Village, Colorado, says that a big marketing emphasis these days in disability insurance is multilife sales....