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.
Survey: Consumers Value Insurance
By staff WriterMost U.S. adults say they would cancel their cable television subscription rather than cancel or reduce insurance coverage if they lose their jobs this year.
May 28, 2009
PlanBien Enters CaliforniaUnitedHealthcare is offering California residents who prefer to do business in Spanish a new package of services.
May 28, 2009
Reform Proposals Challenge CBOThe Congressional Budget Office says health reform proposals raise complicated questions about how the federal budget should treat items such as health exchange revenue.
May 28, 2009
NCQA Eyes Kid Care QualityOne key to measuring the quality of child health care may be to develop better measures of children's ability to function.
May 28, 2009
Aetna: Integration WorksEmployees at companies that combine health insurance with disability insurance may do more to take care of their health.
May 28, 2009
Dinallo ResignsNew York Insurance Department Superintendent Eric Dinallo is resigning to take an academic post, Gov. David Paterson announced today.
May 28, 2009
Erecting Firewalls: Life After MetLife vs. GlennIn light of the Supreme Court's 2008 decision in Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Glenn, insurers are well-advised to establish internal safeguards to reduce the impact of a perceived conflict of interest.
May 27, 2009
Insurer Analyzes Cost DriversThe WellPoint Institute of Health Care Knowledge says factors other than insurance premium increases are responsible for spiking health care costs.