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.
And the Winner Is...
By Melanie WaddellWith the Presidential election only a month away, we thought we'd review where the candidates--Sens. Barack Obama (D-Illinois) and John McCain (R-Arizona)--stand on various hot-button...
September 29, 2008
Munich Re To Match Plans With Care ManagersMunich Re America HealthCare has set up the MedNet Munich Re America HealthCare claim cost control program.Munich Re America HealthCare, Princeton, N.J., a unit of ...
September 29, 2008
AHIP Predicts Huge Medicaid LTC BillsState Medicaid programs could spend $1.6 trillion on long term care expenses over the next 20 years.When federal matching funds are included, total government spending ...
September 28, 2008
AIG's New CEO Briefs CommissionersEdward Liddy, the new CEO of the now government-controlled American International Group, assured state insurance regulators that the insurance units were sound during a briefing ...
September 28, 2008
House Passes Mental Health Parity BillAmerica's Health Insurance Plans welcomed news that House members voted 376-47 last week to pass H.R. 6983, a House-Senate compromise version of a mental health ...
September 28, 2008
House Passes Mental Health Parity BillAmerica's Health Insurance Plans welcomed news that House members voted 376-47 last week to pass H.R. 6983, a House-Senate compromise version of a mental health ...
September 28, 2008
AIG's New CEO Briefs CommissionersEdward Liddy, the new CEO of the now government-controlled American International Group, assured state insurance regulators that the insurance units were sound during a briefing ...
September 26, 2008
Health Care Crops Up In DebateThe tax exclusion for employer-sponsored health benefits today came up during the first presidential debate.Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the Republican nominee, said during the debate, ...