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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.
House Passes Mental Parity Bill
By Arthur D. PostalAmerica's Health Insurance Plans is welcoming news that House members voted 376-47 Tuesday to pass H.R. 6983, a House-Senate compromise version of a mental health ...
September 23, 2008
Regulator Discusses Risk Pool DrawbacksMembers of Congress should be wary of relying on high-risk pools for ensuring that Americans with health problems can get health coverage.Mila Kofman, the Maine ...
September 23, 2008
New AIG Chief Briefs CommissionersEdward Liddy, the new chief executive of American International Group Inc., today assured insurance commissioners that AIG's insurance units are sound.Liddy spoke at a closed ...
September 22, 2008
Regence: Few Know Health Plan JargonOnly about 4% of consumers understand health plan terms the way health plans understand the terms.Researchers at Regence, Portland, Ore., a group of Blue Cross ...
September 22, 2008
Hewitt: Health Costs To Rise 6.4%The underlying cost of health care for employer health plans may increase about 6.4% in 2009.Consultants at Hewitt Associates Inc., Lincolnshire, Ill, have published that ...
September 22, 2008
Regence: Few Know Health Plan JargonOnly about 4% of consumers understand health plan terms the way health plans understand the terms.Researchers at Regence, Portland, Ore., a group of Blue Cross ...
September 22, 2008
Hewitt: Health Costs To Rise 6.4%The underlying cost of health care for employer health plans may increase about 6.4% in 2009.Consultants at Hewitt Associates Inc., Lincolnshire, Ill, have published that ...
September 22, 2008
Fields Leaves HealthMarketsA health insurer has announced the departure of a high-level executive.HealthMarkets Inc., North Richland Hills, Texas, says David Fields has resigned from his positions as ...