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.
Superbugs Win Another Round as Big Pharma Leaves Antibiotics
By James Paton and Naomi KresgeDeveloping drugs that could keep bacteria from killing your clients is not a great business.
July 12, 2018
New Program Can Help Supplemental Insurance Holders Start Claim ProcessA UnitedHealth unit says a team can help a worker collect critical illness, hospital indemnity or accident benefits.
July 12, 2018
Men Take 'Bonding Leave,' Too: New York State Family Leave InsurerShelterPoint says men account for about 28% of bonding leave claims.
July 11, 2018
How Reducing Health Care Costs Can Boost Retirement SavingsReinvesting the savings from managing chronic conditions can pay off big time down the road, HealthyCapital shows.
July 11, 2018
Feds Are Pushing Navigators to Promote AHPs, Short-Term HealthCMS notes that life insurance agents can apply for 2019 ACA Navigator program grants.
July 10, 2018
Startups Lead a New Rush Into ACA's Now-Profitable MarketsOne wild card is the uncertainty about the ACA risk-adjustment program.
July 10, 2018
7 Top Brett Kavanaugh Life, Health and Pension Opinions, for AgentsThe Supreme Court pick has favored a life agent, Anthem, the ACA, Medicare managers, airline pilots, and critics of the CFPB.
July 10, 2018
New Mexico Insurer Welcomes ACA Risk-Adjustment FreezeOne of the five surviving CO-OPs says the risk-adjustment rules tend to hurt smaller, newer issuers.