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 Sees Voters Split Over Healthcare
By Staff WriterA new study finds voters agree healthcare is an important issue in choosing a president but are split on which candidate best represents their views.The ...
August 26, 2008
Iowa Overhauls Anti-Rebate RuleThe Iowa Insurance Department Friday substantially loosened its ban on providing gifts to policyholders or prospects.The department's original anti-rebate policy had drawn heavy criticism from ...
August 25, 2008
Long-term care insurance is for the wealthyOf all the obstacles long-term care insurance faces to become a viable product for the financial services industry, none is harder to overcome than the belief that is it inappropriate for high-net-worth individuals. This belief is based on
August 25, 2008
Uninsured Will Pay $30 Billion For Care In 2008: StudyThe uninsured will spend $30 billion out of their own pockets for health care this year while receiving $56 billion in uncompensated care, a new ...
August 25, 2008
Uninsured Will Pay $30 Billion For Care In 2008: StudyThe uninsured will spend $30 billion out of their own pockets for health care this year while receiving $56 billion in uncompensated care, a new ...
August 22, 2008
Regulators Talk About PBR Nuts And BoltsShould principles-based reserving permit regulators to look at the riskiness of an individual block of business, or should regulators have to look at an insurance ...
August 22, 2008
Wealthy Also Fear Retirement Health CostsEven wealthy people worry that they may not have enough money to pay for health care in retirement, an insurer reports.Researchers at the Phoenix Companies ...
August 22, 2008
Insurer Shields Clinics From Budget CrunchHealth Net of California Inc. says it is providing more than $5 million in no-interest loans to 12 California clinics to keep them open during ...