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.
Accident Insurance: Coverage for All Walks of Life
By Wendy HerndonAn Aflac executive talks about a product that's benefiting from the new focus on supplemental benefits.
August 24, 2018
New Senate GOP Bill Eyes Damage Control Over ACA LawsuitInsurers could consider gender, occupation and leisure activities in pricing, and impose pre-existing condition exclusions.
August 24, 2018
Measure That Would Put Prices in Drug Ads Moves ForwardPhRMA hates the Grassley-Durbin amendment. AHIP likes it.
August 23, 2018
Workplace Clinics Get a Big Push From Private InvestorsEmployers are hoping the clinics will help them control health benefits costs.
August 22, 2018
How Some Americans Survive Without Major Medical CoverageOne family's solution includes accident insurance, concierge medicine, and a health care cost sharing ministry.
August 21, 2018
Chinese Investor Devotes Fortune to Unlock the Human BrainTianqiao Chen is backing basic research that could, eventually, help lead a cure for Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
August 21, 2018
U.S. Hospitals Keep Closing, With No End in SightThe CVS-Aetna deal could add to the pressure.
August 21, 2018
3 New Weird Things About the Individual Major Medical MarketThe strangest thing about the market may be that it could continue to lurch forward.