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.
New England State Fines Health Insurers
By Staff WriterConnecticut insurance regulators have announced a settlement that will resolve an investigation of 2 sister companies that sell temporary medical insurance.John Alden Life Insurance Company ...
May 16, 2008
Coventry Board Extends Buyback ProgramThe board of Coventry Health Care Inc. has agreed to spend the cash needed to buy up more of the company's common stock.The board of ...
May 15, 2008
Milliman: Health Increase Stays In Single DigitsResearchers at Milliman Inc. say the typical U.S. family of 4 will spend $15,609 on medical care this year, up 7.6% from the total for ...
May 15, 2008
Fitch: Federal Regulation InevitableFederal regulation of the U.S. insurance industry probably is coming, but it may not bring quick benefits to insurers or to consumers.Analysts in the Chicago ...
May 15, 2008
Hearing Witnesses Critique HSA ApproachA House Ways and Means Committee subcommittee presented several critics of high-deductible health plans and account-based plans Wednesday at a hearing.Rep. Pete Stark, D- Calif., ...
May 15, 2008
Hearing Witnesses Critique HSA ApproachA House Ways and Means Committee subcommittee presented several critics of high-deductible health plans and account-based plans Wednesday at a hearing.Rep. Pete Stark, D- Calif., ...
May 15, 2008
UnitedHealth Merges TPA OperationsA managed care giant has combined third-party administration operations it already owned with newly acquired TPA operations.The UnitedHealthcare arm of UnitedHealth Group Inc., Minnetonka, Minn., ...
May 15, 2008
Workers ID Drug Firms As Health Cost VillainsU.S. consumers believe drug costs and medical malpractice suits are the factors most responsible for increasing U.S. health care costs.Researchers at Guardian Life Insurance Company ...