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.
Families Spend A Month's Salary On Health Care, Aon Finds
By Staff WriterThe amount families spend on employer-sponsored health care per year is edging closer to one month's salary, according to a survey conducted by Aon Consulting, ...
April 20, 2008
Prepaid Benefits Cards: The Next GenerationBenefits advisors need to know how debit card technology can help employers make consumer-directed health plans work more smoothly.As health insurance becomes more complex, employers ...
April 20, 2008
An Ounce Of Prevention Also Can Cut Disability CostsWe are all aware of the shift in responsibility that has taken place with benefits over the past few years--employees are becoming increasingly accountable for ...
April 20, 2008
Boomers Want To See The World, But What If They Get Sick Abroad?If you flipped a coin, the likelihood that it would turn up heads offers the same odds as finding a baby boomer who wants to ...
April 20, 2008
Prepaid Benefits Cards: The Next GenerationBenefits advisors need to know how debit card technology can help employers make consumer-directed health plans work more smoothly.As health insurance becomes more complex, employers ...
April 20, 2008
Health Cost Freight Train Roaring Toward BoomersAlicia Munnell wishes she could persuade policymakers to pay more attention to the rising cost of health care.Today, the most visible health finance reform efforts ...
April 20, 2008
An Ounce Of Prevention Also Can Cut Disability CostsWe are all aware of the shift in responsibility that has taken place with benefits over the past few years--employees are becoming increasingly accountable for ...
April 19, 2008
Private Medicare plans cost morePrivatization of Medicare plans was billed as a way to save the program money. But according to a Commonwealth Fund study, the private plans cost an additional $5.2 billion in extra payments. In 2005, private Medicare Advantage plans were paid an