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.
Prescription drug costs
By Staff Writer7.4%: Average price increase for brand-name drugs last year. 22%: Percentage of people 65 or older who take seven or more medications on a regular basis. 13%: Percentage of people between 50 and 64 who take seven or more medications on a regula
April 11, 2008
St. Paul's Senior Homes and ServicesSt. Paul's Senior Homes and Services, a non-profit organization in San Diego has implemented Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly. The Medicare- and Medicaid-certified service is designed to help provide in-home care for seniors. Altitude
April 11, 2008
AHIA finds encouragement, concern in American Health Choices PlanThe Association of Health Insurance Advisors (AHIA), the health and employee benefits advocate for the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA), is pleased to learn that Senator Hillary Clinton's American Health Choices Plan
April 11, 2008
Boomers' LTC knowledge lackingLong term care costs threaten to swamp the federal budget and bankrupt publicly financed health programs, and a survey from America's Health Insurance Plans finds that the problem may not get better anytime soon - if baby boomers don't get their
April 11, 2008
Health cost growth slowsHealth care spending for Americans over the age of 65 is growing more slowly than spending for people under 65. Per person spending, however, is higher for older people than for younger ones. Nursing home costs have been rising more slowly than
April 10, 2008
Health care cost projections$2 trillion: Estimated amount of government spending on health care for 2017. $4.3 trillion: Estimated total national spending on health care for 2017. 20%: Estimated percentage of gross domestic product health care will consume in 2015. $844
April 10, 2008
AHIA backs reformation, not replacementThe Association of Heath Insurance Advisors, NAIFA's health and employee benefits advocate, applauds the President's call for reliance on the private health insurance market in his recent State of the Union Address, as AHIA has long supported the
April 10, 2008
LTCI coverage offered in stagesConsumers want choice, whether they are shopping for televisions, automobiles or long term care insurance. MetLife has come up with an LTCI product that gives consumers the choice of two plans. Custom Advantage is for individuals getting ready to