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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.
FEHB To Pay For Substance Abuse Screening
By Staff WriterThe Federal Employees Health Benefits program will be reimbursing plan members' doctors to see if the members need help with controlling drug or alcohol problems.The ...
April 08, 2008
How To Identify -- And Reach -- Small Case Decision MakersPenetrating the small case disability insurance market can be challenging.The sheer size of the market is daunting, with nearly 6 million U.S. companies employing fewer ...
April 07, 2008
LTC Insurer Streamlines Underwriting DecisionsMedAmerica Inc. will be giving insurance producers direct access to its long term care insurance underwriters.The new Partners In Underwriting Program will help give agents ...
April 06, 2008
Experts Ponder Enrollment Lessons For Group LTC InsuranceAchieving high enrollments for group long term care insurance benefits requires choosing the right client, well planned execution and thorough involvement of the employer in ...
April 06, 2008
Why PPA's LTC Provisions Are Turning HeadsWithout doubt, the passage of the Pension Protection Act of 2006, which extends the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's favorable treatment of combination life ...
April 06, 2008
5 Tips For Growing More LTC Insurance BusinessAs 78 million baby boomers prepare for retirement, media attention on long term care insurance has dramatically increased. For many advisors, this presents an ideal ...
April 06, 2008
5 Tips For Growing More LTC Insurance BusinessAs 78 million baby boomers prepare for retirement, media attention on long term care insurance has dramatically increased. For many advisors, this presents an ideal ...
April 04, 2008
LIMRA: Premiums, Lives Increase At Group LTC PlansNew annualized premiums increased 16% for U.S. employer-sponsored group long term care insurance plans in 2007, and the number of employees participating in the plans ...