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.
Doctors Hold the Key to Lower Drug Prices
By Bob Kocher and Peter R. OrszagContracts should raise awareness of cost without hurting patients' access to necessary care.
July 25, 2018
CMS Moves to Save Individual Major Medical InsuranceTrump administration officials backed off from a chance to let the ACA framework collapse.
July 24, 2018
Health Insurance Startups Bet It's Time for a '90s RevivalRemember Liazon and Definity? Their founders are still trying to fix the U.S. health care system.
July 24, 2018
5 Things a Short-Term Medical Issuer Executive Sees Out There NowJan Dubauskas also has thoughts about the association health plan market.
July 24, 2018
Critical Illness Insurance Sales Rise: LIMRAAbout 24% of U.S. employers now offer some kind of critical illness insurance benefits.
July 23, 2018
Apollo to Buy Hospital Chain LifePoint in $2.5 Billion DealApollo would emerge with a stake in increasing reimbursement rates for rural facilities.
July 23, 2018
Bondholders Tire of Losing Out When Funding Failed AcquisitionsOne of the failed transactions in investors' thoughts is the Aetna-Humana deal.
July 23, 2018
Here's What the Millennials Around Me Said About BenefitsA broker wanted to know what the young adults around him were really thinking. Here's what he found.