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.
WellPoint Workers To Give At Least $15 Million
By Staff WriterA managed care giant has announced its employees' philanthropic goals for 2008.WellPoint Inc., Indianapolis, says its workers have pledged to donate $15 million to 9,600 ...
November 20, 2007
Health Benefit Costs Rise At Twice Inflation RateTotal health benefit costs have risen 6.1% percent this year, to an average of $7,983 per employee, according to Mercer Inc.Researchers at Mercer, a unit ...
November 20, 2007
Health Benefit Costs Rise At Twice Inflation RateTotal health benefit costs have risen 6.1% percent this year, to an average of $7,983 per employee, according to Mercer Inc.Researchers at Mercer, a unit ...
November 19, 2007
AHIP: Many HSA Plans Offer Rich Preventive BenefitsIndividual health savings account-compatible insurance plans are less likely than big HSA plans to pay for the full cost of preventive care, but those that ...
November 19, 2007
Bay State Drops Request For Injunction Against Health InsurerA Texas company says its insurance subsidiaries can continue to sell coverage in Massachusetts.The office of Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has dropped her request ...
November 19, 2007
Tech Bits: Watson Wyatt, MEDecisionA consulting firm has come out with a U.S. version of a financial and actuarial modeling system it has been marketing overseas.Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Washington, ...
November 18, 2007
Senate LTC Bill Provides Above-The-Line DeductionFive U.S. senators have joined to sponsor bipartisan legislation that would provide an above-the-line deduction for long term care insurance premiums through cafeteria plans.Introduction of ...
November 18, 2007
Health Insurance Carriers Increase Voluntary Benefit OfferingsHealth insurance companies are the latest entrants into the market for voluntary worksite benefits, Eastbridge Consulting Group finds.A study by Eastbridge, Avon., Conn., also finds ...