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.
Lawmakers Move Ahead With SCHIP Legislation
By Arthur D. PostalThe Senate Finance Committee will mark up a State Children's Health Insurance Plan reauthorization bill next week, according to Sen. Max Baucus.The SCHIP program's current ...
July 10, 2007
Sharon Alt Buys Out PartnerA well-known Fort Worth, Texas, health insurance expert is striking out on her own.Sharon Alt, president and co-founder of Alt Benefit Consultants Inc., Fort Worth, ...
July 10, 2007
Florida P-C Broker Picks Health VendorBrayboy & Associates Inc. will be providing employee benefits services for corporate clients of J. Rolfe Davis Insurance Agency Inc.J. Rolfe Davis, Maitland, Fla., is ...
July 10, 2007
Infosys Adopts AHIP Certification ProcessAn international services company has used a new customer service training program developed by America's Health Insurance Plans.Infosys Technologies Ltd., Bangalore, India, has started offering ...
July 10, 2007
California Blue Affiliate Awards GrantsThe Blue Shield of California Foundation today announced about $11 million in donations to California nonprofit organizations.The foundation, an arm of Blue Shield of California, ...
July 09, 2007
Survey: Few Workers Know Health Plan LingoOnly about 24% of U.S. workers say they would be comfortable defining the term "health savings account" for someone else, and only 16% say they ...
July 09, 2007
EBenefits Scoops Up L.A. MarketingA company that sells life and health insurance through the Web and direct marketing programs has acquired a company that sells non-insurance health care programs ...
July 09, 2007
Hancock To Emphasize RolloversA retirement services vendor says it is going to try to take a new approach to persuading employees who leave its 401(k) plans to buy ...