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.
Times Eyes Private Medicare FFS Plans
By Staff WriterA large newspaper has printed a front-page article that takes a highly critical look at a closely watched public-private health finance partnership.Robert Pear writes today ...
May 06, 2007
LIFE Wants Producers To Amplify Disability Insurance Month MessageThe people who have made May the first annual Disability Insurance Awareness Month are hoping insurance agents and brokers will help them reach the tens ...
May 06, 2007
Medicare LTC Payments To RiseThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services plans to increase Medicare payments to nursing homes by about $690 million in fiscal 2008 while increasing contributions ...
May 06, 2007
Health Costs Chill Traditional Group Life SalesEmployers continued to shy away from paying for new employee life insurance plans in 2006.Insurers increased U.S. sales of "voluntary," employee-paid group term life insurance ...
May 04, 2007
Ohio Discount Plans Must Have Agreements With ProvidersThe Buckeye State now has a new discount medical program law.The law gives the Ohio Department of Insurance the authority to regulate discount programs in ...
May 04, 2007
Badger State Reviews Give Consumers 1-in-4 OddsWisconsin health plan members who challenge adverse claim decisions have a 23% chance of prevailing.The state's insurance regulators have published the challenge outcome figures in ...
May 04, 2007
N.Y. Regulators Tackle Non-Expiring Whole Life PoliciesEmpire State offiicials say life insurers should take care when designing a whole life insurance product with no maturity age.The New York State Insurance Department ...
May 04, 2007
N.Y. Regulators Tackle Non-Expiring Whole Life PoliciesEmpire State offiicials say life insurers should take care when designing a whole life insurance product with no maturity age.The New York State Insurance Department ...