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 Asks To Shift Virginia Operations
By Staff WriterA large managed care company says it needs more freedom to streamline its business.Anthem Health Plans of Virginia, a unit of WellPoint Inc., Indianapolis, is ...
April 26, 2007
California Blue Offers Dental PlanBlue Cross of California is offering small businesses a dental PPO insurance plan originally developed by one of its affiliated firms.The product, Dental Blue, was ...
April 26, 2007
California Blue Offers Dental PlanBlue Cross of California is offering small businesses a dental PPO insurance plan originally developed by one of its affiliated firms.The product, Dental Blue, was ...
April 26, 2007
Alzheimer's Afflicts More Than 5 Million: ReportAn estimated 5.1 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease, according to an annual study by the Alzheimer's Association, Chicago.Of these, 4.9 million are age 65 and ...
April 26, 2007
House Acts To Ban Genetic Tests For InsuranceWASHINGTON--The House overwhelmingly passed legislation Wednesday that bars discrimination in insuring people based on genetic testing.The House bill, H.R. 493, has the support of America's ...
April 26, 2007
House Acts To Ban Genetic Tests For InsuranceWASHINGTON--The House overwhelmingly passed legislation Wednesday that bars discrimination in insuring people based on genetic testing.The House bill, H.R. 493, has the support of America's ...
April 26, 2007
Group DI Sales Pass $12 Billion Last YearU.S. group disability inforce premium grew around 7% in 2006, from aboout $11 billion in 2005 to more than $12 billion, according to a survey ...
April 26, 2007
Congress Debates Improved State Of Trust FundsWASHINGTON--Social Security and Medicare trust funds will remain solvent a year longer than previously estimated, fund trustees report.The report prompted an intense effort by members ...