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.
Balance The Emotional Scale For Career Professionals
By Gerald J. RadicanThe worksite disability income insurance sale can bring together 2 highly charged (and sometimes emotional) issues: personal finances and the potential of losing the ability ...
April 15, 2007
Transparency Tools Can Help Clients See Brokers' ValueWhen President Bush issued an executive order in August calling for health care providers to do a better job of reporting on cost and quality, ...
April 15, 2007
Critical Illness And/Or LTC: A Possible Solution?As the critical illness insurance market continues to evolve in the United States, carriers are adding new features to the products. We'll look at some ...
April 13, 2007
NBGH Calls For Simpler Health Savings SystemSome big benefits buyers would like to see Congress combine all tax-advantaged health savings arrangements into a single "401-H" system that would give employees incentives ...
April 13, 2007
Nationwide To Help MetLife With Absence ManagementOne insurer is turning to a division of another insurer to expand absence management services for group disability customers.Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a unit of ...
April 13, 2007
Committee Passes Medicare Drug Negotiation BillMembers of the Senate Finance Committee voted 13-8 Thursday to approve S. 3, a bill that would let the federal government negotiate Medicare prescription drug ...
April 13, 2007
Committee Passes Medicare Drug Negotiation BillMembers of the Senate Finance Committee voted 13-8 Thursday to approve S. 3, a bill that would let the federal government negotiate Medicare prescription drug ...
April 13, 2007
Bay State Implements Health Plan Nondiscrimination RulesMassachusetts agencies are moving ahead with efforts to implement the state's health coverage access expansion program.The Massachusetts Division of Insurance has issued a bulletin that ...