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.
Actuaries Call For Revamping Their Field
By Jim ConnollyThe people who help U.S. insurance insurers and pension plans peer into the future need a broader education and more attention from their disciplinary board.Members ...
January 10, 2007
LTC Seller Pays $12 Million For ShellLifeSecure Insurance Company has completed previously announced plans to acquire Columbia Universal Life Insurance Company.LifeSecure, Brighton, Mich., is an affiliate of Blue Cross Blue Shield ...
January 09, 2007
Forecaster Optimistic About U.S. EconomyThe U.S. housing market is slowing, especially on the East and West coasts, but not enough to do much damage to stock prices this year.Robert ...
January 09, 2007
Golden State Leader Proposes Employer Insurance MandateCalifornia Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to use the tax system to encourage employers to provide health coverage and to use a new health care tax ...
January 09, 2007
CMS Actuaries Find Slower Health Spending GrowthPrivate U.S. health insurers' spending on health care rose 6.6% in 2005, to $694 billion.Economists with the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for ...
January 09, 2007
CMS Actuaries Find Slower Health Spending GrowthPrivate U.S. health insurers' spending on health care rose 6.6% in 2005, to $694 billion.Economists with the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for ...
January 08, 2007
Golden State Leader Proposes Employer Insurance MandateCalifornia Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to use the tax system to encourage employers to provide health coverage and to use a new health care tax ...
January 08, 2007
Republicans: Medicare Drug Program Is Working WellThe Bush administration says competition between private Medicare Part D prescription plans will help participants pay 41% less in premiums in 2007 than originally projected.Net ...