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.
Evergreen State Imposes ER Benefits Penalty
By Staff WriterWashington state regulators have issued $65,000 in fines in connection with allegations that a health carrier violated the state's prudent layperson rule for coverage of ...
August 01, 2006
Relatives Guide Many LTC PurchasesFamily considerations play a big part in consumers' decisions to buy long term care insurance, according to results of new survey commissioned by Mutual of ...
August 01, 2006
Insurance MultitaskingLong-term care insurance is frequently a hard sell, until people are older and often ineligible for coverage. Planners thus may be interested in a multifaceted...
August 01, 2006
Health Care Funds Tired and SluggishThe health care sector encompasses a broad and diverse group of companies--from high-risk, fast-growth biotech stocks to solid, blue-chip drugmakers, long the darling of conservative...
August 01, 2006
Now's the Time for LTCJeffrey Karelis, an advisor who is a partner in KSP Financial Consultants in Waltham, Massachusets, favors buying LTC insurance when clients are in their late...
July 31, 2006
Health Plan Evaluator To Include Consumer ToolsThe National Committee for Quality Assurance wants all of the managed care plans it accredits to adopt at least some elements of the "consumer-driven" health ...
July 30, 2006
Battle Rages Over Subrogation ProvisionAmerica's Health Insurance Plans is battling the American Trial Lawyers Association and the National Conference of State Legislatures over access to patients' lawsuit settlements.Lawmakers on ...
July 30, 2006
Battle Rages Over Subrogation ProvisionAmerica's Health Insurance Plans is battling the American Trial Lawyers Association and the National Conference of State Legislatures over access to patients' lawsuit settlements.Lawmakers on ...