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.
Health Subrogation Provision Falls Out Of Pension Bill
By Matt BradyH.R. 4, the pension bill now in play in the Senate, excludes a provision that could have helped employer-sponsored health plans seek reimbursement from law ...
August 03, 2006
HMOs Increase ShareHealth maintenance organizations are covering 25% of U.S. residents this year, up from 23% in 2005.Researchers at HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a unit of Decision Resources Inc., Waltham, ...
August 03, 2006
Texas Applies Group Rules To Individual-Policy ProgramsThe Lone Star State is trying to stop employers and insurers from using health coverage purchased through the individual market to escape group health plan ...
August 03, 2006
Elder Care Firms Team UpLiving Independently Group Inc. and LifePlans Inc. are joining forces to look after seniors and others who need long term care.Living Independently, New York, is ...
August 02, 2006
CDHPs Can Open Opportunities For STD Sales, Study SuggestsThe growth of high-deductible health care plans increases opportunities for sales of short term disability insurance in the workplace, a new MetLife Inc. study suggests."The ...
August 02, 2006
CDHPs Can Open Opportunities For STD Sales, Study SuggestsThe growth of high-deductible health care plans increases opportunities for sales of short term disability insurance in the workplace, a new MetLife Inc. study suggests."The ...
August 01, 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 ...
August 01, 2006
Health Insurer Offers HRA-HSA ComboPrincipal Financial Group Inc. has introduced a program that employers can use to combine health reimbursement arrangements with health savings accounts.HRAs, which can be used ...