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.
Principal Offers More DI Options
By Staff WriterThe Principal Financial Group says it has lowered disability insurance rates and added new DI riders.The changes will give consumers more options for assuring their ...
June 06, 2006
Survey: Health Rates High With VotersLikely U.S. voters say they care about health care as much as they care about national security.About 27% of voters named health care as the ...
June 06, 2006
Health Carrier Continues Generic WaiversBlue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina says it will extend a program that encourages consumers to consider cost when choosing prescription drugs.North Carolina ...
June 06, 2006
Health Carrier Continues Generic WaiversBlue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina says it will extend a program that encourages consumers to consider cost when choosing prescription drugs.North Carolina ...
June 06, 2006
Survey: Health Rates High With VotersLikely U.S. voters say they care about health care as much as they care about national security.About 27% of voters named health care as the ...
June 05, 2006
Average policy cost increases from prior yearThe average cost for a 55-year-old purchasing long-term care insurance is $772-per-year. The average annual cost for a 65-year-old is $1,456, according to the 2006 Long Term Care Insurance Price Index reported by the American Association for Long
June 05, 2006
Insuring The Young InvinciblesTwentysomethings who can bike up and down a mountain on two hours' sleep and a can of energy drink still need health insurance.
June 05, 2006
Feds Accredit Medicare Plan AccreditorThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded "deemed status" to URAC.URAC, Washington, runs accreditation programs that evaluate the quality of managed care plans ...