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.
Genworth Gets $450 Million Term Loan
By Allison BellChina Oceanwide, Genworth's would-be buyer, provided $60 million of the financing.
March 08, 2018
What If They Roll Back the Short-Term Health Time Limit?An arm of a short-term health distributor looks at benefits periods.
March 08, 2018
`Rigged' System Blocks Lower-Cost Drugs, Head of FDA SaysScott Gottlieb said health insurers share some of the blame at AHIP's own conference.
March 07, 2018
Helping Employees Understand HSAsThe author says the secret to making a health savings account program work well is explaining it well.
March 06, 2018
CVS Offers $40 Billion of Debt in Third-Largest Bond SaleCVS may break the offering into as many as nine parts.
March 06, 2018
Trump Administration Wants to Take On Medical Records PuzzleIf successful, this effort could affect life and disability insurance underwriting as well as health care delivery.
March 06, 2018
CVS's Monster Debt Sale Highlights a Major Deal ProblemOne challenge will be how to channel Aetna plan enrollees into CVS stores without getting them mad.
March 06, 2018
Let the DOL Oversee Association Health Plans? No WayA fraud fighter says the DOL has a bad track record when it comes to shutting down fake plans.