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.
Annual Nursing Home Costs Passed $70,000, Study Finds
By Trevor ThomasThe average annual cost for a private room in a nursing home rose to $70,912, or $194 a day, up 2% over $69,400, or $190 ...
April 01, 2006
Put LTCI on a pedestalThere are 7 million Americans with long term care insurance. Eighty-nine percent of people between the ages of 45 and 64, and 77 percent of people over the age of 65, are uninsured for long term care. But statistics show that two out of every five
March 31, 2006
Hartford Promotes Disability AwarenessAn insurer is trying to do more to educate consumers about the possible effects of illness and injury on income.Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., Hartford, ...
March 31, 2006
Aloha State Panel To See Single-Payer StudyThe Hawaii Health Care Task Force is about to review a report on what might happen if the state replaced the private health insurance system.The ...
March 31, 2006
Aloha State Panel To See Single-Payer StudyThe Hawaii Health Care Task Force is about to review a report on what might happen if the state replaced the private health insurance system.The ...
March 30, 2006
California Patients Sue WellPointA lawyer has filed 10 lawsuits alleging that units of WellPoint Inc. have made overly aggressive efforts to rescind the coverage of insureds who file ...
March 30, 2006
California Patients Sue WellPointA lawyer has filed 10 lawsuits alleging that units of WellPoint Inc. have made overly aggressive efforts to rescind the coverage of insureds who file ...
March 29, 2006
New York Bans Health, Disability Discretionary ClausesEmpire State insurance regulators have joined their California colleagues in trying to get discretionary clauses out of health and disability insurance policies and subscriber contracts.Charles ...