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.
Officials Release Katrina Survivor Health Funds
By Staff WriterThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released $1.5 billion in cash for states that need help paying for medical care for Gulf ...
March 24, 2006
Mutual Of Omaha Adds Healthways ProgramA Midwestern health insurer has chosen a wellness services vendor.Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company, Omaha, Neb., has decided to offer group health customers the myhealthIQ ...
March 22, 2006
GAO Helps Lawmakers Define "Insurance"So, what is insurance?A team of researchers led by Orice Williams, a director at the U.S. Government Accountability Office, has prepared a report to help ...
March 22, 2006
GAO: Health Account Plan Cuts CostsA health reimbursement arrangement plan helped the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program hold down costs in 2006.Overall FEHBP premium growth has slowed to 1.8% this ...
March 22, 2006
GAO Helps LawmakersA team of researchers led by Orice Williams, a director at the U.S. Government Accountability Office, has prepared a report to help members of the ...
March 22, 2006
GAO Helps Lawmakers Define "Insurance"So, what is insurance?A team of researchers led by Orice Williams, a director at the U.S. Government Accountability Office, has prepared a report to help ...
March 22, 2006
GAO: Health Account Plan Cuts CostsA health reimbursement arrangement plan helped the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program hold down costs in 2006.Overall FEHBP premium growth has slowed to 1.8% this ...
March 22, 2006
GAO: Health Costs Threaten State And Local GovernmentsThe cost of insuring the health of employees, retirees and poor people could swamp state and local government finances starting in the 2020s.Analysts at the ...