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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.
Witnesses Tell Congress To Let Patients See Prices
By Staff WriterDoctors and hospitals should give patients both their "retail" prices and the prices actually paid by health insurers.Witnesses delivered that message Wednesday at a hearing ...
March 16, 2006
Automaker Ties Health Benefits Costs To IncomeA unit of Daimler Chrysler Corp. is making higher-paid employees bear more of the brunt of rising health coverage costs.Chrysler, Auburn Hills, Mich., says it ...
March 16, 2006
Paying More For Good Care May Cut Total CostsBenefits researchers may be seeing evidence that trying to improve the quality of health care can help hold down health benefits bills in the real ...
March 16, 2006
Insurer: LTC Claimants Are Outliving ProjectionsPenn Treaty American Corp. may have to add $30 million to long term care insurance claim reserves.Penn Treaty, Allentown, Pa., says it is postponing release ...
March 16, 2006
Automaker Ties Health Benefits Costs To IncomeA unit of Daimler Chrysler Corp. is making higher-paid employees bear more of the brunt of rising health coverage costs.Chrysler, Auburn Hills, Mich., says it ...
March 16, 2006
Nutmeg State To Review ACE DealA unit of ACE Ltd. has asked the Connecticut Insurance Department for permission to buy a life insurance company from a unit of Hartford Financial ...
March 16, 2006
Nutmeg State To Review ACE DealA unit of ACE Ltd. has asked the Connecticut Insurance Department for permission to buy a life insurance company from a unit of Hartford Financial ...
March 16, 2006
Sunshine State To Back Mobile ConsumersThe Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has scheduled a March 31 hearing in Tallahassee, Fla., on proposed insurance travel underwriting regulations.The proposed regulations would prohibit ...