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.
Rating Agencies Weigh In On WellPoint%2DWellChoice Deal
By Steve TuckeyInvestors seem to like the idea of WellPoint Inc. acquiring WellChoice Inc., but the rating agencies are wondering how easy it will be for ...
September 28, 2005
Big Business Learns To Love Mini MedA coalition of blue chip employers is out there promoting the idea that a little medical insurance is better than none.The HR Policy Association, ...
September 28, 2005
CharacteristicsNote: I just want to run this so that we have something in the supplement about dental. We can cut either the worker characteristics ...
September 28, 2005
Ensuring A Smooth Migration To Consumer-Directed Health CareBreaking through people's hesitancy to move past the status quoMore employers than originally predicted have made the transition to consumer-directed health care in an ...
September 28, 2005
Filling Health Plan HolesSome employers are thinking about using hospital indemnity plans and other limited-benefit medical plans to fill in gaps in major medical coverage.Major players in ...
September 28, 2005
Look Before You Leap> People are talking a lot about "mini medical" or "limited benefit" insurance plans these days, but because these plans are so new, not ...
September 28, 2005
National LTC Plan ProposedKennedy and DeWine preparing a voluntary payroll deduction programLeading insurance industry groups are giving a lukewarm reception to proposed legislation that would create a ...