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.
Famed Spokesfowl Gets Plaque On Madison Avenue Sidewalk
By Staff WriterGrand Central Partnership Inc. honored the Aflac Duck today at a ceremony recognizing the duck for being one of America's favorite advertising icons.[@@]The Aflac ...
September 23, 2005
Feds Map Out Medicare Drug, Managed Care ProgramsThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has approved new 2006 Medicare prescription drug program and Medicare managed care program offerings.[@@]The insurers with products ...
September 23, 2005
The Updated Katrina Contribution ListHere is a partial description of life and health insurance community responses to Katrina.[@@]- The Texas Association of Health Underwriters, Duncanville, Texas, has announced ...
September 22, 2005
NAIC Endorses Marsh SettlementThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners says it has reached a multistate settlement agreement with Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.[@@]The NAIC settlement endorses a ...
September 22, 2005
Survey%3A Workers Like Employer-Chosen CoverageSome health policymakers want to put individual consumers in charge of buying their own health coverage, but many consumers seem to prefer employer-chosen plans.[@@]Jeanne ...
September 22, 2005
Buck%3A Employers Still Epect Big Health Cost IncreasesA large benefits consulting firm says it sees signs that double-digit increases in health care benefits costs are continuing.[@@]Researchers at the firm, Buck Consultants, ...
September 21, 2005
Subimo Signs WellPointWellPoint Inc. has added consumer information tools from Subimo L.L.C. to its member Web site.[@@]Consumers who belong to health plans run by WellPoint, Indianapolis, ...
September 21, 2005
Michigan Insurer Rolls Out HSA-Compatible HMOsCare Choices has introduced 12 high-deductible health maintenance organization plans designed for use with health savings accounts.[@@]Care Choices, a unit of Trinity Health, Novi, ...