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.
Researchers Say Medicare Still Penalizes PPOs
By Steve TuckeyCongress and the Bush administration have tried to welcome private preferred provider organization plans into the Medicare managed care market, but significant barriers remain.[@@]A ...
August 31, 2005
The Top Five Misconceptions About Corporate LTC InsuranceOld clich?s about group LTC policies are no longer trueWhile individual long term care insurance sales remain relatively flat, the employer market for LTC ...
August 31, 2005
Voluntary Benefits: R For Health Care CostsSome workplace benefits may help ease consumer worries about costly medical eventsConsumers have more debt than ever before, which means they need to find ...
August 31, 2005
An Affinity For Group SalesBusiness groups provide a ready market for agents targeting small businessesMarketing voluntary benefits through trade associations and other business affinity groups represents an excellent ...
August 31, 2005
Policymakers Ponder Role Of Feds In Helping Uninsured BoomersU.S. health insurance groups now seem to agree with consumer groups that the government should help baby boomers with health problems buy health coverage.Although ...
August 30, 2005
New York Insurer Reaches Out To ConsumersSBLI USA Mutual Life Insurance Company Inc. has organized several public events in Buffalo, N.Y., to promote national Life Insurance Awareness Month.[@@]Life awareness month ...
August 30, 2005
Government Programs Stabilize Uninsured RatePrivate insurers covered a smaller percentage of the U.S. population in 2004 than in 2003 even though they covered more people.[@@]The total number of ...
August 30, 2005
Colorado Carrier Chooses Claims SoftwareGreat-West Healthcare has agreed to use software from TriZetto Group Inc. to price health plan claims.[@@]Great-West, Greenwood Village, Colo., administers health coverage for 2 ...