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.
Pennsylvania Includes HSA Contributions In Taable Income
By Staff WriterPennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell has signed a bill that will make employer and employee contributions to health savings accounts subject to the state income ...
July 15, 2005
Survey Finds Support For Universal Child Health CoverageA majority of conservative Republican voters polled recently told a survey team that the federal government should provide health insurance for all children whose ...
July 15, 2005
Health Net Epands Connecticut Medicare ProgramThe Northeastern arm of Health Net Inc. is setting up Medicare managed care operations in 5 more Connecticut counties.[@@]Health Net, Woodland Hills, Calif., is ...
July 15, 2005
Study: American Malpractice Costs May Not Be So HighMedical malpractice suits may not be doing as much to drive up U.S. health care system costs as some system observers believe.[@@]Gerald Anderson, a ...
July 14, 2005
Great-West Reports Savings At Low-Deductible PlansGreat-West Healthcare says it believes the consumer incentive features it sells along with normal-deductible group health plans are helping to hold down plan expenses.[@@]Great-West, ...
July 14, 2005
UnitedHealth To Hire 600 For Medicare ProgramUnitedHealth Group Inc. is looking forward to the birth of the new Medicare drug plan.[@@]The Minnetonka, Minn., managed care company is reporting $809 million ...
July 14, 2005
Michigan Blue Holds Down Some Premium IncreasesBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan says it will maintain its statewide average premium increase to just 4% for businesses with fewer than ...
July 14, 2005
Conseco Names Top ActuaryThe insurance unit at Conseco Inc. has promoted Mark Alberts to chief actuary.[@@]Alberts previously was a senior vice president for corporate actuarial at the ...