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.
Officials Tweak Health Privacy Rules
By Allison BellThe federal agencies that regulate banks and financial institutions say lenders cannot use information about a consumer's health as the basis for requiring the ...
June 09, 2005
WellPoint Closes On LumenosWellPoint Inc. has completed previously announced plans to acquire Lumenos Inc., one of the companies that popularized the idea of combining high-deductible health coverage ...
June 08, 2005
HSA Firm To Market Through NFIBHSA Bank has started marketing health savings account administration services through the National Federation of Independent Business.[@@]The NFIB, Nashville, Tenn., is a small business ...
June 08, 2005
Study: Employers Pay To Cover Other Employers WorkersU.S. employers that provide health benefits spend about 20% of their benefits budgets on medical care for other employers' employees.[@@]Researchers affiliated with The Commonwealth ...
June 08, 2005
Officials Tweak Health Privacy RulesThe federal agencies that regulate banks and financial institutions say lenders cannot use information about a consumer's health as the basis for requiring the ...
June 08, 2005
Costco Tests Health Plans In CaliforniaCostco Wholesale Corp. says it is testing two health insurance plans for its executive members and members of their families.The warehouse-style retailer will test ...
June 08, 2005
Insurer Bases Plans On HealthMarket ModelUICI has introduced a new family of small group health plans that incorporate personal health accounts.[@@]UICI, North Richland Hills, Texas, says it has received ...
June 08, 2005
Why CI Insurance Hasnt Replaced Cancer InsuranceFive or six years ago, article after article was written predicting that the new critical illness insurance products would revolutionize and replace cancer insurance ...