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.
HMOs Ask For 11% 2005 Rate Increase
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, July 14, 2004, 4:33 p.m. EDTHealth maintenance organizations want to raise rates by an average of about 11% in 2004, ...
July 09, 2004
WellPoint Rejects Tax Payment AttacksNU Online News Service, July 9, 2004, 1:48 p.m. EDTWellPoint Health Networks Inc., Thousand Oaks, Calif., says it is paying plenty of state taxes ...
July 08, 2004
Oxford Shareholders Approve UnitedHealth DealNU Online News Service, July 8, 2004, 9:51 a.m. EDTShareholders of Oxford Health Plans Inc., Trumbull, Conn., have approved a $4.9 billion acquisition offer ...
July 08, 2004
Insurance Commissioners Sue Vatican Over FrankelVatican officials are expected to vigorously fight a suit stemming from problems at insurers once associated with the financier Martin Frankel.[@@]The suit, filed in ...
July 08, 2004
Firm To Use MyHealthBank Benefit Account SoftwareNU Online News Service, July 8, 2004, 10:19 a.m. EDTAssociated Administrators Inc., Portland, Ore., has agreed to use software from another Portland company, MyHealthBank ...
July 07, 2004
AHIP: Ohio Voters Favor Tighter Suit LimitsNU Online News Service, July 7, 2004, 5:15 p.m. EDTVoters in a key swing state are hostile toward the current U.S. medical malpractice suit ...
July 06, 2004
State Farm Renews Assurant Health AllianceNU Online News Service, July 6, 2004, 1:03 p.m. EDTState Farm Insurance Companies, Bloomington, Ill., has agreed to continue selling individual medical insurance products ...
July 06, 2004
Weiss: Total Life, Health Profits QuadrupleNU Online News Service, July 6, 2004, 1:22 p.m. EDTU.S. life and health insurance industry profits quadrupled in 2003.[@@]Weiss Ratings Inc., Jupiter, Fla., says ...