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.
Experts: Climate Might Be Wrong For Health Plan Right-To-Sue Bills
By Allison BellExperts: Climate Might Be Wrong For Health Plan Right-To-Sue BillsByTiming might help protect the health insurance industry against quick passage of major federal patients right-to-sue ...
June 29, 2004
Maryland Orders Credit Insurance FundsNU Online News Service, June 29, 2004, 5:29 p.m. EDTMaryland regulators have ordered 4 affiliates of Assurant Inc., New York, to refund $6.5 million ...
June 28, 2004
Shareholders Approve AnthemWellPoint DealMost shareholders of Anthem Inc. and WellPoint Health Networks Inc. have approved the companies' proposed $16 billion merger.[@@]About 97% of the shareholders of WellPoint, ...
June 24, 2004
Be Sure Of Suitability When Selling Workplace BenefitsBe Sure Of Suitability When Selling Workplace BenefitsByThroughout my many years in the voluntary benefits industry, Ive seen one issue arise time and time again: ...
June 24, 2004
Residents Of Some States Get Temporary HSA ReliefResidents Of Some States Get Temporary HSA ReliefBy Allison BellThe Internal Revenue Service is giving residents of states with strict health insurance benefits mandates a ...
June 24, 2004
New York HMO Agrees To Acquire Connecticut PlanA big nonprofit New York health plan has agreed to acquire an investor-owned Connecticut health plan with 270,000 members.[@@]Health Insurance Plan of Greater New ...
June 24, 2004
Medical Debt Drives Up Wash. State Bankruptcy RateNU Online News Service, June 24, 2004, 1:14 p.m. EDTMedical debt has contributed to a surge in Washington state bankruptcies.[@@]State residents filed 39,818 personal ...
June 24, 2004
Marketing Worksite Benefits To Independent ContractorsMarketing Worksite Benefits To Independent ContractorsByWith the potential for thousands of individual sales, consumer companies that sell their products through independent contractors offer a potentially ...