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.
Ruling Favorable To HMOs Stirs Call For Patient Rights Bill
By Allison BellRuling Favorable To HMOs Stirs Call For Patient Rights BillByAfter the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of protecting employer-sponsored health plans against state ...
June 22, 2004
Account-Based Health Plans Hold Cost Creep To 3.7%NU Online News Service, June 22, 2004, 3:43 p.m. EDTAetna Inc., Hartford, says its account-based health plans seem to be succeeding at holding down ...
June 22, 2004
Coalition To Buy Health Coverage For L.A. ChildrenNU Online News Service, June 22, 2004, 12:57 p.m. EDTA coalition of 4 dozen organizations will be paying for health coverage for up to ...
June 22, 2004
Principal Adds HSA Insurance, Account PackageNU Online News Service, June 22, 2004, 1:43 p.m. EDTPrincipal Financial Group Inc., Des Moines, Iowa, has introduced a health savings account program that ...
June 22, 2004
States Eye Surplus Capital At Nonprofit Health PlansNU Online News Service, June 22, 2004, 5:23 p.m. EDTSeveral states want to make nonprofit health plans return surplus capital to consumers.[@@]North Carolina, Pennsylvania ...
June 22, 2004
Economist Pans Hospital Rate Disclosure ProposalsNU Online News Service, June 22, 2004, 4:18 p.m. EDTMaking hospitals disclose prices could backfire.[@@]Paul Ginsberg, an economist who serves as president of the ...
June 21, 2004
Assurant Sees Strong Demand For HSAsNU Online News Service, June 21, 2004, 5:29 pm. EDTThe Assurant Health unit at Assurant Inc., New York, says consumer interest in the new ...
June 21, 2004
High Court Protects Health Plans From State SuitsThe U.S. Supreme Court has issued a unanimous decision that protects health plans against tort suits filed in state courts.[@@]The ruling involves Aetna Health ...