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.
PacifiCare To Borrow $200 Million
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, May 14, 11:47 a.m. -- PacifiCare Health Systems Inc., Santa Ana., Calif., says it will be borrowing $200 million by ...
May 13, 2002
Maine To Start Small Business Insurance ProgramNU Online News Service, May 13, 12:05 p.m. -- Maine Governor Angus King, an independent, recently signed House Bill 1324, a bill establishing a ...
May 12, 2002
March Saw The Biggest Insurance IPOBy Thomas K. MeakinTravelers, welcome back!Investors in insurance stocks have missed the opportunity to own and trade in shares of this venerable Connecticut Yankee, established ...
May 12, 2002
Mastectomy-Related Laws In 3 StatesByGovernors have signed three major new mastectomy-related bills into law recently.Virginia Gov. Mark Warner signed H.B. 662, a bill requiring state-regulated health carriers to ...
May 12, 2002
Insurers Oppose Internet Privacy BillByWashington Life insurance companies are strongly opposing an Internet privacy bill they say could effectively destroy online sales of insurance.The legislation, S. 2201, was introduced ...
May 12, 2002
Bush Mental Parity Stance HitByWashington President Bushs decision to support mental health parity legislation is drawing differing reactions from business and insurer groups.Donald Young, president of the Health ...
May 10, 2002
New York Changes Health Risk-Adjustment SystemNU Online News Service, May 10, 3:51 p.m. -- The New York State Insurance Department is changing the complicated system it uses to protect ...
May 10, 2002
Health Coverage Deluge? Not YetNU Online News Service, May 10, 5:15 p.m. -- Brad Benton is the latest health care consultant who is predicting the U.S. health care ...