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.
Alzheimer’s Awareness Includes Long-Term Care Awareness
By Chris CoudretNovember is LTC Awareness Month, making it a good time to have conversations about the impact Alzheimers and other diseases can have on retirement plans.
November 14, 2017
Senate Republicans to Add ACA Mandate Fight to Tax FightHatch apologized to Senate Finance members about the sudden changes but said, "This is the way it is."
November 14, 2017
Chubb Executive Now Heads Insurtech Standards GroupJ. Spero Zacharias helps run a division that writes non-ACA health insurance products.
November 14, 2017
Trump Health Pick Has Blamed Health Plans, PBMs for Drug CostsBernie Sanders has questioned the idea of putting a former pharmaceutical executive in charge of HHS.
November 14, 2017
10 Worst States for Daily E-Cigarette UseIn these states, confusion about the rules could send some life prospects' applications up in smoke.
November 13, 2017
Medicare Plan to Cut Hospital Readmission Is Tied to More DeathsThe one-year mortality rate for 115,245 patients in a registry soared to 36.3%, from 31.3%.
November 13, 2017
Trump Picks Former Lilly Drug Executive as HHS SecretaryAlexander Azar notes that the Affordable Care Act gives the head of HHS a great deal of flexibility.
November 13, 2017
Average Short-Term Health Premium Creeps LowerOut-of-pocket prices may also be falling in the ACA-compliant individual major medical market.