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.
Bowler Succeeds Ruthardt As Mass. Commissioner
By Daniel HaysNU Online News Service, March 18, 3:34 p.m. -- Massachusetts Gov. Jane Swift last Friday officially ended the sometimes tempestuous tenure of Insurance Commissioner ...
March 15, 2002
PacifiCare Selling Stand-Alone Behavioral CoverageNU Online News Service, March 15, 12:07 p.m. -- PacifiCare Health Systems Inc., Santa Ana, Calif., says its PacifiCare Behavioral Health unit is now ...
March 15, 2002
Agent Groups Fight NAIC ProposalsNU Online News Service, March 15, 4:15 p.m. -- Agent groups have been rallying against two proposed model regulations up for discussion this week ...
March 14, 2002
PpoNEXT Acquires Smaller Provider Network CompanyNU Online News Service, March 14, 12:33 p.m. -- PpoNEXT Inc., Long Beach, Calif., a large provider network company, has acquired MasterCare Inc., Cranford, ...
March 14, 2002
Indiana Preexisting Condition Bill Dies In HouseNU Online News Service, March 14, 3:15 p.m. -- Indiana lawmakers seem to have given up on a health insurance regulatory relief bill, but ...
March 13, 2002
ACORD Picks Ebix.com To Revamp Web SiteNU Online News Service, March 13, 11:28 a.m. -- The Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development, Pearl River, N.Y., has hired Ebix.com Inc., ...
March 13, 2002
U.S. Health Care Spending Likely To Double By 2011NU Online News Service, March 13, 12:15 p.m. -- WashingtonIncreases in U.S. health care spending could soon lead to dramatic changes in the private ...
March 12, 2002
Doctors Pushing For Antitrust ExemptionNU Online News Service, March 12, 12:55 p.m. -- WashingtonInsurance companies and physicians are squaring off over legislation that could modify antitrust laws and ...