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.
Micro Businesses Continue to Drop Health Coverage: EBRI
By Allison BellThe think tank found that plan sponsorship increased at employers with 10 to 99 employees.
August 31, 2017
Governors Share Health Plan as Senate Flirts With BipartisanshipThe Kasich-Hickenlooper proposal could keep the individual mandate and increase subsidies.
August 31, 2017
Trump's Tax-Cut Bid Hits Obstacle: Hurricane Harvey's CostsThe storm may have caused as much as $90 billion in damage.
August 31, 2017
Does Anyone on Trump’s Team Take Him Seriously?A conservative blogger suggests that aides could be doing more to implement his policies.
August 31, 2017
ACA Repeal Dead, but Tax Cuts Likely Coming: Andy FriedmanUpcoming fiscal deadlines could lead to a government shutdown, but tax reform bill will satisfy markets, Friedman says.
August 31, 2017
Health Care Service Corp. ACA Exchange Plans Look Better: Moody'sThe firm says big, rated insurers can probably handle weak individual mandate enforcement.
August 30, 2017
Uninsured Rate Soars for the Moderately Broke : CDCThe new numbers also show that insured people need more help with paying out-of-pocket costs.
August 30, 2017
Look Who's Fighting Our Algorithmic OverlordsA scientist has come up with a way to measure whether an AI is biased.