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.
China's Top Insurance Regulator Under Probe for Violations
By The Bloomberg StaffStrong customer demand for insurance has increased the amount of cash China's insurers have to invest.
April 08, 2017
Fewer Early Tax Filers Pay ACA Penalty on UninsuredThe government paid insurers $6.1 billion to keep 1.7 million of the early filers covered in 2016.
April 07, 2017
State Regulators Meet as Individual Health Gasps for LifeThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners is gathering in Denver now without knowing how the federal government will handle individual major medical coverage in 2018.
April 07, 2017
How Middle-Class America Got Fleeced of Its WealthThe author looks at why households have less wealth than they expected to have.
April 07, 2017
Who's Driving Fed Policy? Most Voting Seats Are EmptyOne of the great shapers of the financial markets has administrative problems.
April 07, 2017
Aetna Quits Iowa Exchange, Is Second Insurer to LeaveWellmark, a Blue Cross carrier, announced that it was pulling out on Monday.
April 07, 2017
IRS Chief Says Health Premium Tax Credit Structure Deters FraudJohn Koskinen says that subsidies paid to the insurer, not the taxpayer, can help control abuse.
April 06, 2017
Workplace Retirement Accounts Aren’t Working, Policy Wonks SayThe existence of 25 million orphaned accounts shows something is wrong, says Kent Conrad of the Bipartisan Policy Center.