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.
ACA definitions: Enrollment period basics
By Allison BellHere's a glossary of health insurance signup terms, in time for open enrollment.
October 28, 2016
Life insurance has changed since the Cubs last won a World SeriesThe life insurance industry was born and raised in the 108 years since Chicago's 'Cubbies' last dominated baseball.
October 27, 2016
The malady lingers onMaybe, the author says, the ACA will stay with us. In a bad way.
October 27, 2016
The malady lingers onMaybe, the author says, the ACA will stay with us. In a bad way.
October 27, 2016
Aetna exec sees ACA risk-adjustment death spiralMark Bertolini says the current program pushes good risks out of the market.
October 27, 2016
Unum pays 7.7 percent more comp for U.S. voluntary salesU.S. group disability commission spending rose 4.2 percent in spite of low interest rates.
October 27, 2016
'The ACA exchanges are dead' is fun to hollerThinking about the underlying individual health market problems is less fun.
October 26, 2016
Centene: Our ACA exchange plans are still doing wellBut the insurer demanded, and got, individual health concessions in California.