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.
Mark Farrah: Insurers likely lost $6 billion in 2015 individual health losses
By Allison BellOff-exchange plans may still cover 38 percent of individual health enrollees, the firm says.
August 31, 2016
8 ways long-term care insurance applicants are differentResearchers say people who seek coverage tend to be much healthier than other Americans.
August 31, 2016
Why Obamacare can't be what its supporters wantThe author says the backers of the law should have retreated to a more modest goal.
August 31, 2016
Federal workers seek long-term care insurance rate hearingPremiums are set to rise an average of 83 percent right before Election Day.
August 30, 2016
Where Can Advisors Find Valuable Health Care Advice?Jamie Hopkins joins Dr. Katy Votava to discuss how financial advisors can find resources for quality health care advice to recommend to their clients.
August 30, 2016
One Wellmark enrollee filed $18 million in 2015 claimsThat one patient cost the coverage issuer about $820 per enrollee in allowed claims, actuaries say.
August 30, 2016
One Wellmark enrollee filed $18 million in 2015 claimsThat one patient cost the coverage issuer about $820 per enrollee in allowed claims, actuaries say.
August 30, 2016
Small blocks of long-term care insurance may get own rulesInsurers say requiring full actuarial analysis for them would be overkill.