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.
Why is European health care so much cheaper?
By Allison BellA medical tourism firm has come up with what it thinks is a good answer.
April 27, 2016
Zika fight starts to bite Republicans ahead of mosquito seasonSenate Democrats see the Zika funding delay as a political opportunity.
April 27, 2016
Anthem likely to give PPACA exchanges more time to stabilizeExecutives see consumers choosing better-known issuers over cheaper issuers.
April 26, 2016
Trump wins big in disability countryThe $150 billion federal disability program is a mess. It almost went broke (Congress had to give it an emergency infusion).
April 26, 2016
LTCI Watch: $400The "secret shame of middle-class Americans" is a disability, and an LTC, planning story.
April 26, 2016
Feds say group plans get one appeal per 2,900 claimsEBSA expects patients to file only about 8,400 external appeals per year.
April 26, 2016
Centene: We like the PPACA exchange systemThe carrier recorded about $88 in extra gains per first-quarter exchange enrollee as of March 31.
April 26, 2016
Interest in combination products growing, especially among millennialsTwo-thirds of consumers agree that most people need long-term care insurance, but only 16 percent own any.