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.
California exchange board OKs agent comp standards
By Allison BellProducer compensation standards are part of the plan contract for 2017 through 2019.
April 15, 2016
10 critical tax issues for 2016Happy Tax Day! In the year ahead, the IRS will be looking to assist retirement savers, enforce Obamacare penalties and stem tax scams.
April 15, 2016
Obamacare Cadillac Tax, Despite Delay, Still Driving Health Plan ChangesObamacares Cadillac tax on high-cost health plans was delayed until 2020, but many employers are still reducing benefits to avoid paying the tax, EBRI says.
April 15, 2016
Crestor developer sees sales doubling on lower-priced drugsShionogi is working on modestly priced, "small molecule" drugs.
April 14, 2016
Ways & Means witnesses attack group health exclusionSome Republican lawmakers defended the current group health tax treatment.
April 14, 2016
Ways & Means witnesses attack group health exclusionSome Republican lawmakers defended the current group health tax treatment.
April 14, 2016
Second PPACA tax season rumbles to a closeThe level of individual taxpayer PPACA misery may have peaked earlier in the spring.
April 14, 2016
On the Third Hand: Rate filingsHaving public access to a standardized rate filing database is helpful.