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.
Health deals: IHC, Cowan, Agent Review
By Allison BellOne deal will expand Swiss Re's involvement in the U.S. employer stop-loss market.
January 06, 2016
6 New Jokes for LTC PlannersYou can't always defy the odds, but at least you can draw a silly mustache on the odds.
January 06, 2016
SHIP to reinsure Teachers Protective LTCI policiesSHIP says it will seek to assume the block into its own business.
January 06, 2016
White House asks for LTC funding ideasAging conference report authors note that LTCI now covers about 3.3 percent of U.S. LTC spending.
January 06, 2016
View: States have three new reasons to expand MedicaidThe authors say expansion helps hospitals spend more on improving care.
January 06, 2016
View: Closing tax 'loopholes' would choke middle classSome of the real "bad guys" are employer-sponsored health and pension benefits.
January 06, 2016
Health care’s $605 billion buying binge may slow in 2016Gilead invested in a company developing a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis.