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.
Senate passes PPACA blocker bill
By Allison BellSenators voted 90-10 to kill the Cadillac plan excise tax.
December 03, 2015
Exchange maker: Demand is strongRob Butler says he hears a lot more about PPACA employee counting than about the Cadillac plan tax.
December 03, 2015
Some projected net health insurance costs go poofNoncommercial health research spending is continuing to sink.
December 03, 2015
Some projected net health insurance costs go poofNoncommercial health research spending is continuing to sink.
December 03, 2015
Diabetes on the declineFor the first time in a long time, new cases of diabetes are on the decline.
December 03, 2015
Yellen ties rate-rise pace to ‘actual progress’ on inflationThe Fed wants inflation to increase, not decrease.
December 03, 2015
U.S. health spending up most since ’07, fueled by PPACAFor people with private coverage, spending increased 3.2 percent.
December 03, 2015
U.S. health spending up most since ’07, fueled by PPACAFor people with private coverage, spending increased 3.2 percent.