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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.
Conservatives want Congress to curb PPACA aid for insurers
By Billy HouseCMS is asking for permission to increase what the risk corridors program can pay out.
November 24, 2015
Top PPACA official makes tweaks as insurer complaints growBurwell says better-informed consumers are more likely to keep paying their premiums.
November 24, 2015
Top PPACA official makes tweaks as insurer complaints growBurwell says better-informed consumers are more likely to keep paying their premiums.
November 24, 2015
Allianz aims to add $6.9 billion of premiums, focus on top unitsEurope's largest insurer wants to raise return on equity for all of the divisions at its life and health unit to at least 10 percent.
November 24, 2015
A legal requirement that is also good businessHIPAA has been around since 1996, but the rise of mobile has caused data security to take on a new level of urgency for advisors.
November 24, 2015
The 95-105 age group: CBO analyzes an under-analyzed Medicare marketPrivate plans have a particularly low share among centenarians.
November 24, 2015
The 95-105 age group: CBO analyzes an under-analyzed Medicare marketPrivate plans have a particularly low share among centenarians.
November 24, 2015
Planned Parenthood sues Texas on proposed Medicaid fund cutsAffiliated clinics have won court orders blocking Medicaid cutbacks in four other states.