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.
View: There's more to health reform than expanding coverage
By The Bloomberg EditorsThe editors say we need to cut the cost of care while also cuttting out-of-pocket costs.
September 16, 2015
GAO: PPACA exchanges still have $703 million in federal IT grant moneyMinnesota may be the state-based exchange with the most dry powder.
September 16, 2015
Louisiana puts CO-OP in rehabilitationCMS can make $9 million in additional funds available to meet legal obligations, officials say.
September 16, 2015
Private health insurers struggle to reach high earnersCensus figures show government programs dominating the over-400-percent-of-poverty market.
September 16, 2015
Private health insurers struggle to reach high earnersCensus figures show government programs dominating the over-400-percent-of-poverty market.
September 16, 2015
Senior savers will wait to reap benefits from Fed rate increasesAlicia Munnell predicts that savers' rates will rise more slowly than the federal funds rate.
September 16, 2015
5 things to watch for in the second Republican debateWill the brain surgeon give Trump a run for his money?
September 16, 2015
View: Unraveling how HealthCare.gov went so, so wrongThe author says health law architects failed to understand how big the exchange project would be.