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.
Planning Is the Key: Equitable's Stephanie Shields
By Allison BellThe benefits executive has ideas about how to stay on the offense.
December 22, 2021
ACA Health Insurance Exchange Programs Increase Signups 17%The biggest exchange, HealthCare.gov, has registered almost 62,000 coverage agents for 2022.
December 22, 2021
How Will Hospitals Have Doctors and Nurses?And four other questions that might shape our health insurance coverage over the next year.
December 22, 2021
Insurers to Cover Home COVID-19 Tests Starting in January: BidenThe testing push is part of efforts to control the COVID-19 omicron variant.
December 20, 2021
Manchin Outlines Tax, Policy Changes He Wants in Biden BillThe senator wants a revised bill that deeply overhauls the tax code to make it fairer and lowers the cost of more prescription drugs.
December 16, 2021
10 Merriest Retirement Facts: 2021We asked Michael Finke, Marcia Mantell and Mary Johnson their thoughts on this year's good news for retirees.
December 16, 2021
COVID-19 Deaths Cut 2020 Medicare Enrollment GrowthOverall Medicare enrollment increased only 2.1% in 2020, down from a projected growth rate of 2.7%.
December 16, 2021
Coverage Changes: A Medicare Customer QuestionA Medicare specialist summarizes some of the key 2022 program parameters.