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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.
Maximizing Health Savings: HSA or FSA?
By Robert Bloink, William H. ByrnesAs out-of-pocket health-related expenses rise, finding a tax-preferred funding method has become critical. So, health savings accounts or flexible spending accounts? Or both?
July 27, 2015
View: Fighting Obamacare fraud requires funding ObamacareCould opposition to PPACA help con artists rob the taxpayers?
July 27, 2015
It's understandable that insurers want to mergeHealth care consolidation is becoming critical now, because both the cost and the performance of PPACA are going to be affected by this trend.
July 25, 2015
Group LTD vocational rehab: Get it back to workThe author says U.S. vocational rehab efforts have withered since the 1990s.
July 25, 2015
4 ways to know when to refer clients to an LTC services specialistThey should have planned for this. But what if they didn't, and they're in your office now?
July 24, 2015
Anthem: $1.4 billion in Cigna deal admin savingsProvider management services exec sees merging insurers as "pretty much brain dead."
July 24, 2015
On the Third Hand: Welcome to the 21st centuryThe 2016 major insurer list may look a lot different from the 1906 list.
July 24, 2015
Meiji Yasuda to pay $5 billion for StanCorpThe Japanese company says it will make The Standard's parent its primary U.S. presence.