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.
3 IRS PPACA compliance weaknesses
By Allison BellTaxpayers who lied about their 2014 coverage may get away with it.
May 08, 2015
Cyber attacks cost health system $6 billion annuallyIntrusions like the one at Anthem have increased risk awareness, but most companies are still unprepared for sophisticated data attacks.
May 08, 2015
Disability insurance outperforms barking dogsAnthem marketers look at what Americans say they do to protect what matters.
May 08, 2015
View: Oregon shows Obamacare remaking insurance marketShoppers may have a harder time getting the benefits they actually want.
May 08, 2015
Abuse of pain pills fuels virus’s spread, confounding regulatorsWhere do those expensive new hepatitis C patients come from? Sometimes, from Washington.
May 07, 2015
Gloom, hope shape early 2016 health rate filingsAnthem is cutting its small-group exchange rates in Connecticut.
May 07, 2015
2015 shaping up to be record year for insurance jobsIf you work in sales or underwriting, you're in especially high demand.
May 07, 2015
Assurant confident about benefits unit saleColberg says the unit's voluntary benefits and dental capabilities should be attractive.