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.
Clients in ‘Terror’ Over Health Care as Advisors Go AWOL
By Gil WeinreichClients "terror" is advisors error in retirement health care, according to HealthView Services, whose white paper goes through planning steps it says most advisors neglect.
April 16, 2015
How to sell a CDHP to employeesEmployers are struggling to explain the benefits of consumer-directed health plans to employees.
April 16, 2015
How to sell a CDHP to employeesEmployers are struggling to explain the benefits of consumer-directed health plans to employees.
April 16, 2015
Employers can pay workers to track weight, exerciseMany employers already have such programs, though there has been debate over how far they can go.
April 16, 2015
PPACA savings experiment yields modest results in studyOnly 19 of the 32 ACO program participants have stayed in the program.
April 16, 2015
UnitedHealth boosts 2015 forecast as Optum revenue increasesThe news pushed up other health insurers' stocks.
April 16, 2015
UnitedHealth boosts 2015 forecast as Optum revenue increasesThe news pushed up other health insurers' stocks.
April 16, 2015
3 Sectors Where Billionaires Bought Ahead of Earnings SeasonWhere billionaire hedge fund managers like Carl Icahn, Bill Ackman and Warren Buffett placed their chips ahead of first-quarter earnings.