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.
What is the “Internet of Things” and what it means for the insurance industry
By Lynette GilNot soon, but now, everything and anything will connect to the Internet.
January 09, 2015
New York state to promote LTC planningA new law also increases the flexibility of life benefits acceleration provisions.
January 08, 2015
5 platinum-budget PPACA exchange programsThrough fiscal year 2014, per-resident costs have ranged from about $15 to about $210.
January 08, 2015
House passes H.R. 30, the PPACA workweek billThe bill could increase the full-time worker threshold to 40 hours, from 30.
January 08, 2015
House passes H.R. 30, the PPACA workweek billThe bill could increase the full-time worker threshold to 40 hours, from 30.
January 08, 2015
CO-OP enrollees may face $500,000 guaranty fund capThe cap would apply to what the plan pays providers, not the billed charges, officials say.
January 08, 2015
CO-OP enrollees may face $500,000 guaranty fund capThe cap would apply to what the plan pays providers, not the billed charges, officials say.
January 08, 2015
Vermont governor’s nightmare is almost overA state that wanted to set up a single-payer health care system struggled to start an exchange.