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.
Segal: Health Plans Beat Cost Expectations
By Allison BellHealth care costs continued to climb in 2010, but not nearly as quickly as carriers and plan administrators had predicted.
September 28, 2011
MetLife: More Women Thinking About LTC NeedsWomen are twice as likely as men to be very concerned about providing for their own or their spouses' long term care needs.
September 28, 2011
Out with the oldIn 1942, Joseph Schumpeter used the phrase "creative destruction" to describe "a process of industrial mutation that incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new one."
September 28, 2011
Kaiser-HRET: Employer-Based LTC ShrankSmall employers may be much less likely to offer long term care insurance benefits this year than they were in 2007.
September 28, 2011
NAIC Waiting for CMS Antifraud GuidanceThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are still in the preliminary stages of developing antifraud measures required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.
September 28, 2011
Deals: P-Solve, BB&TP-Solve Asset Solutions has completed the acquisition of Meridian Performance Services Ltd., an insurance consulting firm.
September 28, 2011
The Broccoli Case: Obama Administration, PPACA Opponents Ask Supreme Court to RuleThe U.S. Department of Justice and groups that want to block implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 are calling for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether the act is constitutional.
September 27, 2011
HHS Extends Exchange Plan Risk Management DeadlineThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is giving members of the public until Halloween to comment on any dangers that may be haunting a health insurance exchange proposal and a health insurance risk management proposal.