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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.
The corruption of the self-help movement
By Larry WingetIs the self-help industry a bad thing? Perhaps. It has helped create a society with the biggest sense of entitlement in the history of the world.
August 11, 2011
11th Circuit on PPACA: Can't Make 'Em Buy BroccoliA 3-judge panel at the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has declared the individual health insurance ownership mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to be unconstitutional.
August 11, 2011
Feds Draft Insurance Tax Credit, Small Business Exchange RegsThe Internal Revenue Service has started giving more details about the help individuals are supposed to get when they buy minimum essential health coverage in 2014.
August 10, 2011
Seniors needle Congress about Medicare"Knit-ins" are the latest tactic devised by seniors to protest cuts to Medicare.
August 10, 2011
Kansas to Return Exchange Innovator GrantKansas is giving a $31.5 million health insurance exchange "early innovator" grant back to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, according to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback.
August 10, 2011
Security Benefit Corp. Appoints Michael Kiley as CEOA managing partner at Guggenheim Partners L.L.C. is becoming the chief executive officer of Security Benefit Corp.
August 10, 2011
Private Exchange to Court Retiree Medicare MarketTowers Watson & Company will be working with Extend Health Inc. to create a Medicare plan purchasing system aimed at employers that are getting out of the business of offering retiree health benefits.
August 10, 2011
Nursing homes face CMS cutsNursing homes across the country will face a $4-billion reduction in annual Medicare reimbursements for rehabilitative care received following a hospitalization.