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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.
"Rationing panels" the latest scare tactic
By Staff WriterThe Independent Payment Advisory Board is opposed by Republicans and the health-care industry who contend it would ration care.
July 27, 2011
Disability Insurer Fires Data at Budget HawksFederal budget deficit cutters should understand that the tax deduction for employer-sponsored disability insurance is more than just another tax expenditure, a top disability insurer says.
July 27, 2011
HHS Arm to Test Effectiveness Research Communications StrategiesThe Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality plans to conduct studies on strategies for letting consumers, doctors and health systems know which types of medical care seem to get the most bang for the buck.
July 27, 2011
Cable show helps boomers enroll in MedicareRLTV recently broadcast a show to help boomers understand the Medicare system.
July 27, 2011
Magellan Helps Create Behavioral Health Medical HomeA unit of Magellan Health Services Inc. is part of a team setting up "integrated health homes" for Iowa residents with serious mental illness.
July 27, 2011
CMS: Federal Health Spending Amounts to 38% of 2009 RevenueHealth spending swallowed 38% of federal revenue in 2010, down from 54% in 2009, but up from 28% in 2007.
July 27, 2011
Editor's Blog: The Eleventh HourUnless you've been busy following the death of Amy Winehouse, the fallout from the Caylee verdict, or News Corp.'s blowback from the phone hacking scandal, you might have noticed that there is a bit of a financial debate going on in Washington.
July 27, 2011
Pre-clinical Alzheimer's sufferers more likely to fallSeniors in the earliest stages Alzheimer's disease are more likely to suffer a fall, according to new research presented at this year's Alzheimer's Association International Conference.