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.
Moody's: Exchange Rules Bad for Insurers
By staff WriterEfforts by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to make the new health insurance exchange program as flexible as possible for the states could hurt health insurers.
July 18, 2011
NCOIL to Agents: WE Love Ya, BabyThe National Conference of Insurance Legislators is backing an effort by health insurance agents to get Congress to exempt producer compensation from health insurance medical loss ratio calculations.
July 18, 2011
PPACA: HHS Drafts CO-OP RegsThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has proposed regulations for the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan program - an initiative that is supposed to create a new type of nonprofit, consumer-governed health insurer.
July 15, 2011
Bankers Life Increases Forget Me Not TotalBankers Life and Casualty Company has raised $386,000 for the fight against Alzheimer's disease through its 2011 Forget Me Not Days event, up from $338,000 in 2010.
July 15, 2011
GAO Lists PPACA ContractorsFederal agencies have hired many think tanks and health insurers to help with implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.
July 15, 2011
Editor's Blog: V is for VideoAs the life and health world tries to make the most out of social media, use of online video is an opportunity waiting to be taken.
July 15, 2011
LTCI: A Changing MarketChange is difficult to accept, whether you are being forced to take an unfamiliar street due to road construction or forced to alter how you conduct your business.
July 15, 2011
Long-Term Care Awareness Month: 2 Tasks, 2 Hours, 2 ProspectsThe American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance created Long-Term Care Awareness Month in 2001 as a grassroots awareness campaign designed to heighten understanding.