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.
ComPsych: Rising Gas Prices Cause Stress
By staff WriterClimbing fuel prices may create an opportunity to encourage workers to think about budgeting.
July 11, 2011
GAO: Medicare Fraud Detection Program Hasn't HelpedA Medicare cost saving program that is supposed to save about $187 million between 2006 and 2018 may not have saved anything.
July 11, 2011
Milliman: Use of Disability Issue Guarantees GrowsDisability insurers seem to be making more use of guaranteed standard issue programs at the worksite.
July 11, 2011
PPACA: Texas Sets MLR Small Group GuidelinesThe Texas Department of Insurance will define a "large employer" as an employer with at least 101 employees for purposes of applying the new federal medical loss ratio reporting and rebate rules.
July 11, 2011
Hub Makes a Benefits DealHub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Workplace Benefit Solutions L.L.C.
July 11, 2011
Producers: HHS Exchange Builders Love Ya, BabyThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has posted draft health insurance regulations that would let an exchange work with agents and brokers, provide producer listings on its website, and include producers in Navigator programs.
July 11, 2011
Aetna to Cut California Small Group Rate IncreaseAetna Inc. has agreed to increase rates for 94,000 California small group plan enrollees just 1.1%, rather than 4%.
July 11, 2011
PricewaterhouseCoopers: PPACA Exchanges May Add Sales, HeadachesThe new health insurance exchanges created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 could handle $200 billion in premium revenue per year by 2019.