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.
The Future of LTC Rate Regulation?
By [email protected], [email protected]Last week, the California Assembly took one more step toward increased industry regulation. Members voted 4233 in favor of A.B. 999, a bill that seeks ...
June 08, 2011
Digital Insurance Buys 2 More FirmsDigital Insurance Inc. has acquired one benefits firm in the Midwest and another benefits firm in the Southwest.
June 08, 2011
California Blue Shield Agrees to Net Income LimitBlue Shield of California, a nonprofit health insurer, says it will try to limit its annual net income to 2% of revenue.
June 08, 2011
Elementary, my dear WatsonsJohn H. Watson, M.D. was the foil to Sherlock Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle's writings. Together, Watson and Holmes created a whole that was greater than the sum of its parts.
June 08, 2011
Elementary, my dear WatsonsJohn H. Watson, M.D. was the foil to Sherlock Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle's writings. Together, Watson and Holmes created a whole that was greater than the sum of its parts.
June 08, 2011
Survey: Rising Health Rates Hit HomeInsurance industry employers' own health coverage costs are about 9.7% higher this year than they were in 2010.
June 08, 2011
Medicare update: Hell hath no fury like a senior scornedAs the presidential election season heats up, Republicans who rode into Congress on the shoulders of angry seniors in the midterm elections may soon be stomped on by those same seniors.
June 08, 2011
Senior health care act reintroducedA push is on in Washington to meet the rising demand for doctors, nurses and other long term care professionals who treat senior patients.