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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.
Get the door--it's your doctor
By Staff WriterHouse calls, which were once thought to waste too much time and money, are back in favor as health care providers recognize that, especially for seniors, house calls equal smart preventative medicine.
June 02, 2011
PPACA: The Collateral DamageThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is costing some health insurance agents their jobs, interfering with the shift to the ICD-10 diagnostic coding system, and encouraging many employers to think about dropping group health coverage.
June 01, 2011
Humana Hiring in Tampa, PhoenixHumana Inc. is hiring a total of about 245 full-time employees for two Medicare call centers.
June 01, 2011
CMS Asks for Comments on Health Rate Review ProcessThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wants to know what people think about the new Affordable Care Act health insurance rate increase disclosure and review program.
June 01, 2011
In response to "GOP budget would restructure Medicare"I've paid into Medicare for my entire life and now see the government wastes those dollars instead of investing them.
June 01, 2011
The 3in4 Need More campaign needs you!The campaign was generated to increase awareness of the need for LTC planning.
June 01, 2011
Senior health update: The graying of HIV/AIDSAccording to the Centers for Disease Control, 10 percent of new HIV cases in 2006 involved people aged 50 and older.
June 01, 2011
First, Do Less?Here's a bit of medical trivia for you. The dictum, "First, do no harm" is not a part of the Hippocratic Oath. It actually comes from Hippocrates' writing "Epidemics."