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.
Neace Lukens Acquires Ohio Benefit
By Staff WriterNeace Lukens Inc. has acquired Ohio Benefit Group L.L.C.
May 15, 2011
Supreme Court Favors CIGNA in Summary Plan Description CaseThe U.S. Supreme Court has significantly narrowed the grounds an employee can use to sue for additional pension benefits based on errors in a plan's summary plan description.
May 15, 2011
PPACA: Moody's Makes MLR Variability a Rating FactorMoody's Investors Service, a major rating agency, is responding to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act changes by looking harder at how steady health carriers hold their medical loss ratios.
May 13, 2011
Medicare Trustees: Don't Believe Our NumbersThe trustees of the Medicare trust funds say the financial projections in their latest annual report are probably unrealistic.
May 13, 2011
Medicare Trustees: Don't Believe Our NumbersThe trustees of the Medicare trust funds say the financial projections in their latest annual report are probably unrealistic.
May 13, 2011
Analyst: MLR Rules Are Lowering Some Health RatesThe new Affordable Care Act medical loss ratio requirement may be leading to health insurance rate cuts in some communities, Charles Boorady says.
May 13, 2011
PPACA: CBO, NAIC Tackle Health Exchange IssuesThe Congressional Budget Office has taken another look at how federal health insurance subsidies might perform in a health exchange environment, and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has updated an exchange governance draft.
May 13, 2011
UnitedHealth Responds to FloodingUnitedHealthcare is taking special measures to help insureds who have been living in counties or parishes affected by the flooding along the Mississippi River.