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.
UnitedHealth Responds to Flooding
By staff WriterUnitedHealthcare is taking special measures to help insureds who have been living in counties or parishes affected by the flooding along the Mississippi River.
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
Researchers: LTC Insurance Keeps Some in HomesPrivate long term care insurance helps insureds with moderate disabilities stay in their homes longer and does not appear to crowd out informal caregiving.
May 13, 2011
Researchers: LTC Insurance Keeps Some in HomesPrivate long term care insurance helps insureds with moderate disabilities stay in their homes longer and does not appear to crowd out informal caregiving.
May 13, 2011
Insider Secret: Conferences Can Strengthen Your ConfidenceI'm a huge believer in the value of conferences.
May 12, 2011
Wolin on Dodd-Frank: FIO is Up and RunningTreasury Undersecretary Neal Wolin says the staff of the new Federal Insurance Office already has served an "important consultative role" in connection with issues related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
May 12, 2011
Health Reform II: Baker Proteges Urge Health Deduction CapFormer Treasury Secretary James Baker III has urged tax policymakers to think about a paper that includes a recommendation for a change in the way the U.S. tax system treats employer-sponsored health insurance.
May 12, 2011
The Week in Pictures - May 13, 2011Dodd-Frank Act hearings, debt ceilings, and Trump's wake-call to the brutality of presidential politics all add up to the week that was