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.
Wolin on Dodd-Frank: FIO is Up and Running
By Arthur D. PostalTreasury 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 10, 2011
Aetna Unit Files for 10% Health Rate DecreaseA health insurance subsidiary of Aetna Inc. is asking the Connecticut Insurance Department for permission to cut rates on 9,745 existing individual health policies by an average of 10%.
May 10, 2011
IFEBP Honors Nell HennessyThe International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans will be giving the group's Public Service Award to the late Nell Hennessy.
May 10, 2011
IFEBP Honors Nell HennessyThe International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans will be giving the group's Public Service Award to the late Nell Hennessy.
May 10, 2011
Researchers: Hospital Bills Expose Limits of SavingEven uninsured consumers with relatively high incomes and substantial saving would have trouble paying the hospital bills associated with one hospitalization, government researchers say.
May 10, 2011
PPACA: Curtain Opens on Individual Mandate AppealA lawyer for Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act opponents today faced a tough appeals court crowd as he challenged an individual health insurance ownership provision.
May 10, 2011
Study: Older Americans getting unnecessary colonoscopiesA new study reveals that many older Americans are receiving unnecessary colonoscopies, with Medicare picking up the tab.
May 10, 2011
Seniors fear cancer and Alzheimer'sCancer and Alzheimer's are the number one and two diseases seniors fear the most, according to a 2010 survey of people 50 and older conducted by MetLife's Mature Market Institute.