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.
Milliman: Health Costs Rise 7.3%
By Allison BellThe cost of health care for a typical family of four has increased 7.3% this year, to $19,393.
May 09, 2011
Lawmakers Schedule ER Use HearingStrategies for reducing non-emergency use of emergency rooms will be the focus of an upcoming Senate hearing.
May 09, 2011
Bad News for PessimistsMortality for the general U.S. population has been increasing at an average rate of about 1% per year.
May 09, 2011
A Team EffortRosemarie Rossetti, the spokeswoman for the 2011 Disability Insurance Awareness Month public education campaign, had plenty going for her June 13, 1998
May 09, 2011
Kaiser: Cost Gap WidensThe United States did about as well as other rich countries at controlling total health expenditure increases in the 1990s, but its grip started to weaken around 2000.
May 09, 2011
Return...to What?So, just how hard is it to return workers who have gone out on disability to work at a time when empty cubicles abound?
May 09, 2011
A Path to PrioritiesIt is shameful that for a politician to even discuss potential changes to one of the largest single components of the federal budget has become akin to altering the smile on the Mona Lisa.
May 09, 2011
Stable ConditionLife and health producers all know how disability insurance can protect one's income against a life-changing illness or injury.