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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.
Lawmakers Schedule ER Use Hearing
By staff WriterStrategies for reducing non-emergency use of emergency rooms will be the focus of an upcoming Senate hearing.
May 08, 2011
Stable ConditionLife and health producers all know how disability insurance can protect one's income against a life-changing illness or injury.
May 08, 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 06, 2011
CMS Proposes Medicaid Care Access RuleThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a draft of a regulation that could help state Medicaid programs show they are meeting patient care access requirements.
May 06, 2011
Potter on PPACA: Consumer Reps Feel OutnumberedConsumer group representatives feel as if they are outnumbered 100 to 1 when they talk to Obama administration officials about implementation of the Affordable Care Act, according to Wendell Potter.
May 06, 2011
Potter on PPACA: Consumer Reps Feel OutnumberedConsumer group representatives feel as if they are outnumbered 100 to 1 when they talk to Obama administration officials about implementation of the Affordable Care Act, according to Wendell Potter.