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.
House Passes H.R. 1213 - Exchange Funding Repeal Bill
By Arthur D. PostalHouse Republicans are fighting to stop the federal government from financing state efforts to set up health insurance distribution exchanges.
May 01, 2011
Beating the high cost of waitingOne of the secrets in this industry is a factor called "the high cost of waiting."
May 01, 2011
Change coming to Medicare reimbursement formulaAs part of the new health care law, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is revamping its reimbursement system for Medicare participants.
May 01, 2011
Alternative solutions to pay for LTC, part 1On Feb. 4, 2011, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a dire warning in a speech before a gathering of top financial policy reporters at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
April 29, 2011
PPACA: HHS Starts Medicare Performance Payment SystemThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will be using quality performance statistics to determine how much the Medicare program will pay for inpatient services.
April 29, 2011
Health Linked-Notes Back Aetna Group Health BusinessAetna Inc. is once again using a health-linked notes program to reduce capital requirements at its group health business.
April 29, 2011
Earnings: Ameriprise, Lincoln, Torchmark, Symetra, RGA, Aflac, Assurant, Universal, Magellan, StanCorp, WellPoint, Aetna, Coventry, HealthSpring, Centene, Aon, EHealthMany life and health insurers and distributors released earnings reports this week.
April 29, 2011
Dearth of a SalesmanI recently got to watch a tremendous documentary entitled Salesman, from 1969. I read about it on a film blog as one of those films ...