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.
Towers Watson to Feds: Mind Preventive Care Prices
By Allison BellHealth plans should be able to use financial incentives to encourage consumers to shop for reasonably priced preventive care services.
March 18, 2011
MLR Commission Exclusion Bill is in the HouseReps. Mike Rogers and John Barrow have followed through on a commitment to introduce a bill that could keep producer commissions out of health carriers' medical loss ratio calculations.
March 18, 2011
PPACA: Utah Lawmaker Calls for Flexible Exchange RulesA legislator in a state that already has a health insurance exchange said any federal exchange rules should be as loose as possible.
March 18, 2011
FIO Pick: Everybody Loves MikeRegulators, interest groups and insurance policy watchers are praising Illinois Insurance Director Michael McRaith as he prepares to take up a post as the first director of the new Federal Insurance Office.
March 17, 2011
Rivlin: Let's Get Serious About MedicareA former Clinton administration official went to Capitol Hill to drum up support for a proposal for saving Medicare.
March 17, 2011
GAO: Some Carriers Say "Yes" More Often Than OthersOfficials at the U.S. Government Accountability Office have found wide variations in health insurance application denial rates.
March 17, 2011
NAIC Panel Posts Exchanges Adverse Selection DraftRegulators are starting to grapple with ideas about how to keep the new health insurance exchange distribution system from causing big new antiselection problems.
March 17, 2011
CLASS: Can It Survive?Critics of the new Community Living Assistance Services and Supports program say the voluntary worksite long term care plan is doomed; supporters say the government has the flexibility to make it work.