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.
Taxpayer Advocate: PPACA to Turn IRS into Social Benefits Agency
By Allison BellThe Internal Revenue Service might not have the funding, the staff, the skills or the data to do a good job of implementing the new personal and employer health coverage requirements.
January 20, 2011
Ways and Means Schedules PPACA HearingRep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., the new chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, is preparing to focus the panel's attention on the effects of the Affordable Care Act package on employers.
January 20, 2011
Smart Supplemental Products Benefit Clients and ProducersWhile few of us are experts on health care reform legislation, we're all aware that Jan. 1, 2011 was a major milestone regarding carriers' loss ratios.
January 20, 2011
Producers: Will Republicans Help Improve PPACA?Congressional affairs experts at some producer groups are wondering whether Republicans hate the Affordable Care Act so much that they will avoid making serious efforts to fix obvious problems.
January 20, 2011
Individual Mandate Up for Debate Following House RepealYesterday's House repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act means that Republicans will now hone in on specific provisions of the law.
January 20, 2011
PPACA, State-by-State: A Q&A with South Carolina Insurance Director Scott H. RichardsonAs part of a regular series featuring interviews with state regulators, Richardson discusses his state's challenges and hopes when it comes to health care reform
January 20, 2011
Women, Single Workers Can Help Boost 2011 Disability SalesThere are a number of challenges in selling disability insurance - not the least of which is the difficulty in motivating consumers to purchase disability in the first place, followed by an often lengthy and cumbersome closing process.
January 20, 2011
Health Care Costs Still Rising, but Rate Slows, S&P FindsAccording to data released Thursday by Standard & Poor’s for the S&P Healthcare Economic Composite Index, health care costs are still rising, but their rate of increase has been slowing since May of 2010.