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.
PPACA: Illinois Signs Up 1,000 with Existing Conditions
By staff WriterEnrollment in the federally-funded Illinois Preexisting Condition Insurance Plan (IPXP) exceeds 1,000 members, the Illinois Department of Insurance announced.
January 14, 2011
Kaiser: Emergency Aid Protected CHIP BenefitsTemporary federal support created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 helped most states maintain or improve Children's Health Insurance Program benefits in 2010, researchers say.
January 14, 2011
Calif. Blue Shield Agrees to Independent Rate ReviewsBlue Shield of California says it will send its rate increase requests out for independent actuarial rate review.
January 14, 2011
Fitch: PPACA Effects Should Be ManageableFitch Ratings worries about the effects of the Affordable Care Act medical loss ratio rules on individual health insurance sales, but it is feeling better about the overall state of the U.S. health insurance market.
January 14, 2011
PPACA: Risk Pool Program Starts SlowlyOnly 8,011 U.S. residents had health coverage through the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan program in early November 2010.
January 14, 2011
Kaiser: Emergency Aid Protected CHIP BenefitsTemporary federal support created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 helped most states maintain or improve Children's Health Insurance Program benefits in 2010, researchers say.
January 14, 2011
Feds get tough on health care fraudLast week, the Obama administration revealed new federal enforcement measures to combat health care fraud, which costs taxpayers billions of dollars a year.
January 14, 2011
Feds get tough on health care fraudLast week, the Obama administration revealed new federal enforcement measures to combat health care fraud, which costs taxpayers billions of dollars a year.