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.
Long-term care: Key benefits to recommend
By Ed McCarthy, CFP, RICPMost LTCI policies allow buyers to customize their coverage significantly. So which benefits should you recommend clients consider and which should they ignore?
January 10, 2011
Benefits 2011: Emerging IssuesHealth underwriting delays and executive benefits cuts could be some of the benefits trends cropping up in the coming year, benefits brokers say.
January 10, 2011
Poe on PPACA: Repeal "Totalitarian Act"Rep. Ted Poe has called for the new Congress to repeal the new federal health care law and "right a wrong that has been forcibly placed like chains on the American people."
January 10, 2011
Preparing for BattleHealth insurance agents are mobilizing in 2011 to secure changes in reform legislation that ensure they have a role in the industry going forward.
January 10, 2011
Editor's Blog: Shots FiredNow that the PPACA repeal vote has been postponed, Bill Coffin believes we have both the opportunity and the motivation to rethink how we debate our most important political decisions.
January 10, 2011
Buck: Wellness Monitoring is AilingOnly 37% of large U.S. employers measure wellness program effectiveness, according to Buck Consultants.
January 10, 2011
The No. 1 opportunity in the DI marketThe No. 1 reason many people don't have disability insurance coverage is because they have never been asked.
January 10, 2011
Deloitte: Standards Shifts Also Challenge Other CountriesThe United States is just one of many jurisdictions that are wrestling with efforts to move toward international insurance standards.