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.
Ryan & Ryan makes acquisition
By staff WriterRobert J. Ryan Jr. (at right), president of Ryan & Ryan Insurance Brokers Inc., welcomes Donald J. Reis to the agency. Ryan & Ryan recently acquired the insurance portfolio of Reis Turck Associates, where Reis was the agency's principal. Click on the headline for more.
January 05, 2011
Financial physicsOne of the best ways to understand the twists and turns that are part of every stock market cycle is by reading (and re-reading) Ed Easterling's "Unexpected Returns -- Understanding Secular Stock Market Cycles" (Cypress House, 2005).
January 05, 2011
HHS Overhauls Consumer OfficeThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is moving the new Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight into the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
January 05, 2011
CMS: Federal Health Spending Amounts to 54% of 2009 RevenueHealth care spending devoured 54% of federal revenue in 2009, up from 38% in 2008 and up from 28% in 2007.
January 05, 2011
Mutual of Omaha rolls out new DI productMutual of Omaha is now offering a new workplace insurance product, Disability Income Choice at Work, for business owners and employees.
January 05, 2011
A tsunami of spendingOn January 1, 1946, the first drop landed in the ocean. That drop caused a small, insignificant ripple.
January 05, 2011
Financial physicsOne of the best ways to understand the twists and turns that are part of every stock market cycle is by reading (and re-reading) Ed Easterling's "Unexpected Returns -- Understanding Secular Stock Market Cycles" (Cypress House, 2005).
January 05, 2011
Medical Tourism: Tips for Choosing a High-Quality Global Health Care NetworkThere are many factors that have fueled the growing popularity of medical travel in America over the past decade.