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.
Pan-American Life Adds Dental, Vision
By Staff WriterPan-American Life Insurance Group is now offering a dental plan and a vision discount plan as optional benefits on Pan-American Life's limited benefit medical product, PanaMed.
December 22, 2010
PPACA: Rules Could Trigger 773 Rate Reviews per YearProposed federal health insurance rate review regulations could lead to reviews of about 40% of the increase requests in the small group market and 60% of the requests in the individual market.
December 22, 2010
EBSA Weighs in on Auto Health Enrollment, Child-Only Cover, Mental Parity and MoreThe Employee Benefits Security Administration has posted a collection of answers to group benefits questions related to the Affordable Care Act and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act.
December 22, 2010
Defense Authorization Bill Passes With New Health Care ProvisionAfter wrangling into the night on Tuesday, and after the stripping of numerous controversial provisions from the legislation, the 2011 defense authorization bill passed the Senate on Wednesday.
December 21, 2010
New York Allows Audits of Non-Participating ProvidersHealth insurers doing business in New York state can conduct retrospective reviews of payments made to out-of-network doctors and hospitals, officials say.
December 21, 2010
VALIC Exec Joins Advisory PanelThe U.S. Labor Department has appointed Richard Turner to fill the insurance industry slot on the 15-seat Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans.
December 21, 2010
How to Get More Quality Disability Insurance ReferralsReferrals are the best way to capture new business.
December 21, 2010
Agents: Crossing the line can be costlySome unethical agents may be thinking that the Medicare open enrollment period going on now is the perfect opportunity for the type of high-pressure sales tactics.