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.
U.S. Health Care is Expensive - but There are Some Bargains...
By Staff WriterValue hunters should skip angioplasties in the United States and go for the cataract surgery instead.
November 23, 2010
MetLife to Exit LTCI Market: What Now?An unexpected announcement by MetLife that it will exit the long term care insurance market in less than two months stunned an industry that has been forced to endure an escalating series of negative announcements over the last three years.
November 23, 2010
PPACA: NAIC Panel Endorses Exchange Model ActA committee at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has signed off on the American Health Benefit Exchange Model Act.
November 22, 2010
Humana Makes Deal for ConcentraHumana Inc. has agreed to acquire Concentra Inc., an occupational medicine company, for about $790 million.
November 22, 2010
CBO Analyzes Medicare ProposalCongressional Budget Office analysts say the Rivlin-Ryan Medicare proposal could lead to a reduction in federal outlays.
November 22, 2010
PPACA: NAIC Task Force OKs ModelThe Regulatory Framework Task Force at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has endorsed a preexisting conditions exclusions model.
November 22, 2010
Humana Makes Deal for ConcentraHumana Inc. has agreed to acquire Concentra Inc., an occupational medicine company, for about $790 million.
November 22, 2010
Schiff Speaks OutIn the view of David Schiff, the feisty editor/writer of the Insurance Observer, the publication that gave the insurance industry fits from 1989 to 2007,