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.
Editor's Blog: Wanted, Dead or Alive
By staff WriterCrime doesn't pay - unless you're the one who blows the health care fraud whistle.
November 05, 2010
GENEX to Acquire Some Intracorp OperationsGENEX Holdings Inc. has agreed to acquire disability and workers' compensation case management operations from a unit of CIGNA Corp.
November 05, 2010
Relying on the Power of Stories to Sell Disability InsuranceThere is very little that hits as close to home as a well-chosen story, which is why so many agents use stories from their own lives to relate to clients the importance of having proper amounts of insurance.
November 05, 2010
Wanted: Dead or AliveOf the many, many different criticisms I have heard regarding our current health care system and the PPACA in particular is that it does not ...
November 04, 2010
Doctors dropping Medicare patientsDoctors and other medical services providers have long complained about low Medicare reimbursement rates. As a result of these rates, there has been a steady increase in the rate of doctors deciding to drop out of the program.
November 04, 2010
Election 2010: McConnell Warns Against OverconfidenceU.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says Republicans have to be realistic about what control over the House will mean for legislation.
November 04, 2010
Greg Walden to Manage House TransitionRep. John Boehner, the leading candidate to be the next House speaker, has picked Rep. Greg Walden to chair a House GOP Office of Majority Transition.
November 04, 2010
Fidelity to Manage All Benefits for Office DepotOffice Depot Inc., a retailer with 17,000 retirement plan participants and 20,000 health plan participants, has picked Fidelity Investments to provide comprehensive benefits administration services.