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.
IIPRC: Indiana to Opt Out of LTC Standards
By Allison BellThe Indiana Department of Insurance has told the Interstate Insurance Production Regulation Commission that it will be opting out of new long term care insurance standards.
September 28, 2010
Feds rumble with Medicare Advantage plansCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services head Donald Berwick has announced that Medicare Advantage premiums, which are paid by 11.3 million seniors, will be dropping by 1 percent.
September 28, 2010
Health reform provisions go into effectA number of Affordable Care Act provisions took effect last week, and the Patients' Bill of Rights, which is part of the new law, may be of particular importance to older Americans.
September 28, 2010
PPACA: The Day of the Document UpdatersThe Affordable Care Act is creating plenty of work for the benefit plan administrators in charge of updating summary plan descriptions.
September 28, 2010
UnitedHealth: For Many, Benefits a MysteryAbout 40% of U.S. workers who have employer-sponsored health coverage admit that they are not quite sure how their coverage is supposed to work.
September 28, 2010
HHS Inspector General OKs Medigap Hospital Network IncentiveA watchdog agency says a Medicare supplement insurer can use a $100 premium credit to reward enrollees who stay at hospitals in a preferred hospital network.
September 28, 2010
Feds rumble with Medicare Advantage plansCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services head Donald Berwick has announced that Medicare Advantage premiums, which are paid by 11.3 million seniors, will be dropping by 1 percent.
September 28, 2010
PPACA: States Scramble to Save Child-Only PoliciesMany states are adopting special open-enrollment periods in an effort to keep new Affordable Care Act rules from chasing carriers from the child-only health insurance market.