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.
LTCI guru to speak at Senior Market Advisor Expo
By Staff WriterPhyllis Shelton has been added as a speaker at the 10th Annual Senior Market Advisor Expo (SMAX), taking place August 25-27, 2010 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
July 28, 2010
Big, brotherProvisions included in the 2009 economic stimulus law require that all Americans' health information be maintained in an electronic format by 2014.
July 28, 2010
2010 Texas Insurance Legislative Round-UpWhile 2010 is not a legislative session year, the 81st Texas Legislative session gave insurance professionals around the state several items to implement this year.
July 28, 2010
How Critical Illness and Accident Plans Add Value to Employers' Health PlansAmericans are surviving more serious illnesses and injuries than ever before - but can they survive them financially?
July 27, 2010
PPACA: New York Releases Compliance ChecklistThe New York State Insurance Department has created a checklist that individual and group health carriers in the state can use to comply with the new Affordable Care Act requirements.
July 27, 2010
PPACA: Boustany Fights to Kill CLASS Act (Corrected)A Louisiana Republican is seeking cosponsors for H.R. 5853, a bill that could block implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act long term care benefits program.
July 27, 2010
PPACA: Lawmakers Tell HHS to Let Agents InEight House Democrats and 17 House Republicans are asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to make room for insurance producers on the government's consumer health coverage Web portal.
July 27, 2010
PPACA: NAIC Posts Blank ProposalA panel of regulators has drafted a 2010 supplemental blank that insurers could use to record the medical expenses that will be used in medical loss ratio calculations.