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.
Recent Health Insurance Premium Increases Averaged 20 Percent
By staff WriterPeople who buy their own insurance report that their insurers most recently requested premium increases averaging 20 percent, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation survey.
June 22, 2010
Kaiser: Big Medicare Advantage Players Dominate MarketMedicare enrollees tend to flock to one to three Medicare Advantage carriers in each market.
June 22, 2010
PPACA: What If We Lose The Enrollee?Compensating individual health policyholders who pay more for coverage than the new federal laws permit could be tricky, an insurer executive says.
June 22, 2010
Transamerica: Small Employers Know Health BenefitsSmall U.S. employers are about as interested in health benefits as larger employers, but they are less interested in other types of benefits.
June 22, 2010
CDC: U.S. High Schoolers Flunk Staying HealthyMost U.S. high school students engage in behavior that puts them at an increased risk of dying, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
June 22, 2010
GAO Needs An ActuaryCongress is looking for someone who can help it handle the math involved with overseeing a $10 trillion economy.
June 22, 2010
How to Get Your Long Term Care Insurance Client Approved - The BasicsYou've been referred to a couple as prospective long term care insurance buyers, and because of family experience, they are highly motivated to buy policies.
June 22, 2010
PPACA: Agencies Release Core RegulationsThe Obama administration has unveiled interim final regulations it will use to implement the rescission, preexisting condition exclusion, benefits maximum and patient protection provisions in the new federal health laws.