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.
Symetra To Offer Unlimited Stop-Loss
By Staff WriterSymetra Life Insurance Company will be helping customers comply with the new federal health system laws by offering unlimited annual and lifetime maximum health plan stop-loss insurance.
June 10, 2010
Web Bits: American Well, TIAA-CREF, LincolnAmerican Well Corp. is creating a Web-based health care delivery system for the biggest U.S. health insurer.
June 10, 2010
ACA: Empire State Adopts Health Rate LawThe New York State Insurance Department now has the authority to review and approve health premium increases before they are implemented by carriers.
June 10, 2010
Golden Rule To Take American Community InsuredsA unit of UnitedHealth Group Inc. has agreed to provide health coverage for 42,000 policyholders who have American Community Mutual Insurance Company individual medical coverage.
June 10, 2010
Absence Management: MetLife, HealthNow, ReedA unit of MetLife Inc. has set up the Disability Health and Wellness Connection program.
June 10, 2010
Medicare update: Doughnut check's in the mailRebate checks are coming to the rescue of Medicare beneficiaries whose drug costs place them in the plan's "doughnut hole."
June 10, 2010
New project highlights senior challengesIn a new national program called The Secure Project, the Carolinas Healthcare System is helping its employees to better understand seniors.
June 10, 2010
Seniors and science: Better health through technologyThe newly signed Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act calls for new information technologies to be used to better administer care to the sick and elderly.