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.
MetLife: Protecting Income May Protect Happiness
By staff WriterWorkers who suffered through disabling health problems with inadequate insurance tend to report being much less happy than comparable workers who had adequate disability coverage.
April 29, 2010
Feinstein's Federal Rate Authority Proposal Is Raising Alarms In The IndustryThe effort of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., to add a provision to financial services reform legislation now pending in the Senate that would establish a federal health insurance rate authority is raising alarms in the insurance industry.
April 29, 2010
Perils Of The VATRecent discussions of the possibility of a Value Added Tax (VAT) being proposed in the U.S. produced a touch of nostalgia.
April 29, 2010
Q and A: What's Happening With Health Reform?The Agent's Sales Journal recently spoke with Richard L. Lungen, president of National Health Options, about the future of health insurance, and his organization's role in it.
April 29, 2010
Your Biggest Marketing Lesson: When Did you Fail, and What Did You Do About It?Every May, we look at our Producer's Guide to Marketing as one of our most important issues of the year.
April 29, 2010
Uninsured Medical Expenses Rival Retirement as Americans' Top Financial ConcernUninsured medical expenses vie with retirement as the most pressing financial concern for Americans, according to a survey conducted for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants by Harris Interactive.
April 28, 2010
FAQ: Medicare and Veteran BenefitsHow do Medicare Advantage policies coordinate benefits with seniors who also have VA benefits?
April 28, 2010
Genworth: Nursing Home Costs Hit $75,190The cost of home care appears to be increasing far less rapidly than the cost of nursing home care, according to Genworth Financial Inc. (NYSE:GNW).