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.
CIGNA To Provide Paid Volunteer Day
By staff WriterA health insurer will be giving employees 8 hours of paid time off each year to volunteer for nonprofit health and community service organizations.
April 28, 2010
FAQ: Medicare and Veteran BenefitsHow do Medicare Advantage policies coordinate benefits with seniors who also have VA benefits?
April 28, 2010
House Committee Approves Two Bills on Home InsuranceFHA allowed to raise premiums to bolster dwindling finances.
April 28, 2010
MIPPA Law Creates Med Supp OpportunitiesNow that Medicare has modernized Medicare supplement plans at the same time as the first of 78.2 million baby boomers begin turning 65, there are vast opportunities for agents serving the senior market.
April 28, 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 28, 2010
Transparency TangleNo doubt it was only a matter of time that the nation would see the word "transparency" included in the title of a bill before Congress.
April 28, 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 27, 2010
Feds Ramp Up Advice EffortsThe Financial Literacy and Education Commission, a government agency, has set up a website that gives the government's thoughts on how consumers should handle their finances.